Andrew Johns engineered an 32-22 upset Sunday as Newcastle ruined the Brisbane Broncos homecoming to Lang Park in Round 12 of the National Rugby League.
The Broncos started out in the national league at Lang Park in 1988 but spent the last seven years across town at ANZ Stadium before being enticed back to the upgraded 52,000-seat home of rugby league in Queensland.
Winger Anthony Quinn scored a minute either side of halftime as the Knights rallied from a 12-4 deficit after 39 minutes to lead 16-12.
Quinn's intercept try just after the break sparked a four-try burst from the Knights and a 20-point buffer with 13 minutes remaining as Johns' tactical and goal kicking exposed weaknesses in the Broncos defense out wide. The hosts scored two consolation tries in the last 10 minutes to reduce the final margin to 10 points.
Roosters five-eighth Brad Fittler slotted a last-minute drop goal as the defending premiers moved into a share of second place with Brisbane and Penrith on a 27-20 win over the Storm in Melbourne, while the North Queensland Cowboys moved into the Top 8 with a 36-16 win over St. George-Illawarra.
Cronulla fullback David Peachey's amateurish late blunder allowed Raiders winger Michael Robertson to toe the ball ahead and pounce on it in-goal to break a 14-14 deadlock and give league-leading Canberra its first win at Shark Park since 1993.
The Sharks led 12-4 early in the second period and 14-12 with 10 minutes remaining before Canberra equalized with a goal and the went ahead 20-14 with four minutes to play after Robertson swooped when Peachey elected not to dive on the loose ball inside his own quarter.
Clinton Schicofske landed six goals for the Canberra, while Cronulla halfback Brett Kimorley missed all three conversions and landed just one penalty goal.
At Penrith, halfback Preston Campbell scored a hat-trick of tries and kicked five goals as the Panthers collected a club record seventh consecutive win with a 34-12 defeat of New Zealand Warriors.
Bologna on Thursday advanced past Empoli to reach their first Coppa Italia final in more than half a century. Thijs Dallinga’s 87th-minute header earned Bologna a 2-1 win and his side advanced 5-1 on aggregate. Giovanni Fabbian opened the scoring for Bologna with a header seven minutes in. Then Viktor Kovalenko equalized for Empoli in the 30th minute by turning in a rebound to finish off a counterattack. Bologna won the first leg 3-0. In the May 14 final in Rome, Bologna are to face AC Milan, who eliminated city rivals Inter 4-1 on aggregate following a 3-0 win on Wednesday. Bologna last reached the
If the Wild finally break through and win their first playoff series in a decade, Minnesota’s top line likely will be the reason. They were all over the Golden Knights through the first two games of their NHL Western Conference quarter-finals series, which was 1-1 going back to Minnesota for Game 3 today. The Wild tied the series with a 5-2 win on Tuesday. Matt Boldy had three goals and an assist in the first two games, while Kirill Kaprizov produced two goals and three assists. Joel Eriksson Ek, who centers the line, has yet to get on the scoresheet. “I think the biggest
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Noelvi Marte on Sunday had seven RBIs and hit his first career grand slam with a drive off infielder Jorge Mateo, while Austin Wynn had a career-high six RBIs as the Cincinnati Reds scored their most runs in 26 years in a 24-2 rout of the Baltimore Orioles. Marte finished with five hits, including his eighth-inning homer off Mateo. Wynn hit a three-run homer in the ninth off catcher Gary Sanchez. Cincinnati scored its most runs since a 24-12 win against the Colorado Rockies on May 19, 1999, and finished with 25 hits. Baltimore allowed its most runs since a 30-3 loss to
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