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The Australian Rugby League Commission is due to discuss salary cap exemptions for NRL clubs signing players from rival codes at next month's board meeting.
Sport Journal
November 12, 2023
G'day sports fans,
🗣️ Monday Motivation: “You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all.” - J. Askenberg (MLB)
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🐴 Racing will return to grass at the Gold Coast next month, paving the way for the richest Magic Millions day in history in January.
Horses galloped over the new turf for the first time last week, "It's unreal, it's like a golf course out there," - said Group 1-winning jockey Martin Harley.
Seven races are set to take place on the grass track on December 9, with some unofficial jump outs slated to take place next week.
🤕 Star jockey Hugh Bowman was taken to hospital after a fall at Sha Tin on Sunday but has luckily emerged with ‘nothing too serious' [just ‘a few fractures’ according to the man himself] following his horse suffering a leg injury in the final 100m.
🚂 Authorities have issued a warning after a brawl broke out in a carriage full of Melbourne racegoers heading home from Stakes Day, bringing the train to a standstill.
Some passengers were so frustrated with the delay, they pried the doors open with bare hands and jumped down onto the tracks at Flemington.
⛳️ Aussie Hannah Green has signalled her intention to compete at next year's Olympic Games in Paris after claiming her first LPGA Tour win since 2019.
🇦🇺 Geelong are through to their first semi final in AFLW history as they ended Essendon’s season in a dominant display. While the ruthless Roos smashed Demons to book prelim berth 7.8 (50) to 1.3 (9).
Overall attendances were up 37% on last years week one finals.
⛹🏻♀️ Australia have officially swept every netball tournament in 2023 after claiming gold in the Fast 5 series final on Sunday.
Those titles include January’s Quad Series, the World Cup, Constellation Cup and South Africa Series. Dominance.
“My Pop was a great man. They celebrated his life yesterday afternoon… I’m sure they probably had a few beers too so it was nice to be able to perform for the family”
🏉 The Australian Rugby League Commission is due to discuss salary cap exemptions for NRL clubs signing players from rival codes at next month's board meeting.
If actioned, the move is sure to be welcomed by the Sydney Roosters as they target rising Wallabies star Mark Nawaqanitawase.
On Friday, it was revealed that Roosters coach Trent Robinson and chairman Nick Politis will meet with Nawaqanitawase this week to discuss a potential move to the NRL in 2025.
🏏 A bowler took six wickets in six balls and defended four runs in final over of the innings to grab victory for his side.
Surfers Paradise CC were 174/4 and headed into the last over of the match, needing five more runs with six wickets in hand.
Captain [Gareth] Morgan, of the Mudgeeraba Nerang & Districts CC third grade was having none of it and stepped up taking a wicket with every ball of the over. Scenes.
🇦🇺 Collingwood will take on Jack Ginnivan and Hawthorn in a Sunday twilight blockbuster to conclude Gather Round in early April next year.
Gather Round 2024 fixtures:
Thursday, April 4
Adelaide v Melbourne, Adelaide Oval.Friday, April 5
Brisbane v North Melbourne, Norwood Oval.
Port Adelaide v Essendon, Adelaide Oval.Saturday, April 6
Sydney v West Coast, Mount Barker.
Carlton v Fremantle, Adelaide Oval.
Geelong v Western Bulldogs, Adelaide Oval.Sunday, April 7
Gold Coast v Greater Western Sydney, Mount Barker.
Richmond v St Kilda, Norwood Oval.
Collingwood v Hawthorn, Adelaide Oval.
🏉 With Las Vegas on the horizon here’s a throwback to Matt “Sideshow Bob” Petersen scoring the opening try for the USA in their match against Australia back in 2004.
👊🏻 It was a huge gamble for Brit Tom Aspinall to face fearsome Russian knockout artist Pavlovich at 17-days notice after an injury to Jon Jones, but one which paid off spectacularly as Aspinall superbly knocked him out inside 69 seconds.
Still chewing on a celebratory pizza, Aspinall revealed the injury in his post-fight news conference.
"I think this will take a while to sink in to be honest, it's been an absolutely crazy two and a half weeks," said Aspinall.
🤣 You can only help so much as parent... it still went in.
⛳️ The 635th-ranked New Zealander Ben Campbell beat “frustrated” major winner Cameron Smith by one stroke for a stunning triumph at the $2 million Hong Kong Open on Sunday.
⚽️ European Wrap:
Mohamed Salah scored twice as Liverpool maintained their 100% winning record at Anfield this season with a 3-0 victory over Brentford on Sunday, their sixth successive Premier League win at home. While Aston Villa beat Fulham 3-1 making it a club record 13 straight home games in a row.
Harry Kane netted two goals in the first half in a 4-2 win for Bayern Munich, to take his tally to a record 17 from 11 games.
Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick as Paris St-Germain moved top of Ligue 1 with a 3-0 victory over Reims.
Real Madrid thrashed Valencia 5-1 as Carlo Ancelotti's side moved two points behind La Liga leaders Girona.
Wolves stunned Tottenham 2-1 with two stoppage-time goals, thwarting Ange’s men in their bid to reclaim top spot in the Premier League table.
Borussia Dortmund and Germany attacking midfielder Julian Brandt, 27, is wanted by Arsenal and Newcastle. (Mirror)
🏀 Philadelphia 76ers guard Kelly Oubre Jr was injured when he was struck by a vehicle while walking near his home.
The 27-year-old was taken to hospital in a stable condition on Saturday and released a few hours later.
The 76ers said Oubre was set to miss significant playing time but was not expected to be out for the remainder of the NBA season.
Oubre was crossing the street near his home in the centre of Philadelphia when he was hit by the vehicle.
"It's very hard. It's not easy. It's not easy [to] just say no to 20, 30, 40 million dollars. But for myself, it's not everything. This is not most important. It was not an easy decision, but if I decide, I decide.
🏎️ Fears have arisen that the Las Vegas Grand Prix may threaten the all-time record for the F1 race with lowest temperature.
Current forecasts suggest that temperatures could drop as low as 6°C / 43°F for next weekend’s extravaganza, according to the Williams F1 team. That's just 1ºC above the coldest-ever grand prix.
The Las Vegas Grand Prix will begin on Saturday night in local time (5am Sunday AEDT).
🏏 Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul hit centuries as India made it nine wins from nine group-stage games with a 160-run victory over the Netherlands.
Rohit Sharma set a new record for most sixes in ODIs in a calendar year in the match (59), surpassing the record set by former South African captain AB de Villiers in 2015.
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