🗞 “absolutely appalling”

October 04, 2022

G'day sports fans,

“I just want to say: Parra are our sons. Right here, right now, that’s just a fact,” - Fisher-Harris during the Panthers celebrations.

🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

🇦🇺 Essendon CEO Andrew Thorburn has quit the role barely 24 hours after being appointed.

The former boss of NAB, who quit that role in 2019 following scathing claims in the banking Royal Commission, took the job at Tullamarine on Monday.

But it’s since been revealed Thorburn is the chairman of the controversial City on a Hill church, which holds anti-gay and anti-abortion stances described as “absolutely appalling” by Victorian premier Dan Andrews.

🐴 Trainer John O'Shea will give Australian Derby runner-up Benaud his first Melbourne start in the $1m Group One - Might and Power contest on Saturday, and the four-year-old's performance will determine his path for the rest of his Melbourne trip.

🏏 Australia has a promising new batting hope, with Western Australia’s Teague Wyllie becoming the youngest player to score a Sheffield Shield century since Ricky Ponting 92/93.

And it came on a tricky wicket for batters, with Wyllie’s 104 leading the hosts to a total of 258 and a 78-run lead at stumps on day two of their clash with New South Wales.

🏏 Former Test captain Tim Paine ticked “all of the boxes” physically and emotionally before Tasmanian selectors made the unanimous call to select him for a Sheffield Shield return this week. 

Paine flew out of Hobart for the clash against Queensland at Allan Border Field Thursday, his first top-level game since a sexting scandal cost him the top job. 

🇦🇺 Another four deals were completed on Tuesday, with free agents, trades, and pick swaps all featuring.

  • Melbourne traded picks 33, 43, and 53 in exchange for pick 27 from Port Adelaide.

  • Liam Jones is back in the AFL system after signing with the Western Bulldogs in free agency. After retiring from Carlton due to his unwillingness to get vaccinated against Covid, Jones was declared a free agent and now re-joins his old club.

  • Collingwood has officially signed its $3 million free agent target Dan McStay. The Brisbane forward will join the Magpies on a five-year deal worth $600,000 a season.

  • Fremantle’s busy trade period is set to get even busier with out-of-contract Gold Coast forward Josh Corbett nominating them as his new home.

  • And Blake Acres has officially joined Carlton, traded for a future third-round pick.

🎾 Lawyers for Nick Kyrgios have said they will apply to have an assault charge against him dismissed on mental health grounds.

Kyrgios, who is currently playing in the Japan Open in Tokyo, was not required to attend the hearing in Canberra on Tuesday.

The charge against the 27-year-old relates to an alleged assault in December 2021 on a former partner. 

If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of two years in prison.

Rugby World Cup Pool A team guide: Wallaroos fight for finals berths with NZ, Wales, Scotland.

⚽️ Ange Postecoglou’s success with Celtic has put him firmly on the radar of Premier League clubs.

According to The Telegraph, Just days after being linked with the vacant Brighton job. Postecoglou has been “discussed” as a leading target by Wolves after Bruno Lage was fired.

🏉 New Zealand coach Michael Maguire has named a star-studded Kiwis side in preparation for the Rugby League World Cup — featuring six grand finalists. 

Panthers guns James Fisher-Harris, Moses Leota, and Scott Sorensen will be teammates, alongside Eels stars Dylan Brown, Isaiah Papali’i, and Marata Niukore have been included in the 24-man squad. (Full Squad)

🏀 ICYMI: The Adelaide 36ers made history on Monday, becoming the first NBL team to defeat an NBA outfit with a stunning 134-124 upset victory over the Phoenix Suns in Arizona.

 Arizona Sports’ Kellan Olson did not shy away from this result being “undeniably shocking.”

“Phoenix was favoured by roughly 30 points at most sportsbooks and trailed for most of the game,” he wrote.

🏀 Meanwhile, Ben Simmons made his Nets debut in Brooklyn's 127-108 preseason loss to his former team Philadelphia, drawing boos.

🌍 World Sport

❄️ Saudi Arabia has won the right to host the Asian Winter Games in 2029.

The Games will take place in Trojena, Neom city, a planned $500 billion futuristic megacity mountain resort in the desert that planners say will feature a year-round winter sports complex. It is due to be completed in 2026. 

Neom chief executive Nadhmi Al-Nasr said the venue "will have a suitable infrastructure to create the winter atmosphere in the heart of the desert."

🐴 'Just Fine' made history as the first winner for King Charles III since he inherited the late Queen's horses.

The 10-3 shot, who won at Leicester, was the sixth runner to carry the royal purple, red and gold colours since Queen Elizabeth II died on 8 September.

"A winner for the King! It is great to have done that for him - and he was very impressive," said Stoute.

🏈 Jimmy Garoppolo completed 16 of 27 passes for 239 yards and a touchdown to power the San Francisco 49ers over the reigning NFL champion Los Angeles Rams 24-9 on Tuesday.

A spectator ran onto the field in the second quarter with a device emitting pink smoke and was flattened by a hit from Rams linebacker Bobby Wagner near the LA sideline.

“You don’t know what that fan got or what they’re doing,” Wagner said of the incident post-game.

⚽️ Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 37, will be allowed to leave Manchester United in January. (Telegraph)

⚽️ Chelsea are believed to be monitoring Arsenal's 21-year-old Brazil forward Gabriel Martinelli. (Mail)

⚽️ The Gunners have offered 21-year-old England forward Bukayo Saka £200,000-a-week to extend his stay with the club. (Football.london)

🎱 Here's former World Champion Mark Williams potting all of the coloured balls in snooker without moving his feet. (Twitter)

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