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Classic quote: “Bloody Jackson — he can land it on a 20 cent piece. Trouble is, it’s usually in a bloke’s pocket in the grandstand.” - South's halfback Craig Coleman after the late Peter Jackson had kicked out on the full.

🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

The Panthers were relentless in a high-quality season-opening 28-6 win over the Sea Eagles, comfortably covering the loss of star half Nathan Cleary to start their premiership defence in style.

🏉 Friday Night Lights

Raiders (1.95) v Sharks (1.87) - Schneider named halfback; Mulitalo moves to centre (match preview)

• Nick Cotric has scored a try in three of his last four appearances against Cronulla.

• Seven of the last eight night matches between Canberra and Cronulla have gone OVER the total match points line. (43.5pts)

Broncos (3.50) v Rabbitohs (1.30) - Kelly gets No.7; Ilias steers ship (match preview)

• Alex Johnston has scored two or more tries in each of his last eight appearances with South Sydney as a favourite. (3.50)

• Corey Oates has scored at least one try in eight of his last 10 appearances against South Sydney. (2.50)

All You Need To Know: Marsh Cup Final — www.cricket.com.au

The details and talking points ahead of Friday's 50-over showdown between Western Australia and New South Wales.

🐴 The Group 1 Coolmore Classic has attracted a quality field of fillies and mares ahead of Saturday’s 10-race card at Rosehill.

Seven of the 10 races are of black-type, and we look set to be racing on another severely wet track for the third week in a row.

🤫 Got a little whisper that the horse - 'Hes A Hardy Bloke' ($51.0) is going well at home in preparation for the Coral Cup at the Cheltenham Festival next Wednesday. Obviously, it's a big, big price so 🤷🏻‍♂️

🐴 Sport Journal horse update - Station One - After his disappointing outing last time out was purely down to temperament.

Liam has suggested that he came through the race well and will try him up against some older horses this weekend in Race 3 at Echuca. He has the physical capabilities, it's all about maturity now.

💉 West Coast forward Jack Darling has received his vaccination against Covid-19 and is eligible to return to the club, reports The West Australian.

Darling will be eligible to return to training this weekend with only paperwork delaying his much-needed comeback.

🏉 Parramatta Eels star Kennedy Cherrington says she and her teammates initially had no idea that Sereana Naitokatoka had been bitten when the incident occurred.

The bite occurred during a rain-soaked Round 2 clash between the Eels and Dragons, with St George Illawarra winger Madison Bartlett handed a one-game ban for the act.

❤️ Almost a week after his shock death in Thailand, Shane Warne’s body has arrived back in Australia on a private jet.

🔁 David Zaharakis has been added to the Casey Demons VFL list, reports Seven, making him eligible to play for Melbourne this year.

🏉 Super Rugby Tonight: Brumbies v Rebels: The Brumbies have won four of their last five Super Rugby games against the Melbourne Rebels (L1), including their last two on the bounce; the last and only time they won more in succession against the Rebels was a five-game streak from June 2011 to June 2013.

🤿 Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey has seemingly fallen into the pool of his Karachi hotel, with Test captain Pat Cummins capturing the hilarious moment on camera.

🌍 World Sport

The UK government has sanctioned seven Russian businessmen, including Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich. All assets have been frozen.

• Further ticket sales are prohibited

• No merchandise sales

• No transfers or contract renewals

• No away fans

🎾 Russia's world number one Daniil Medvedev says he wants to continue promoting his sport, but is not sure if he will be allowed to play on.

Like all players from Russia and Belarus, Medvedev is no longer able to compete under his own flag following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

⚽️ Manchester United and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 37, has held talks with his agent Jorge Mendes over his future at Old Trafford. (Sun)

🎾 Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from Indian Wells and the Miami Open - the first two Masters Series events of the year - because of US coronavirus rules.

⛳️ An emotional Tiger Woods choked back the tears as he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on Wednesday after a moving speech by his 14-year-old daughter Sam.

🏒 NHL teams are scoring an average of 3.09 goals per game this season. That's the most in 27 years.

⚾️ MLB canceled a second week of games, pushing Opening Day back to April 14, after the players rejected the league’s latest offer. The league said players would not be paid for missed games.

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