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🗞 Fight it out for the flag

🗞 Fight it out for the flag

August 21, 2022

G'day sports fans,

Classic quote: Bassett’s my man. He never takes a breather. If he was a postman, I reckon he’d finish his round in 20 minutes, stopping only to bite a few dogs. - Dennis Commetti (again) this time o Adelaide defender Nathan Bassett.

🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

🗓 ON THIS DAY:

1934 - Australian cricket spin bowler Clarrie Grimmett takes 5-64 as England dismissed for 145 in the 5th Test at The Oval; Australia wins by 562 runs to regain Ashes, 2-1.
1992 Greg Matthews (4/76) & Shane Warne (3/11) spin Australia to a famous 16-run win v Sri Lanka in the 1st cricket Test in Colombo.
1994 DNA testing links O.J. Simpson to the murder of Nicole Simpson & Ron Goldman.

📈 STATS:

Four hundred sixty-six (466) points in the NRL this weekend, the most in an 8-game round.
Carlton were in the Top 8 at the end of every round except the last. The last side to do that were... 🥁 Carlton (1977)

🇦🇺 After a dramatic final day of the season, we finally know the eight teams who’ll fight it out for the flag in September.

Second Elimination Final: (6) Brisbane Lions v (7) Richmond (Thursday September 1, 7:20pm at the Gabba)
Second Qualifying Final: (2) Melbourne v (3) Sydney Swans (Friday September 2, 7:50pm at the MCG)
First Qualifying Final: (1) Geelong Cats v (4) Collingwood (Saturday September 3, 4:35pm at the MCG)
First Elimination Final: (5) Fremantle v (8) Western Bulldogs (Saturday September 3, 8:10pm at Optus Stadium)

🙋🏼‍♀️ Just four months after winning their first premiership, the defence begins brightly for the Roosters with a 38-16 win over Parramatta at Western Sydney Stadium.

🏉 Waratahs rising star Ben Donaldson will join the Wallabies on Sunday evening ahead of Saturday’s Test against the Springboks in Adelaide.

🙋🏼‍♀️ Melbourne will host what is expected to be an international blockbuster FIFA Women's World Cup warm-up match between the Matildas and Sweden in November.

🚘 Shane van Gisbergen won his 16th Supercars race of the season, ousting Will Davison in a thrilling second Sandown SuperSprint win of the day.

🏉 The Gold Coast Titans are reportedly set to table a two-year extension to David Fifita, but the star will face a hefty pay cut if he wants to stay on the Glitter Strip.

Fifta joined the Titans from the Brisbane Broncos and inked a deal that netted him $1.2 million-a-year.

🇦🇺 Essendon has one less notable candidate in the mix to become its new coach after former Collingwood mentor Nathan Buckley ruled himself out of the running.

The Bombers are looking for a new coach after their hellish week led to the axing of Ben Rutten, who was booted less than 24 hours after Essendon lost to Richmond by 66 points at the MCG in its last game of the season.

Essendon had been gunning for Alastair Clarkson's signature despite the fact that Rutten was still employed. Still, its audacious bid for the four-time premiership-winning coach fell flat when he opted to take control of North Melbourne.

Close, but no cigar!

We hit the crossbar on this MASSIVE $371.0 MULTI at the weekend. Taulagi scored the second try after 9 minutes following Coen Hess going over for the first time this season.

The guys in the Dabble office were a bit twitchy, as we nearly put them out of business just one week into our partnership 🤣

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🌍 World Sport

⚽️ English champions Manchester City produced a brilliant fightback as they came from 3-1 down to draw at Newcastle in a pulsating match featuring six goals and an overturned red card.

⚽️ Brighton scored two goals from two shots on target to maintain their unbeaten start to the season with victory at West Ham, who remain without a league goal or a point.

⚽️ Leeds continued their unbeaten start to the season as they secured a famous 3-0 win over Chelsea's new-look team with a display which will cause Thomas Tuchel nightmares.

Arsenal P.3 W 3. Pts 9
Man City P.3 W2. D1. Pts 7
Leeds P.3 W2. D1. Pts 7
Tottenham P.3 W2. D1. Pts 7
Brighton P.3 W2. D1. Pts 7
Newcastle P.3 W1. D2 Pts 5

🥊 icymi: Anthony Joshua's bid to recapture the unified heavyweight titles ended in disappointment as Oleksandr Usyk produced a terrific performance to win by a split decision in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Two judges scored the fight 115-113 and 116-112 to Usyk, while a third judge gave it 115-113 to the challenger. While there were some close rounds, Usyk was the deserved winner.

Usyk will return to his native Ukraine as 'quickly as possible' and as an unrivaled hero!

"It shows the passion we put into this. For this guy to beat me tonight, it shows the levels of hard work he must have put in, so please give him a round of applause as heavyweight champion of the world.

👊🏻 Britain's Leon Edwards sensationally knocked out Kamaru Usman in a huge shock, to win the welterweight title at UFC 278 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

⚽️ Chelsea and Everton have joined Manchester United in weighing up moves for Brentford's English striker Ivan Toney, 26. (Sunday Mirror)

🏈 UFC president Dana White claimed that he helped put a deal in place to bring Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski to the Las Vegas Raiders in 2020, but then-Raiders coach Jon Gruden "blew the deal up."

⛳️ Rory McIlRoy wasn't best pleased with a fan's remote-controlled golf ball, and it ended up in the lake.

Scott Stallings leads the BMW tournament by one shot (-13) with 7 to play, ahead of Patrick Cantly. Adam Scott is currently three shots behind thru 12.