SPORT llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ntnews.com.au Young Hawks in NAB Cup Power’s great expectations Geelong’s manager coach NEXT Sunday’s NAB Cup triple-header at Patersons IT is finals or bust for Port Adelaide. After an off- GEELONG boss Brian Cook has revealed the radical Stadium in Perth is shaping as a race in two, with season of Power players keeping their cards close to process Geelong used to recruit senior coach Chris Hawthorn set to leave all its biggest stars at home. their chests, captain Dom Cassisi has lifted the lid on Scott. The seven-point appraisal employed reduced The Hawks signalled their intent to use the internal expectations and declared anything less what are generally considered key attributes for any 40-minute matches against West Coast and than a top-eight berth in 2011 will be considered a coach — experience, tactical skill and technical nous — Fremantle as a development opportunity for its failure. Rated a $51 premiership chance and a $3.75 to just 30 per cent of the club’s consideration. It experimental team, comprised almost entirely of outsider just to make the AFL finals, Cassisi insists confirms the AFL coach’s role is becoming a first- to fourth-year players. It means the crowd Port has the talent to cause some serious damage in manager’s job of the style of the English Premier won’t get to see champion forward Lance Franklin. its first season under new coach Matthew Primus. League rather than one based on football knowledge. Tahs on the move Soccer FOOTBALL A-League - Round 26 BY JESS WEBSTER MELBOURNE HEART 1 (M Thompson 49m) drew with CENTRAL COAST MARINERS 1 (D McBreen 50m) at WARATAHS jumped to equal AAMI Park. WELLINGTON PHOENIX 1 (C WHEN I was a lad Australian third on the NTFL ladder with an Everyone just worked Greenacre 34m) d ADELAIDE UNIT- football was a winter sport if upset 19-point win over compe- ED 0 at Hindmarsh Stadium. you lived in the south or a tition leaders St Marys in a clas- hard and played as a NEWCASTLE JETS 1 (S Petrovski WET season sport if you sic wet-weather contest at Gar- 84m) drew with SYDNEY FC 1 (B team Cazarine 77m) at EnergyAustralia lived in the north. dens Oval yesterday. Stadium. VFL clubs played practice The Warriors bashed and cra- GOLD COAST UNITED 2 (S Smeltz matches against SANFL and shed their way to the 12.9 (81) to clock sealed the deal for the home 33m pen, 56m pen) d PERTH GLORY 1 (A Taggart 75m) at nib Stadium. WAFL clubs and the grounds 8.14 (62) triumph with their abil- side. Rayson’s efforts in the mid- W-League - Semi-Finals PUB: they played on went from ity to win the contested ball and field and then up forward proved In : Brisbane Roar 2 Can- lawn bowling greens to quag- efficiency going forward the key a key instigator in Tahs’ win, to- berra United 2 after extra time mires. difference in the win. gether with Timmy Mosquito and (Brisbane Roar won 4-2 on penal- ties). In Sydney: Sydney FC 5 Mel- TNEWS NT Fast forward a few decades Despite a second-term lapse, Withers — who stepped up a gear bourne Victory 1. and nothing less than lawn when St Marys turned a 15-point in the last term and snapped a vi- bowling greens, unrelenting quarter-time deficit to a two-point tal goal early. Basketball management requests and lead at the main break with a su- Rayson and Stuart Cooper each NBA plenty of arguments about perior work-rate, captain-coach finished with three majors and Results: Washington 92 Atlanta 99, Charlotte 92 Dallas 101, New Or- who pays the ferryman ac- Lincoln Withers praised the over- Lech Featherstone (two) pres- leans 95 LA Lakers 101, Utah 105 Ok- company our best footballers all efforts of his side. ented well at centre half-forward. lahoma City 121, Cleveland 105 Portland 111, Houston 95 Memphis

DATE: around the country. ‘‘Everyone just worked hard St Marys lacked a forward 93 (OT), Milwaukee 78 Detroit 89; So it was no surprise to see and played as a team,’’ he said. power with midfielder Iggy Val- Minnesota 100 Denver 113; Golden last Friday’s Indigenous All- ‘‘Things weren’t too bad in the lejo (two goals) their only mul- State 101 Chicago 90. Stars game against Rich- second. We were fumbling and tiple goal scorer, while Karl NBL mond at Traeger Park in Al- they were mopping up — we had Lohde and defender Allan May NZ BREAKERS 80 (K Penney 22 G 7-FEB-2011 ice Springs scrapped 10 to clean up a bit after half time. won their battles. Wilkinson 13) d WOLLONGONG HAWKS 76 (G Ervin 21 T Coenraad hours before the first bounce. ‘‘We have to get back on the Luke Stapleton, in his 150th 15) in Auckland. Even match sponsors the training track, work hard and get match, gave great rebound out of SYDNEY KINGS 99 (J Khazzouh 27 B NT Government were left our fitness up.’’ the backline but at times Saints’ Madgen 25) d ADELAIDE 36ERS 90 (A Bruce 15 R Howard 13) in Sydney. speechless when word came Never more than a couple of over-possessing and a persistent MELBOURNE TIGERS 93 (C Williams down from AFL officialdom, goals separated the sides all after- Waratahs defence, led by David 19 L Walker 17) d WOLLONGONG most likely football oper- noon until Brad Rayson’s third O’Sullivan and David May, made HAWKS 72 (M Campbell 13 L David- son 12) in Melbourne. PAGE: ations boss Adrian Ander- and final goal deep in attack with it a tough day at the office for the GOLD COAST BLAZE 78 (I Clark 18 C son, that the biennial exhibit- less than five minutes on the Green Machine. Goulding 16) d PERTH WILDCATS 75 ion game was consigned to (K Lisch 17 D Martin 12) in Perth. history without a ball being WNBL LOGAN THUNDER 84 (R Camino 15 E 36 kicked. Randall 15) d AIS 63 (S Blicavs 18 R Much speculation sur- NTFL SCOREBOARD Cole 16), 81 rounds the one reason the (K Macleod 17 A Bishop 15) d ADE-

COLOR: LAIDE LIGHTNING 74 (A Marino 23 D game was handballed into ROUND 16 Walker 18), CANBERRA CAPITALS 99 no-man’s land, where noth- STHN DISTRICTS 2.1 4.2 10.5 15.10 (100) (M Tolo 24 J Bibby 18) d LOGAN THUNDER 79 (C Francis 14 R Camino ing ever makes a return trip. PALMERSTON 5.2 8.3 10.3 12.3 (75) Monsoonal rains in Dar- 14), BULLEEN BOOMERS 84 (E GOALS — Districts: J Lawton 7 M McLean 2 B AhMat 2 G Randall A Reti H Armour T Cambage 25 A Kunek 15) d ADE- win that saturated TIO Carroll. Palmerston: D Ewing 4 B Church 2 P Wheatley 2 A Johnson L Tyrrell M LAIDE LIGHTNING 68 (A Marino 17 T Stadium, the prospect of even Perry S Masters. BEST — Districts: D Roy M McLean J Lawton J O’Shaughnessy A Cunnigham 16), 62 C bigger rains at Traeger Park Reti H Armour. Palmerston: W Berto M James M Berts L Tyrrell D Gordon. (H Oliver 16 T Madgen 10) d BUL- LEEN BOOMERS 55 (E Cambage 18),

M when Cyclone Yasi spilt its Umpires: Jared Collins David A Armstrong James Sammut. DANDENONG RANGERS 90 (K Ma- remains over the Red Centre DARWIN 5.1 12.3 15.5 17.9 (111) cleod 22 A Bishop 22) d WEST

Y COAST WAVES 75 (M Marsh 15 J or poor planning by the AFL, NIGHTCLIFF 6.0 8.2 10.8 15.11 (102) Hooper 10).

K AFLNT and the government? GOALS — Darwin: B Peris 4 J Anderson 3 F Vigona-Daniels 3 C Vigona-Ross 2 C The truth is all of the McAdam 2 S Wilson 2 P Campbell. Nightcliff: H Singh 4 J Roe 3 T Coates 2 J Golf above, with the biggest ques- Woodhouse 2 J Briston S Briscoe T Mitchell A Mardi. BEST — Darwin: B Taylor C Women’s Australian tion mark surrounding the McAdam Z Williams J Stokes J Anderson. Nightcliff: H Singh J Roe T Coates S Open - Melbourne last-minute decision to scrap Stuart Cooper attempts to mark a slippery football Briscoe A Mardi. Final Rd - 276: Y Tseng (Tpe) 70 67 68 Umpires: Ashleigh Hales Roland Ostler David C Armstrong. the game when Richmond for Waratahs against St Marys Picture: REGI VARGHESE 71; 283: M Reid (Eng) 70 73 72 68, J Shin (Kor) 67 72 69 75, E Ji (Kor) 69 70 WANDERERS 4.3 8.6 12.14 16.16 (112) players were at the airport 70 74; 285: J Song (Kor) 67 73 74 71; and the All-Stars were in Al- TIWI BOMBERS 4.0 5.5 6.6 8.11 (59) 286: S Gal (Ger) 72 71 70 73; 287: C ice Springs. GOALS — Wanderers: J McNamee 7 J Scrymgour 2 M Johnson 2 N Mansell 2 D LaCrosse (US) 72 68 73 74, K Hull (Aus) 73 71 67 76, K Webb (Aus) 72 My money points to de- Seden T Motlop A Bond P Amarant. Tiwis: N Daniels 2 G Cunningham 2 N Kelly A Kerinaiua C Tipuamantimirri D McLinden. BEST — Wanderers: A Bond J 71 74 70; 288: K Stupples (Eng) 70 76 mands by the AFL for more 74 68, N Campbell (Aus) 69 72 72 75. McNamee H Williams M Johnson J Scrymgour D Seden. Tiwis: P Heenan G US PGA Tour - Phoenix government money to fly Puruntatameri M Fairweather S Mungatopi N Kelly. both teams out of Alice Umpires: Ben Schmidt Ashley Manicaros James Strybos. Open Springs on chartered flights 2nd Rd (US unless stated) - 128: T immediately after the game, WARATAHS 4.2 5.2 9.5 12.9 (81) Gainey 63 65; 129: M Wilson 65 64; ST MARYS 1.5 4.10 6.11 8.14 (62) 130: B Haas 65 65; 131: C Couch 66 a request that was firmly, 65; 132: P Mickelson 67 65, R Fowler GOALS — Waratahs: S Cooper 3 B Rayson 3 L Featherstone 2 N McLean T and rightly, refused by the 70 62; 133: J Byrd 68 65, G Ogilvy Round 16 Mosquito J Purdie L Withers. St Marys: I Vallejo 2 L Stapleton M Liddy H Culpitt A (Aus) 67 66, A Baddeley (Aus) 65 68, government after spending Vallejo M Andrews J Cooper. BEST — Waratahs: B Rayson T Mosquito D J Dufner 65 68. many thousands on AFL Southern Districts v Tiwi Bombers v O’Sullivan D May L Withers. St Marys: I Vallejo K Lohde A May L Stapleton J Palmerston Wanderers European PGA Tour - matches in the past seven Moloney. Qatar Masters Umpires: Cameron Johnson-Pfeiffer Mark Noonan Wally Gallio. years. Some say the game Dan Roy (Dist) ...... 3 Ali Bond (Wand) ...... 3 3rd Rd - 205: T Bjorn (Den) 74 65 66; LADDER 206: M Brier (Aut) 71 66 69; 208: R should have been consigned Mark McLean (Dist) ...... 2 James McNamee (Wand) .2 to Melbourne last week when TEAM P W L D F A % Pts Karlsson (Swe) 70 69 69; 209: T Ai- James Lawton (Dist) ...... 1 Patrick Heenan (Wand) ... 1 ken (Rsa) 71 69 69; 210: A Quiros TIO Stadium was deemed un- ST MARYS 16 13 3 0 1654 1119 147.8 52 (Esp) 75 69 66, R Finch (Eng) 70 69 71; playable, others point to a WANDERERS 16 11 5 0 1628 1285 126.7 44 211: R Cabrera (Esp) 77 68 66, S Nightcliff v Waratahs v need for more patience from TIWI BOMBERS 16 9 7 0 1741 1389 125.3 36 O’Hara (Sco) 73 69 69, L Oosthuizen (Rsa) 73 69 69, P Lawrie (Sco) 74 66 the powers that be when Dar- Darwin St Marys WARATAHS 16 9 7 0 1613 1517 106.3 36 STH DISTRICTS 16 8 7 1 1403 1386 101.2 34 71. win was called a non-event Barry Taylor (Dar) ...... 3 Brad Rayson (War) ...... 3 PALMERSTON 16 6 10 0 1260 1483 85.0 24 Tennis nine days out from the orig- Jason Roe (Nightcliff) ...... 2 Tim Mosquito (War) ...... 2 DARWIN 16 5 10 1 1349 1749 77.1 22 ATP Tour - Chilean Open inal date. Charlie McAdam (Dar) ...... 1 Iggy Vallejo (StM) ...... 1 NIGHTCLIFF 16 2 14 0 1181 1893 62.4 8 One thing is for sure, the Semi-Finals: 6-T Robredo (Esp) d 7-F NEXT WEEK Fognini (Ita) 4-6 6-2 6-3, 8-S Giraldo days leading up to the 2011 Prog - 18: James McNamee (Wand); 16: Iggy Vallejo (StM); 16: Round 17— Friday: Palmerston v Nightcliff at TIO Stadium (7.30pm); (Col) d 5-P Starace (Ita) 4-6 7-6 (7-2) All-Stars game will be re- Mark McLean (Dist); 13: Heath Culpitt (StM); 11: Ross Tungatalum Saturday: Wanderers v St Marys at TIO Stadium (3.30pm), Tiwi Bombers v 6-1. membered for all the wrong (Tiwi); 10: Patrick Heenan (Tiwi); 9: Thomas Motlop (Wand). Darwin at TIO Stadium (6pm); Sunday: Southern Districts v Waratahs at ATP Tour - Zagreb reasons, placing a giant Norbuilt Oval (4pm). Indoors black cloud over the Territ- NTFL Division 1: Wanderers 19.10 (124) d Nightcliff 7.5 (47); Southern Districts Semi-Finals: 8-M Berrer (Ger) d 5-F ory’s ability to host games in 11.9 (75) d Tracy Village 6.6 (42); Waratahs 8.15 (63) d Pint 5.4 (34); Darwin 7.6 Mayer (Ger) 6-1 6-4, I Dodig (Cro) d (48) d Palmerston 5.16 (46); Banks 10.0 (60) d Universoty 0.0 (0) (forfeit). 3-G Garcia-Lopez (Esp) 4-6 7-6 (7-5) the February timeslot. 6-4.

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