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Super League Wrap - Warrington survived a brave Hull KR comeback to win 29-28 at Craven Park on Sunday.
The Wolves made a flying start and soon thundered their way into a 28-0 lead inside the opening 25 minutes of the match with five quick tries.
Rovers crossed the whitewash just once in the first half, but the home side launched their fightback just after the hour mark.
As the pressure mounted Hull KR ran in four more tries in the closing stages, but a drop-goal from Warrington's Michael Monaghan eventually proved to be the crucial point which won the match for the visitors.
The victory saw Paul Cullen's Wolves move above their opponents into fifth place in the early-season Super League table.
Huddersfield found their scoring touch to beat sorry Castleford 64-12 and leave the promoted side as the only team without a point after the first three rounds of Super League.
The Giants were the least productive side after two rounds but opened their account in style, running in 12 tries against a threadbare Castleford side who were totally outclassed and look to be facing a long, hard season.
There were no fewer than 10 different Huddersfield scorers, with captain Chris Thorman leading the points spree with a try and eight goals from 12 attempts.
Harlequins produced a magnificent second-half comeback to pick up their second win of the season 34-18 against woeful Wakefield on Saturday.
Brian McDermott's side faced an uphill task after the break when Brett Ferres' try gave the Wildcats an 18-10 lead.
But 24 unanswered points courtesy of tries from Chad Randall, Rikki Sheriffe, Henry Paul and Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook saw Harlequins take the game away from the visitors.
Talismanic captain Paul Sculthorpe made his eagerly-awaited comeback as St Helens produced a stunning display to gain their first win at Odsal for three years, 22-16 against Bradford on Friday.
The former Great Britain skipper started on the bench after almost nine months out with an Achilles injury and made his entry midway through the first half, by which time his side had already established a stranglehold on the game.
Saints led 16-0 after a flawless first half-hour but had to withstand a tremendous fightback by the Bulls before veteran hooker Keiron Cunningham clinched the victory with a trademark try from dummy half 11 minutes from the end.
A stirring Hull fightback saw them register a first win of the season, 24-22 against Wigan, shattering their opponents' unbeaten start to the season in the process.
A 71st-minute try from former Warriors man Danny Tickle edged Peter Sharp's side in front for the first time since they led 8-6 in the opening half and rounded off a thrilling contest.
Tickle's winner, which came after Wigan failed to deal with a high kick from the same player, had a hint of irony about it too, as the visitors had edged themselves into 16-8 and 22-14 leads after preying on Hull's inability to field kicks all night.
Scott Donald and Keith Senior both scored twice as Leeds warmed up for the World Club Challenge by ruthlessly dispatching Catalans 34-6 at Headingley.
The Rhinos face Australian NRL champions Melbourne Storm at Elland Road next Friday and will aim to add the trophy to the Super League title they won in such style last season.
MORGAN BEMOANS ROVERS' START - Post-match reaction to Warrington's 29-28 victory over Hull KR.
SHARP COMPARES JENSEN TO ROBINSON - Post-match reaction to Huddersfield's 64-12 victory over Castleford.
WAKEFIELD COUNTING INJURY COST - Wakefield have three key players almost certainly ruled out for up to two months due to injury.
LEAGUE REVISE QUOTA RULES - Players from emerging nations such as Russia, Serbia and Lebanon will no longer count on the overseas quota.
WIKI SET FOR SUPER LEAGUE - Ruben Wiki is being courted by almost every Super League club, according to his manager. Read more Sporting Life
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Tate finding his feet across ditch By Dan Koch - Fortune favours the brave, or so the saying goes. Perhaps that is why things are beginning to turn for New Zealand Warriors recruit Brent Tate.
It was with a heavy heart and a head full of doubts that Tate last year turned his back on the Brisbane Broncos, the club he had been with since he was 15 and which helped him earn Queensland and Australia honours.
Such a move would usually be seen as compromising a player's career and trading down in lifestyle, abandoning the sunny climate of southeast Queensland in favour of Auckland.
But nothing could be further from the truth. Tate and wife Lani arrived in Auckland last year, just in time to enjoy the start of the best summer weather the area has enjoyed in almost two decades.
"By the sounds of things it hasn't stopped raining since I flew out of Brisbane and the weather here has been amazing," Tate said.
"I guess we lucked out because the locals are saying they haven't had a summer like this for 20 years."
Tate's also avoided the drama which has engulfed the Broncos since coach Wayne Bennett's announcement this would be his last season at Red Hill.
Asked about the situation at his old club, Tate conceded: "It's huge, Wayne leaving. It'll be different there."
That is all he wanted to say about the subject, preferring to speak about how impressed he has been with the Warriors' organisation and especially their coach Ivan Cleary.
"It's been smooth sailing since I arrived here, actually," Tate said. "I have really enjoyed it. They say a change is as good as a holiday and it certainly looks that way for me. The Broncos and Wayne were so good to me for so long, but I just feel really refreshed and enthusiastic.
"When I was leaving a few guys said to me not to compare the Broncos with anything else, to just take the club for what it is. The facilities and staff here have been awesome.
"Things seem to have worked out perfectly so far."
No-one in the rugby league community, particularly those within his former club, would begrudge Tate a change of luck after what he has endured since bursting on to the scene in 2001.
Tate's career has almost ended on at least three occasions since a chronic nerve problem in his shoulder and neck, which, when aggravated, rendered his left arm and shoulder useless.
A specially designed neck brace saved his career and restored his confidence, only to see his past two seasons cut short by ankle and knee injuries, the latter a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament sustained in the third State of Origin last year, requiring a knee reconstruction.
Tate has been in full training with his new team-mates and will fly to Queensland as part of the Warriors squad to take on Manly at Kawana on the Sunshine Coast in the final pre-season trial on Saturday.
"I won't lie and say I wasn't worried about changing clubs in the middle of the recovery, because I was. It was hard to come to a new place and start the year in rehab," Tate said.
"But everyone has been really supportive and things have improved pretty quickly."
On top of the $450,000 a season contract the Warriors tabled, the chance to play in his preferred centre position was another part of his decision to head to New Zealand. Read more The Australian
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Heat is on - Brown and his players know it's time for Dragons to start breathing fire By Jacquelin Magnay
Who's New: Kirk Reynoldson (from Newcastle), Stuart Webb (South Sydney), Jarrod Saffy (Wests Tigers), Jardine Bobongie (North Sydney Bears), Joe Falemaka (North Sydney Bears), Mark Hendy (Western Suburbs), Jon Green (Bulldogs), Alex Ranieri (Penrith).
Who's gone: Corey Payne (to Wests Tigers), Danny Wicks (Newcastle), Chris Houston (Newcastle), Wes Naiqama (Newcastle), Keith Lulia (Newcastle), Ashton Sims (Brisbane Broncos), Tom Hewitt (Brisbane), Charlie Leaeno (Bulldogs), Adam Peek (Cronulla Sutherland).
Biggest Question: How long before coach Nathan Brown gets punted by his close mate Peter Doust? Brown is in his sixth year of coaching and despite his team having stellar talent it has disappointed each September.
Brown won't be able to rely on his rookie stature, which explained the lacklustre first couple of years, or blame the loss of key players, which extended his honeymoon run for a further year.
He knows it is crunch time, despite his friendship with chief executive Doust, who is under pressure for results. The joint-venture board is expecting a quick turnaround, and Brown will have to deliver if he is to have any hope that his contract, which expires at the end of the season, will be renewed.
Job Seekers: Former Waratahs bad-boy Wendell Sailor will finish his two-year suspension for testing positive to cocaine in May and looks certain to join the Dragons on match payments only if he is fit enough to slot into the back row ahead of Beau Scott and Ben Creagh.
Keep Your Eye On: Dean Whare, an Arncliffe Scots local junior with exciting footwork, has been promoted to the first grade squad but will have to sidestep around the team's star pairing of Mark Gasnier and Matt Cooper.
Reasons to Be Excited: Dean Young, who has had a most frustrating time recovering from his knee injury, should be back for the start of the season to give Brown a few more options around the ruck.
Gasnier will be back to his preferred role out wide and, providing he gets his hands on the ball, should be one of the club's top tryscorers. Last year the club made much of the inexperience of players such as Rangi Chase and Chase Stanley, but those rookies have now had a taste of first grade and should be able to step up the intensity.
Flashy winger Brett Morris and the big man Justin Poore have recovered from their shoulder injuries and will add some experience to the line-up. Last season the club finished 13th after a dreadful win/loss record of 9/15, so there is significant room for improvement.
Reasons to Be Worried: The switch of home games from Oki Jubilee Stadium to ANZ stadium (Homebush Bay), a rival to the club's faithful sponsor St George Bank, has created friction, and fiercely loyal local fans in the St George area are furious at club management.
It is understood the football club will receive about $800,000 for switching the games when the leagues club has cut its grant to the football club by $2 million. The decision has prompted, in part, for a local supporters group R2K to contest the next election of the St George board. How the players cope with the switch to the soulless big stadium will be critical to the year's results. Read more League HQ
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Bulldogs board to ask Noad to step down By Dean Ritchie - The new-look Bulldogs board of directors is tonight expected to ask the club chief executive Malcolm Noad to resign. The Daily Telegraph understands Noad will be given the option of walking away with a hefty pay-out.
Should Noad refuse to walk, the club would then consider employing an executive above Noad, even though he may still retain the chief executive's title.
One source close to the Bulldogs said last night: "He can walk away with dignity or stay and be humiliated. They are the two options he faces."
Chairman George Peponis has ordered directors not to comment publicly before tonight's meeting.
It will be the first time the club's new directors have met since last weekend's elections where a rebel ticket gained power on the board.
The rebel directors made it clear early in the election campaign build-up that Noad was not part of the Bulldogs' future plans.
Failure to oust Noad would be an election promise broken, they contend, and failure by them to abide by the members' wishes.
Should he walk Noad would ask for a pay-out, thought to be around $250,000.
But the club will baulk at having to outlay such an amount.
All Noad said last night was: "I'm still considering my position."
Peponis was reluctant last night to discuss what he anticipates will happen at tonight's meeting in Belmore.
"It will be a board meeting where we will discuss a lot of things," Peponis said.
Asked whether Noad's position would be discussed, Peponis said: "I don't want to discuss that.
"It may or it may not. I'm not sure but it will probably will be discussed.
"But we will be looking at a lot of things (including) our strategic plan and our business plan.
"There will be a lot of things discussed."
Pressed about whether the board would tonight ask Noad to resign, Peponis said: "I don't want to discuss that. We haven't had a board meeting yet to discuss that, so until we do I don't want to comment."
There were suggestions last night, however, that Peponis had asked Noad to stay on as CEO, but that cannot be confirmed.
At tonight's meeting, Peponis will set down the guidelines for the new board and reiterate his plea for club unity after the bitter AGM campaign.
"It (the meeting) will be an orientation," Peponis said.
Former players Paul Dunn, Andrew Farrar and Barry Ward were the new directors.
The Bulldogs struggled on the field as well on Saturday night.
Against St George Illawarra at WIN Stadium, Wollongong, the Bulldogs were behind 28-6 at one point before a committed second half made the final score 40-30 to the Dragons. Read more Daily Telegraph
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Mason may escape scrutiny - LACK of TV footage will help Willie Mason's bid to escape punishment from the NRL match review committee.
Thurston denies coach rift - JOHNATHAN Thurston last night spoke of his frustration at being accused of engineering coach Graham Murray's sacking.
Laffranchi in freak accident - A DODGY floorboard which resulted in a knee injury so easily could have ended the season of star Titans back-rower Anthony Laffranchi. Read more Courier Mail
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HALIFAX HOME INSURANCE - NATIONAL YOUTH LEAGUE RESULTS - Sunday 24th February 2008
East Leeds 4-4 Gateshead Storm
Elland 28-0 Wibsey Juniors
Ince Rose Bridge 20-24 Leigh Miners Rangers
Keighley Cougar Cubs 32-2 Featherstone Lions
Waterhead 6-14 Kells
League leaders LEIGH MINERS RANGERS were made to fight all the way to preserve their unbeaten record at INCE ROSE BRIDGE.
It took a late try from full back Chris Wakefield, goaled by Tom Bradley, to secure the win after Ince had led 20-18 going into the closing stages.
Stand off Adam Thomason was the star for Rangers, his distribution and kicking skills the difference although the hosts could lay claim to the try of the game.
Loose forward Adam Dwyer gave Bridge the perfect start, his fifth minute try goaled by Dean Dollin. Touchdowns by Martin Gray and Shaun Marsh and a Tom Bradley goal ensured Miners led at the break until Dollin's crowd pleaser.
Steve Lynch kicked from his own twenty and Dollin's sprint and hack on saw him claim a memorable score, his conversion putting Ince back in front. A Bradley penalty levelled and Adam Owens' converted score put the visitors back in front.
Dollin sent over a penalty and, with hooker Ryan Eccleston to the fore, winger Andrew Moyle made it 18-18. Dollin's goal edged Bridge ahead until Whitefield's game breaker.
KELLS made better use of the wet conditions to register a narrow win at WATERHEAD.
A try on the quarter hour from Michael Ramsden goaled by Greg McNally followed, just before half time, by a penalty from McNally gave Kells an 8-0 half time lead.
McNally scored from 70 metres straight from the kick off to the second half and converted his own score before Waterhead registered their only points of the game with a well taken try from Ash Dixon, converted by Sean Garrett.
A second penalty from stand off Rob Young gave GATESHEAD THUNDER a share of the spoils at EAST LEEDS.
After a scoreless first period, Young gave the visitors a narrow lead but excellent centre Nathan Goodman went 40 metres for the only try of the game in response.
Twice Easts spilt the ball over the line and that proved costly when further indiscipline from the hosts gave Young the chance to level. RFL Online
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LEAGUE MAKES INITIAL IMPACT IN EMIRATES - Safa Park, Dubai, became the first venue to witness structured rugby league in the United Arab Emirates when UAE Rugby League development staff ran a two-hour training session.
Twenty players attended, including exiles from Lebanon, England and Australia amongst the interested locals. The participants were drawn from Lebanese rugby league, Dubai Hurricanes Rugby Union, UAE Falcons Rugby Union (an all-Arab team), Leeds and Huddersfield amateur rugby league and included two Australians whose background was in Aussie Rules.
"Everybody was extremely excited to play their original code of rugby from back home," said Sol Mokdad, UAE RL's Dubai-based development manager, who conducted the session with Abu Dhabi development officer and Pilkington Recs Chairman Ralph Rawsthorne.
"The amount of talent in that park was incredible and the pace just kept getting quicker with only one water break for the whole two hours. The Emirati boys were happy with the speed of the game and how much they got the ball" Mokdad added.
With at least another ten players expected for the next session, as well as a high profile coach, UAE RL is confident of putting together a formidable team to play Liban Espoir in Bhamdoun, Lebanon, on 22nd March.
Following that, a BARLA club will tour the UAE in May and plans are afoot to begin the UAE national championship in November, featuring clubs from Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah contesting a four-month season.
Mokdad - who has been working on the UAE project since November, as part of the RLEF Euro-Med Department's Middle Eastern expansion plans - has held talks with the country's Sports and National Youth Development Committee, concerning the appropriate steps rugby league must take to gain government recognition and is confident about its future.
"The Emirates embraces new ideas, especially sports," he noted. "Rugby league is new to the UAE and the pace and intensity of the game will appeal to the Emirati youth, as well as to the abundance of rugby league players already living here." RFL Online
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HUNGARY TAKES FORMATIVE LEAGUE STEPS - Following a trip by Rugby League European Federation Executive Officer Kevin Rudd and South East European Regional Development Officer Jovan Vujosevic to Budapest, the first tentative steps have been taken at establishing the code in Hungary.
The initial task is the establishment of a Rugby League Association in the country, together with the drawing up of a constitution. Representatives and interested parties have been invited to the next RLEF official observers meeting, in London on March 8th
During the trip, pupils from Earlsheaton School, led by teacher Matt Hotkinson, who were on a cultural exchange programme, demonstrated basic coaching drills.
Also in attendance was Andy Fairhurst, Development Officer from the Czech Republic, in order to establish links between the two nations and the party were hosted at a professional Handball match.
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LONDON SKOLARS RISE TO GROUND EAGLES - Tony Benson was delighted with his first win as London Skolars coach and the extraordinary manner of the record 50-32 away victory at Sheffield Eagles on Friday night in the Northern Rail Cup left him excited about the capital club's future.
"I was really proud of the way our boys went about their business," said Benson, in charge for only his fourth game. "It was a very good team effort from 1 to 17.
"Putting that score on an NL1 team like Sheffield may have shocked a few people but it wouldn't of mattered who we played, we would have made a good account of ourselves. The result was no fluke. We've all worked really hard over the last month and gradually improved each week. As a team we are gaining confidence in ourselves and now have the understanding to buy in to the direction we are taking."
Skolars raced into a shock early 12-0 lead thanks to two tries by Scotland centre and hat-trick hero Dene Miller, both converted by Paul Thorman, who had an outstanding night with the boot, kicking seven of nine conversion attempts.
Although Sheffield bounced back, a try a few seconds either side of half-time by Chris Shears and Jermaine Coleman put Skolars back in the driving seat and despite Sheffield's efforts, London remained two scores ahead throughout the second half.
Despite all the talk of new signings this winter, all of Skolars' half-century of points were scored by players who were at the club last season. Benson chopped and changed his pack after last week's disappointing performance against Doncaster and it paid off spectacularly.
"We've shown we have depth in our squad as we only had 17 fit and available players for Friday night's game and every one of them stood up and fought to hold on to their position for next week's game away to Celtic.
"Losing the toss and playing into a very strong wind was always going to be a major challenge but we knew that if we kept the ball off them, played as much footy as we could in their half, and were within a try to them at half time we'd be a good chance.
"Then if we played smart and used the wind to play down their end in the second half we were a good chance of coming away with it. And we did exactly that.
"It's only one game of 28 but we have improved, and we'll celebrate that. But we're realistic: it was one night, we've learnt a lot from it, we have a lot of improvement in us and we have to keep pushing on and never being content."
Skolars must win at Bridgend next Saturday night and then at home to Sheffield on 15 March if they are to stand any chance of progressing to the last 16 of the Northern Rail Cup.
Southgate Skolars are in action on Wednesday night with a prestigious friendly against Oxford University at Saracens RFC, Green Road, Southgate N14 - 5.45pm kick off.
As with the 22-all draw with Cambridge University last month, the team will be a mixture of Skolars second team players and the best of the Southgate College team which crashed out of the Carnegie Champion Colleges Cup on Friday with a 68-10 hammering at Greenhead College, Huddersfield.
Southgate's scorers, on a day when little went right against the unbeaten Yorkshire champions, were Jerry Obuchowski and Smokie Junor, with Doug Hann adding a goal. London Skolars Online
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Trial games a necessary evil for players, coaches - By Phil Gould - Trial time is a tough period for coaches. For all 16 NRL teams, the next few weeks represent the most important and most nervous part of their pre-season preparations for 2008.
Trial games are a necessary evil for players and coaches.
You know you need them, but in the back of your mind you also know there is very little positive to be gained from them.
Your players risk injury and suspension in games of no importance. If you win you get nothing to show for it.
If you lose or play poorly, the confidence of young players can take a hit or the whole organisation can start to question whether or not their off-season program has covered all necessary bases.
Some coaches refuse to play their best players, stating they are saving them from risk of injury. Some coaches, I feel, just don't want to put their full-strength team out there and see it get beaten - they like to think they have something in reserve.
I used to like the pre-season knockout competitions. It gave you more of a serious assignment, a reward if you won and, to my mind, a better preparation for the season.
As a player, I think you go through stages in your approach to these games.
When you were young it was just great to get a shot in first grade and show what you could do. When you were more established you always saw them as a no-pressure opportunity to try new things you practised at training and to build combinations with new teammates.
As you get to the back end of your career, you can take them or leave them. If you had to play you played within yourself. If you didn't have to play, you didn't.
From a coach's perspective, I used to break the calendar year up into four distinct stages.
The first stage was post-season. Post-season begins the day of your last game in the preceding season and lasts about six weeks.
In this period you assess the season just gone, explore changes that need to be made and prepare the program for the next 12 months.
This involves organising training and medical staff, venues, gear, equipment, relocation of new players to your club etc.
You conduct medicals on all contracted players of all ages to ensure any physiotherapy or surgery that needs to be done is begun immediately so you have your players fit and training as soon as possible.
From there you plan your drills, skills, strength and conditioning program for the off-season period, taking into account all individuals are different as all, at some stage, require personalised programs.
The second stage was the off-season, from the first week in November until after the Christmas break.
In this period, I like to work on the S's - strength, size, speed and skill. Rugby league is not a game of endurance - it is a game of speed endurance. You have to be fast and skilful for long periods and training methods over time have adjusted accordingly to meet these needs.
During this period, I liked the whole club to train together from scholarship players to the junior representative teams, right through to our senior players.
This helped with giving your whole club a common knowledge and also in building relationships and bonds between the youngsters and the established stars.
After the Christmas break we entered the pre-season stage. During this period, defence techniques and patterns became a priority and you introduced more physical contact to your training. You started to finetune the patterns and plays in your attack.
At the end of your pre-season, your whole program was put under the microscope in the pre-season trials.
These preparation matches confirmed that everything was in place for the start of the competition.
I liked my teams to trial well and I liked them to win. I gained no pleasure at all from losing and I didn't want my players to get used to explaining away losses as though they didn't matter, either.
The fourth stage of the season was, of course, the competition phase.
This is the 30-week test of your teamwork, togetherness, toughness, talent and tenacity.
I used to break the competition up into four phases, too, but perhaps we can talk about this more at another time. Basically though, as all the clubs face the back end of this pre-season period, everyone holds their breath and prays for no bad luck so they arrive at round one of the premiership fit, healthy and confident.
Good luck to them all.
Rooster hit with ban but bush boys will pay the price
The NRL's decision to charge and suspend Roosters prop Frank-Paul Nuuausala for contrary conduct following a fight in a trial game at Port Macquarie last weekend has effectively ended any chance of country teams hosting NRL sides for pre-season matches in the future. That is my personal view, and I do not speak for the Roosters on this matter.
Teams do their best to support country towns wherever possible and, in keeping with that attitude, the Roosters agreed to play three country teams in one evening as a great promotion and fundraising initiative for their local league.
The reward? Having to face a couple of young smart-arses only intent on cheap shots and inciting a brawl to give themselves something to brag about to their mates in the local pub. It only takes a couple of idiots to spoil it for everyone.
Roosters players contend they ignored a lot of niggle and provocation against the Kempsey-based Dunghutti Broncos before Nuuausala finally took exception to a blatant cheap shot on one of his teammates. By suspending Nuuausala, the NRL is now effectively giving a free rein to these unprofessional amateur players to punch whoever they like at any time because they now know the professional NRL player is not allowed to fight back.
Having had this restriction reconfirmed by the NRL, I suggest coaches will no longer bother subjecting their players to these situations. I want to reiterate that this is my opinion and not that of the Roosters, but I think the NRL could have handled this matter better. And I also hope Country Rugby League takes stern action against the players responsible for this disgrace.
I always preferred to play trials against teams with coaches who I knew enforced a strong code of discipline among their troops. For example, when you played trials against teams coached by Wayne Bennett, Brian Smith, Tim Sheens or John Lang, you got a good, hard match and you never needed to worry about fights or illegal tactics.
While I understand Nuuausala's actions in support of a teammate, this talented young player will learn the tough lesson that being a professional footballer carries with it the responsibility of controlling your emotions, even under the most extreme provocation.
This kid has a big future and I assure you no one at the Roosters thinks any less of him because of this suspension.
In the end, though, Nuuausala has to sit out a week and miss an opportunity to play in an important trial game - and country rugby league clubs probably loses all chance of seeing NRL teams play their local boys in trial games ever again. Everyone loses. Read more League HQ
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Russian team Vereya out of the Carnegie Challenge Cup -
Russian team Vereya were beaten 64-12 by Leigh Miners Rangers in the second round of the Carnegie Challenge Cup on Saturday.
Lokomotiv Moscow, who beat Vereya in the Russian Championship final, will hope to have more joy when they go into the hat for Thursday's third-round draw.
The most exciting finish in Saturday's matches came at Ince Rose Bridge, where the Arm won 26-25. Read more Sporting Life
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.....another difficult part of the game for a winger is the situation of defence. All players are competent at kicking the ball and the understanding of reading key indicators in their kicking game.
When to stay up, when to sit back in a pocket and how to answer the questions of coming in to numbers and aiming for a more rounded edge.
For a winger, it's not just about being brave and catching a high ball or how they arrive at that ball. They have to be a good communicator, be able to identify threats on the outside, or take a forward in an early ruck. Much like the rest of the back five, the position of the winger is becoming a lot more specialised.
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