🗞 Come get the strap baby!

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Sport Journal
April 30, 2023

G'day sports fans,

Monday Motivation: "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." - Wayne Gretzky, Ice Hockey Legend.

🚨 Police have arrested a man following an attack on a referee that was captured on camera.

NSW Police have confirmed they are continuing to investigate the incident, described as an alleged assault of a referee which happened at a Men’s Premier League football match between the Greenacre Eagles and Padstow Hornets on Friday night.

The Daily Telegraph first reported the match official suffered a broken jaw and had four teeth knocked out as a result of the attack. He is being treated after being taken to Liverpool Hospital in south west Sydney.

The newspaper reports the alleged attacker was a suspended player who attended the match as a spectator.

SUNDAY WRAP

🏉 An understrength Canterbury secured their 4th win of the season with a Jake Averillo double helping them to an 18-16 victory at WIN Stadium (match report)

🏉 The Roosters are back into the top eight, defending their way to a hard-fought 14-0 victory over the Warriors in Auckland.

Roosters hooker Brandon Smith has since been hospitalised in New Zealand, leaving Mt Smart Stadium in a neck brace and on a stretcher. Rooster officials claim it is precautionary. (match report)

🇦🇺 Tom Hawkins’ booted a career-high eight goals to make it 22 for the season – leading Geelong to a fourth straight win in the annual Country Game to win the Tom Wills Award in the 28-point win at the MCG. 20.12 (132) to 16.8 (104). (match report)

🇦🇺 Gold Coast scored a crucial 24-point upset win over Richmond, putting the Tigers' season on the brink.

The Suns broke clear in the third term of a dour Marvel Stadium struggle and then held off Richmond's final-quarter rally for their third win of the season, 11.6 (72) to 6.12 (48). (match report)

🇦🇺 Collingwood produced another trademark final-quarter charge to claim a thrilling one-point victory over Adelaide on Sunday to move into outright top spot on the ladder.

Adelaide's desperate attempt to race the ball up the other end from the kick-in was in vain as Pies skipper Darcy Moore fittingly intercepted to clinch an epic 8.11 (59) to 7.16 (58) victory. (match report)

🏉 Super Rugby: Queensland Reds are well on their way to Super Rugby Pacific finals (currently in 6th) after grinding out a 31-17 win against the Western Force at Suncorp Stadium.

Brumbies remain 2nd in the table despite their 32-27 loss to Hurricanes on Friday.

🎾 John Millman advised fellow Australian Nick Kyrgios to forgo Roland Garros, focusing instead on Wimbledon preparation.

33-year-old Australian, John Millman suggested that the event needs to have a lot of success in 2023 and Nick Kyrgios may be one of the players that brings that success. (news)

"League talks about toughness but I reckon an arm wrestle at the pub would (be) harder than their scrums. Let's have a competition between the two best sides and see who's tougher.

"We'll do the best of three scrums with the league version and best of three with a rugby version and see who comes out on top.

"Rugby Australia will put $100,000 in the kitty and the winner donates the prize money to charity and we'll get Nine to televise it live.

"If it's a draw we'll have a spelling competition to determine the winner."

- Rugby Australia boss Hamish McLennan… Over to you Vlandys.

🏀 The Australian Boomers’ FIBA basketball World Cup (held in August) hopes have received a major boost after being drawn in a favourable pool group.

The Boomers are locked in to face the top two finishers of Group F (Slovenia, Georgia, Venezuela, Cape Verde).

This means Australia could face Luka Doncic’s Slovenia in a quarter-final, which would be a replay of the bronze medal game at the Tokyo Olympics.

All three pool games will be played in Okinawa, Japan.

🏆 Sydney FC underlined their status as the most successful A-League Women club after thumping Western United 4-0 in the grand final to claim a fourth championship on Sunday.

⚽️ Barcelona manager Xavi has compared 15-year-old Lamine Yamal to Lionel Messi after he made his debut for the Catalan giants.

Yamal came off the bench to become Barcelona's youngest-ever player on Saturday evening, and is one of just five players to make their La Liga debut before the age of 16.

⛳️ American Talor Gooch beat Spain's Sergio Garcia on the first play-off hole in Singapore to claim back-to-back titles on the LIV Tour.

Gooch and 2017 Masters champion Garcia birdied the final hole to card four-under 67s and finish on 17 under.

They replayed the 18th and Gooch tapped in for a birdie to claim the victory. Gooch has pocketed AU$12m for two weeks work, not bad.

Goretzka: "Haaland has no respect for the opponent or football. He farted every time we approached him. He did it more than once!!

🏉 Playmaker Damian McKenzie will stay around in New Zealand until at least 2025 after agreeing a two-year contract with New Zealand Rugby.

The fly-half, who has also spent plenty of time at full-back, has been one of the form players in the country this season, helping the Chiefs to a nine-game winning run at the start of this season.

⛳️ In the 1930’s, spectators at golf tournaments were allowed to sprint on to the green and try to grab the ball after the final putt of the game. The clip below, from the 1937 PGA Championship, shows fans diving in to get their hands on three-time major champion Denny Shute’s ball after his winning shot.

🏐 Huge sellout: Nebraska sold out (82,900 tickets) its outdoor volleyball game this August at the school's football stadium, which will smash the NCAA volleyball attendance record (18,755). With thousands more field-level seats going to students, it could challenge the world record for attendance at a women's sporting event in the US (91,553).

⚽️ Bayern Munich are interested in Aston Villa's England striker Ollie Watkins, 27, as an alternative to Tottenham and England forward Harry Kane, 29. (Mirror)

McGregor and Mike Perry faced off

👊🏻 The biggest event in bare knuckle fighting history, BKFC 41, delivered a wild day of action.

After Australian former world champion Bec Rodriguez failed in a bid to regain her title due to a sickening cut above her eye, the main event between former UFC champion Luke Rockhold and UFC veteran Mike Perry ended in stunning fashion.

Then Perry called out a ring-side Conor McGregor, who marched to the ring – carrying a BKFC belt - for a face-off and a war of words.

“It’s an incredible set-up. Incredible match-making. Incredible storytelling ... I flew straight away. I was not gonna miss this and it did not disappoint.

“I’m in for this game, I’d be into this.” - McGregor

Speaking of the BKFC belt he was wearing, McGregor declared: “Come get it baby. Come get the strap baby!”

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TODAY

05:30 - NBA Playoffs First Round - Sacramento Kings v Golden State Warriors (ESPN)

06:05 - MLB Regular Season - San Diego Padres v San Francisco Giants (ESPN 2)

09:10 - MLB Regular Season - Houston Astros v Philadelphia Phillies (ESPN 2)

00:00 - Indian Premier League Group Game - Lucknow Super Giants v Royal Challengers Bangalore (Fox Cricket)

TUESDAY

02:30 - English Championship - Blackburn Rovers v Luton Town (beIN SPORTS 3)

05:00 - Premier League - Leicester City v Everton (Optus Sport 1)

09:05 - MLB Regular Season - New York Yankees v Cleveland Guardians (ESPN 2)

12:00 - NBA Conference Semifinals - Denver Nuggets v Phoenix Suns (ESPN)