SPORT llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ntnews.com.au Daisy cut down by injury

FOOTBALL with specialists in Melbourne ‘‘Dale worked incredibly ‘‘He is going to see several The Magpies also con- ruckman and Sydney. hard to play again this year specialists over the next week firmed last night that Jamie will return to AFL action COLLINGWOOD have con- The club said in a state- and everyone was enthused to or so and in terms of what, if Elliott (hamstring) and Ben within a fortnight despite the firmed the season is over for ment that more surgery was see him get close,’’ Colling- any, impact there will be on Sinclair (shoulder) would 30-year-old needing surgery star midfielder . one of several possibilities for wood football manager Rod- his pre-season, we will have miss Friday night’s MCG for a facial injury. He frac- Thomas re-injured his right the 2011 All-Australian. ney Eade said in a statement. to wait and see. match against West Coast. tured his cheekbone during ankle on Saturday when he The Magpies had been ‘‘He felt strong and confid- ‘‘A clearer picture of what Meanwhile, West Coast Sunday’s 95-point win over made a return in the VFL for hopeful Thomas would come ent and to see him brought the options are will emerge have confirmed Melbourne at the MCG. his first match at any level back in time for the finals. down again is a reminder of once he has been examined.’’ (groin), Daniel Kerr (knee), Teammate Hayden Ballan- since May. Thomas is also in contract just how tough the game can Thomas originally had an- Shannon Hurn (ankle) and tyne has been cleared of a ser- He has only managed five negotiations with the club be at times. kle surgery last November to Mark LeCras (ribs) wouldn’t ious shoulder injury, but is AFL matches this season and and becomes a restricted free ‘‘Right now, we know that repair ligament damage he play again this season. also set to miss Saturday’s Thomas will now consult agent at season’s end. the rest of 2013 is out. suffered in Round 15. Fremantle are confident clash with Port Adelaide. Tracking dirt for Super fun PUB: MOTOR SPORT By GREY MORRIS

TNEWS NT SUPERCROSS promoter Yarrive Konsky says Dar- win’s first track in the middle of Hidden Valley Raceway is world class. In a first for the Territory, national rounds of Super- DATE: bikes and the Supercross championships will be held at Darwin’s Hidden Valley on the same weekend.

20-AUG-2013 Workmen yesterday began constructing the Supercross circuit that will host the open- ing round of the Australian titles and Round 6 of the Superbikes September 13-15. ‘‘I guarantee this track will be one of the best in the world and the riders will agree with PAGE: me when they get to test it,’’ Konsky said. ‘‘I hope that will be on Thursday, but we’ve got some 38 more details to finalise before that can happen.

COLOR: ‘‘We’ve put 8000 tonnes of dirt into the middle of Hidden Valley and have designed a super-tough course that will provide some thrilling racing for everyone.’’

C Konsky has already ac- quired the services of US M supercross champion for the Darwin round and Y is working on a handful of K other big names. ‘‘We expect more than 50 ri- ders on the starting grid and that will be fantastic for everyone involved,’’ he said. ‘‘This will be big, especially with the (national) Superbike round running on the same day at the same place.’’ Tickets for the motorbike spectacular are on sale at ntmajorevents.com.au or at the gate. A thriller pass, which pro- vides admission to both events over the weekend, will cost $20 per day, with chil- Ex-Australian motocross racer and track director Malcolm Cash starts construction on the Supercross track yesterday Picture: ELISE DERWIN dren 8-13 years $10 per day.

FOOTROT FLATS Back trouble fells Cummins

IN yet another injury setback from the Australia A tour of for Pat Cummins, the young Africa with some side/back paceman is likely to be out of soreness and scans have action for the entire domestic shown a partial recurrence of summer after scans con- his lower back bone stress in- firmed a recurrence of his jury suffered in October last troublesome back complaint. year when he returned home Cummins returned home from Champions League,’’ early from Australia A’s tour Cricket Australia Chief Medi- of South Africa with the back cal Officer Justin Paoloni injury last week, with scans said in a statement. yesterday confirming his Cummins hasn’t featured worst fears. for Australia since his re- ‘‘Pat returned home early markable Test debut in 2011.

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