🗞 Flip the script

G'day sports fans,

“Thinking about the ploughing doesn’t get it done.” - Wayne Bennett.

🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

🐬 Wayne Bennett's Dolphins produced a spectacular NRL debut, defeating competition heavyweights Sydney Roosters 28-18 at Suncorp Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

The NRL's newest franchise simply outclassed an error-riddled Roosters in front of over 32,000 as Bennett's side capped off celebrations honouring the late Arthur Beetson. (match report)

🏉 The Gold Coast Titans fended off a late Wests Tigers comeback to kick start their 2023 campaign with a 22-10 upset win at Leichhardt Oval on Sunday evening. (match report)

🏀 Don’t rule out the defending champion Sydney Kings just yet.

The Kings kept their NBL title defence alive on Sunday with a remarkably brave 81-74 Game 2 victory over the New Zealand Breakers.

Sydney defied the odds to level the series at 1-all despite losing stars Xavier Cooks (ankle) and Derrick Walton Jr (quad) to injuries at halftime.

🏉 Queensland signed off Super Round with a record 71-20 victory over the Western Force, capping a positive weekend for Australian teams.

With all 12 Super Rugby Pacific sides playing at Melbourne's AAMI Park over three days, the Reds, Waratahs bt Drua 46-17, and Brumbies bt Blues 25-20 all left as winners while the Rebels had a narrow 39-33 loss to the Hurricanes.

🦘 Wallabies coach Eddie Jones’ preferred squad ahead of this year’s Rugby World Cup appears to have been leaked.

Jones was at AAMI Park in Melbourne watching the Super Rugby ‘Super Round’ and working on the national squad in his notebook, as revealed by a photo posted to Twitter.

A Twitter user who snapped the notebook deleted the image an hour later but the Nine papers reported details of Jones’ plans, which he told them were “scribble”.

🇦🇺 Fremantle's midfield is ready to get better again in 2023 and weather the losses of retired champion David Mundy and redeployed forward Nat Fyfe, according to coach Justin Longmuir. (AFL)

🐴 Injured jockey Ethan Brown will undergo surgery today to further evaluate the full extent of his abdominal injuries.

Brown has spent the past 48 hours at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in intensive care after a shocking fall at Flemington last Saturday in the Australian Guineas.

The 23-year-old, is expected to make a full recovery in time. (racenet)

⚽️ The Roar suffered a 3-2 defeat against Macarthur FC on the back of Jake McGing’s 95th-minute winner at Campbelltown Stadium on Sunday.

Interim boss Nick Green labelled it a “missed opportunity” but is not throwing in the towel when it comes to the club’s Isuzu UTE A-League finals hopes.

🎾 Alex de Minaur took down Tommy Paul during the Mexican Open Final to claim his maiden ATP 500 title.

Paul raced away to claim the opening set before de Minaur fought back and levelled proceedings to send it into a deciding set.

Once the third set got underway however it was one-way traffic for the Aussie as he claimed the 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory.

The Aussie put the American to the sword and once he put his foot down, Paul couldn’t keep up with him as the final got away.

His seventh ATP vicvictory could now launch him into the top 20 rankings, giving Australia two men in the best 20 male players on the planet.

🏃🏻💨 Speedy Sports

🏉 All the scores, highlights, injuries, judiciary news and details from Week 1 of the 2023 NRL Telstra Premiership. (NRL)

🏃🏾‍♂️ Peter Bol has hit back emphatically to his drug scandal in an interview. (news)

🏏 Aussie Beth Mooney retired hurt in the opening match of the Women's Premier League Tournement where the Mumbai Indians thrashed Gujarat Giants by 143 runs. (Fox)

💒 Port Adelaide star Jeremy Finlayson and his partner Kellie Gardner have tied the knot in heartwarming scenes. (news)

🏏 Skipper Rohit Sharma has hit out at criticism of India’s pitches after losing on a wickedly turning Indore track that was slapped with three demerit points by the ICC.

🌎 World Sport

⚽️ Liverpool absolutely pumped Manchester United 7-0 at Anfield. Seven.

Liverpool belied their recent struggles to thrash Manchester United as Mohamed Salah became their record Premier League goalscorer.

Cody Gakpo placed a shot in the bottom corner, Darwin Nunez headed in and Gakpo clipped a shot over David de Gea from Mohamed Salah's pass.

Salah scored a fine volley and Nunez headed in Jordan Henderson's cross.

Egyptian Salah scored again, his 129th league goal for the club, and Roberto Firmino added a seventh on the day it was announced he would be leaving the Club.

This is Manchester United's heaviest defeat in Premier League history.

⚽️ Everton led twice but missed the chance to move out of the Premier League relegation zone by drawing 2-2 with Notts Forest.

🏎 Red Bull's Max Verstappen started the new season as he ended the last, with a dominant victory in the Middle East.

The two-time champion led the Bahrain Grand Prix almost from start to finish, initially lapping at a pace beyond his rivals and then controlling the race.

The drive, Verstappen's 36th victory, underlined his status as favourite for a third consecutive world title.

Sergio Perez made it a Red Bull one-two ahead of an inspired drive by Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso in third.

⚽️ Kylian Mbappe scored a club-record 201st goal for Paris St-Germain in an entertaining 4-2 win over Nantes.

🛺 Introducing Tuk Tuk Polo: Surprisingly it's polo but played from tuk tuk's and not horses or elephants.

The sport is popular in Sri Lanka but I think we could see it get big anywhere in the world, after a few drinks on a Friday night.

👊🏻 Jon Jones flipped the script on Ciryl Gane, scoring a submission victory within two minutes to become undisputed heavyweight champion.

🏀 Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant will not play in at least the next two games after his Instagram Live video, in which he displayed what appeared to be a gun while at a nightclub early Saturday morning, prompted an investigation from the NBA.

🏈 The New England Patriots have informed veteran quarterback Brian Hoyer of their intention to release him before the start of free agency on March 15.

🤢 American tennis star Taylor Fritz was slapped with a penalty after he rushed off the court midgame to throw up in a bucket.(nine)

⚽️ Barcelona want to sign Portugal midfielder Bernardo Silva and Manchester City would be prepared to let the 28-year-old, whose contract expires in June 2025, leave for 65m euros

📺 Live Sports TV Guide

TODAY

⛳️ 06:30 - PGA TOUR - Puerto Rico Open, Round 4 (Fox Sports More)

⚽️ 06:45 - Italian Serie A - Roma v Juventus (beIN SPORTS 3)

⚽️ 07:00 - Spanish La Liga - Real Betis v Real Madrid (Optus Sport 2)

🏀 11:30 - NBA - Boston Celtics v New York Knicks (ESPN)

🏀 14:00 - NBA - Los Angeles Clippers v Memphis Grizzlies (ESPN)

TUESDAY

🏏 01:00 - Pakistan Super League - Quetta Gladiators v Karachi Kings (Fox Sports)

⚽️ 07:00 - Premier League - Brentford v Fulham (Optus Sport 1)

🏀 11:30 - NBA - Miami Heat v Atlanta Hawks (ESPN)

🏀 14:00 - NBA - Sacramento Kings v New Orleans Pelicans (ESPN)

🏒 14:30 - NHL - Los Angeles Kings v Washington Capitals (ESPN 2)

🏏 20:00 - Pakistan Super League - Peshawar Zalmi v Lahore Qalandars (Fox Cricket)