llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll SPORT McCrone a Roo in the making Faith in Moses to deliver title New rules to end mass debates NEWS Canberra coach Ricky Stuart dangled a big, fat MOSES Wigness has taken over the reins again at MANLY coach Geoff Toovey says captain Jamie Lyon representative jersey carrot in front of Josh McCrone Brothers Rugby League club for the 2014 season. won’t have to change his on-field approach to when convincing him to switch to hooker full-time. Wigness, who coached the club for three years and referees despite recent NRL rule changes. Lyon and Stuart, who left Parramatta to coach the Raiders won the 2010 and 2011 premierships, replaces Canterbury’s Michael Ennis are seen as two of the after the sacking of David Furner, has wasted no time Anthoiny Castro who had held the position for the game’s leading debaters when it comes to arguing stamping his authority on his new team, training past two seasons. The club’s seniors sign-on day is at with match officials. But they are set to be stymied them in 40C heat and sending them to a week-long Airport Tavern today from 1pm. Brothers spokesman by a new law that limits where and when captains elite training camp. The former NSW and Australia John Adams said the club wanted to regain the can speak to refs. Under new rules captains will only coach has seen big potential for McCrone at hooker. premiership that they lost to Palmerston last year. be able to speak to refs during a stoppage in play. Lachlan TUESDAY JANUARY 27 2015 SPORT 33 Washout prompts schooled BBL talk AB Medal beckons for CRICKET Australia couldn’t do anything about the rain that by Shark ruined last night’s one-dayer against India, but chief execu- RUGBY LEAGUE spirit through sporting or- tive James Sutherland admits saviour of ourBy DOUGsummer BOOTH ganisations and this was they can take lessons from the another step forward. Big Bash League on how to LACHLAN Miller wants to David Graham is the Year 8 make international matches By BEN HORNE play2019 World senior Cup, rugby but if league Smith musicExplosive co-ordinator opener atWarner MacKil- is more accessible for fans. whencan join he growshim among up. the AB lopanother but hispillar other of passionAustralia’s is The Australia Day fizzer at STEVE Smith is in line to cap royaltyThe MacKillopit would only Catholic enhance rugbyTest hopes league. for the years to the SCG was abandoned after off his golden summer and Collegehis claim studentto one day discovered assuming come,Growing and upis another in Cairns, strong he just 16 overs, setting up a brilliant breakout season to- plentythe mantle ofways as Australia’s to help most him playedcontender his for first the rugby AB gong, league but shootout between India and night by being crowned the reachimportant that cricketer. goal from the inSmith’s Queensland numbers and are lastsuperior year England on Friday for the right Allan Border Medallist. nowClarke MacKillop may return Sharks as hard-cap- hethroughout was with the period the Palmer- of vot- to play Australia in Sunday’s If Australia’s newest captain tacklingtain imminently centre at Levithe World Rus- stoning. Raiders. tri-series final in Perth. can pip fellow contenders sellCup yesterday. and for the Ashes, but However,Throughout as the22 brainchildmatches Mitchell Marsh took a David Warner and Mitchell afterLachlan, a successful 13, andfirst taste Russell, this behindacross all the formats, merger ofSmith the 22, were integral parts of school and club, he has wicket in his long-awaited re- Johnson to the game’s highest summer, Smith shapes as Aus- scored 1756 runs at 67.54, with the launch to merge the new allegiances. turn from a hamstring injury, honour he could enter elite Sharkstralia’s long-term with the leader. Palmerston- seven‘‘The hundreds Palmerston and eight demo- 50s. but there wasn’t much else to company in the award’s 16- basedCoach college. Darren Lehmann graphicIn comparison, is much different Warner to report as India were stopped year history. says‘‘I Smith like rugbyholds a leaguekey to Aus- be- Darwin,’’played in Graham23 matches said. for 1645 by rain at 2-69 after being sent A fitting victory for 25-year- causetralia’s of future. the teamwork that is runs‘‘Queensland at 53.06, with and seven NSW hun- in- in to bat and the game was old Smith would see him be- involved“I’m pretty in playing,’’impressed,” saidsaid fluencedreds and the six culture.’’ 50s. called off at 8.05pm. come the youngest winner of Lachlan,coach Lehmann, who has after been Smith play- GrahamWarner saidscored the two merger more For the teams, the series is a the AB medal since Michael ingon theFriday game night for fourcompleted years. a wouldTest hundreds help provide than Smith, a grass- but crucial pre-World Cup tune- Clarke claimed his first as a 23- set‘‘It to became is not justthe first a one-mancricketer rootsSmith’s pathway average is that superior had and not up, but for fans, the BBL has year-old back in 2005. game.ever to I make like running a hundred with on thehis existedhe posted before more in runs. rugby league been the overwhelming star of Smith’s blazing batting re- balldebut and as scoring both Test tries.’’ and ODI in theThey Northern both Territory.claimed one the limited-overs summer. cord across all formats over the David Warner is a great chance to win the Allan Border Medal captain.Russell said young players man-of-the-match‘‘It is important that weaward try CA has visions of a 10-team past 12 months also has him in such“He as knows Lachlan his game were really the andeach. bridge the gap between BBL in the future, but expan- contention to become the first Abbott is a leading contender would seem fitting for Abbott futurewell at of the the moment 13-a-side and game. is in schoolBut andit’s club,’’in one-day he said. cricket sion of the booming competit- player since Shane Watson in to take out the prestigious to follow in his former team- top‘‘We form, are so looking the big for thing a prem- is to whereThe Smith Sharks may will take hold an edge, their ion won’t happen yet. 2011 to sweep the Test and Bradman Young Cricketer of mate’s footsteps after his star- iershipkeep making this season runs when and you’re build- seniorwith an sign-on average at Maryof 49.18 MacK- and ing links such as this is vital illop School today from 10am. Sutherland admits there’s a ODI player of the year gongs the Year award. ring role in ODI, T20I and in that form. He’s doing that. twoI hundreds, compared to temptation to immediately and the overall AB medal. Phillip Hughes won that domestic cricket. for“He’s the future,’’ had an he said.exceptional Warner’sRead average an exclusive of 31.5. inter- College principal Loretta cash in on the BBL’s most suc- In other categories for the honour back in 2009, and after Four-time AB medal win- summer and we need that to viewHe also with claimed Darwin’s three ODI Joel Graham said MacKillop was Romelo in tomorrow’s Sun- cessful season, with crowds up gala event in Sydney tonight, the tragic events that tran- ner Clarke has signalled his in- continue for years to come, not man-of-the-match awards, the MacKillop Sharks centre Levi Russell with student Lachlan Miller at the merger announcement yesterday Picture: JUSTIN SANSON trying to build a community day Territorian. by more than 18 per cent. boom NSW youngster Sean spired earlier this summer, it tentions to play on until the just the rest of the summer.” most of any player. 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