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. premiershipMONDAY that JUNE they lost 14 to 2021 Palmerston last year. be able to speak to refs during a stoppage in play. SPORT 41 Adelaide Striker urges Eriksen to ‘stay strong’ during Belgium win homes in Lachlan on finale VAL MIGLIACCIO schooled Lukaku’s ADELAIDE United is a game away from potentially hosting a home grand final after knocking Brisbane Roar out of by Shark the A-League championship race on Sunday. RUGBY LEAGUE spirit through sporting or- An injury-ravaged Adelaide By DOUG BOOTH ganisations and this was message upset Roar 2-1 at Moreton another step forward. LACHLAN Miller wants to David Graham is the Year 8 AFP Daily Stadium after Tomi Juric play senior rugby league music co-ordinator at MacKil- cried tears of concern before kick-off (pictured) scored twice and when he grows up. lop but his other passion is for his Inter teammate. played his best Reds game of The MacKillop Catholic rugby league. BELGIUM striker Romelu Lukaku Substitute Thomas Meunier dou- College student discovered Growing up in Cairns, he the season. plenty of ways to help him played his first rugby league sent a message of support to his strick- bled Belgium’s lead on 34 minutes be- However, reach that goal from the in Queensland and last year en Inter Milan teammate Christian fore Lukaku put the result beyond A d e l a i d e now MacKillop Sharks hard- he was with the Palmer- Eriksen after scoring, as his double doubt with a late second goal. tackling centre Levi Rus- ston Raiders. needs to beat sell yesterday. However, as the brainchild helped the Red Devils open their Euro Belgium, the world’s top-ranked r e i g n i n g Lachlan, 13, and Russell, behind the merger of the 2020 campaign with a 3-0 win over team, is under pressure to deliver at c h a m p i o n 22, were integral parts of school and club, he has Russia at the weekend. the European Championship as some the launch to merge the new allegiances. Sydney FC Sharks with the Palmerston- ‘‘The Palmerston demo- Lukaku gave Belgium an early lead pundits claim this is Roberto Marti- away at Net- based college. graphic is much different to in Saint Petersburg, then shouted nez’s last chance to win a title with an strata Jubilee ‘‘I like rugby league be- Darwin,’’ Graham said. “Chris, Chris, stay strong – I love you” ageing squad. cause of the teamwork that is ‘‘Queensland and NSW in- Stadium on Saturday and hope involved in playing,’’ said fluence the culture.’’ into a pitchside camera during the cel- Yet even with Manchester City that Macarthur beats minor Lachlan, who has been play- Graham said the merger ebration for his opening goal. playmaker Kevin De Bruyne and Bo- premier Melbourne City on ing the game for four years. would help provide a grass- Eriksen is recovering in hospital in russia Dortmund midfielder Axel Wit- ‘‘It is not just a one-man roots pathway that had not Sunday to realise that home game. I like running with the existed before in rugby league Copenhagen after collapsing on the sel sidelined by injury, Belgium was grand final dream. ball and scoring tries.’’ in the Northern Territory. pitch during extraordinary scenes too strong for Russia. Juric set Adelaide on its way Russell said young players ‘‘It is important that we try which overshadowed Denmark’s 1-0 The hosts got off to a bad start when he scored his first in the such as Lachlan were the and bridge the gap between home defeat by Finland in Saturday’s when Andrei Semenov failed to deal future of the 13-a-side game. school and club,’’ he said. 15th minute as Adelaide won ‘‘We are looking for a prem- The Sharks will hold their earlier Group B game. with a cross by Dries Mertens in the an away final for the first time iership this season and build- senior sign-on at Mary MacK- “I am really happy with the win, but build-up to the opening goal. in history. Juric scored his best ing links such as this is vital illop School today from 10am. it was hard for me to play because my The ball fell to Lukaku, who spun for the future,’’ he said. I Read an exclusive inter- goal this season to equal Craig Romelu CollegeLukaku principalon his way Loretta to scoringview withBelgium’s Darwin’s third Joel goal in a promising thoughts were with Christian Erik- away and drove his shot into the bot- Goodwin’s eight goals tally. openingGraham Euro said2020 MacKillop win over was RussiaRomelo in St in tomorrow’sPetersburg.Sun- Picture: Getty sen,” said Lukaku, who revealed he tom far corner on 10 minutes. MacKillop Sharks centre Levi Russell with student Lachlan Miller at the merger announcement yesterday Picture: JUSTIN SANSON trying to build a community day Territorian. COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS 5 Washington Capitals $70.90. T: $266.00. A2: 1-9: $21.10, 4-9: $5.80, 1-4: FIRSTPelt 4: (4(USA) 8 3 7) $6,403.20.69 71 66, Scr: Tyrrell 6. 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