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Freelance Australian journalist who is based in the UK and writes for Inside Sport, The Guardian, The Sun, The i-Paper, FourFourTwo Australia, SBS The World Game, League Weekly, Big League, Forty20 magazine and others. Tweets at @johnnyddavidson. Enjoys panenkas and cut-out passes.
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Match result: The Socceroos have scraped through to the Asian Cup quarter-finals after a dramatic penalty shoot-out win over Uzbekistan.
Match result: Australia are through to the next round of the Asian Cup after a securing a tense 3-2 win over Syria in the UAE.
The Socceroos are still alive and kicking in the 2019 Asian Cup after a comprehensive 3-0 victory over Palestine in the UAE.
Match result: The Socceroos have gone some of the way to atoning for Sunday’s shock loss to Jordan with a 3-0 victory over Palestine at the 2019 Asian Cup.
Australia’s 2019 Asian Cup defence has started atrociously with a chastising 1-0 defeat to Jordan in Al Ain.
Match result: Australia’s Asian Cup defence has gotten off to a horrendous start, as the Socceroos lost their first group match to opponents Jordan 0-1.
Melbourne Victory can go top of the A-League when they take on bitter rivals Melbourne City in the second Melbourne derby of this season. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of the match from AAMI Park from 7:50pm AEDT.
Australia have fallen to England 17-13 in the World Rugby Under-20 Championship and are out of the running for the tournament’s semi-finals.
A second-half comeback against Italy has kept Australia’s slim hopes in the World Rugby Under-20 Championship alive.
Australia under-20s coach Adrian Thompson says his team were nervous against Italy but is pleased they got the job done with the focus now on England.
Australia kicked off their World Rugby Under-20 Championship campaign at Manchester in the worst possible manner, being upset by Scotland 15-10.
NRL premiers North Queensland take on the Super League’s best team the Leeds Rhinos at Headingley Carnegie Stadium. Join The Roar from 5:40am (AEDT) Monday for all the action from Yorkshire.
They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. It’s a saying Anthony Mundine obviously isn’t familiar with.
England coach Stuart Lancaster jumped before he was axed from his international role, but in the end he made the smart call.
Forget Mark Ella, Jonny Wilkinson, Andrew Mehrtens, Michael Lynagh, Stephen Larkham, Grant Fox or Barry John – Daniel William Carter is the best fly-half to have ever graced a rugby union pitch.
Match result: The All Blacks have defended their World Cup win of four years ago, becoming the first team to retain the trophy.
Match result: Australia will meet New Zealand in the 2015 Rugby World Cup final. The Bledisloe rivals take each other on for the first time in tournament history! Both going for their third Word Cup win.
At first it seem liked Newcastle, 2012, all over again. Minus the sideways rain of course, but even that managed to pop up as well with eight minutes left.
Match Result: The Wallabies will play Argentina in the semi-finals after edging a brave Scotland. Bernard Foley gave Australia a one-point lead with a penalty kick with one-minute left.
Who can stop the awesome All Blacks? The defending champions have well and truly buried the ghosts from Cardiff in 2007 by absolutely pummeling a poor France.
MATCH RESULT
Cowboys get the win 38-4. In the end it’s a blowout as North Queensland run away with it. The first 40 minutes was really tight, a real grind, but the Rhinos wilted in the second 40. This game had a bit of everything. Some good tries, a fight and a sending off. Quite action-packed. But not good from the English perspective. The gap between the NRL and Super is vast, no doubt about that.
Leeds 4
Cowboys 38
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Big mistake there from Leeds, they let a Granville kcikc bounce and the Cowboys clean up. O’Neill darts over for his second try. That’s way too easy.
Leeds 4
Cowboys 38
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Sorry folks a few wi-fi issues here. Going in and out at Headingley.
But the atmopshere has really ratched up a few nothes. Leeds almost over with a try, held up.
Leeds 4
Cowboys 32
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SIN-BIN
Tamou goes for 10 and Garbutt is sent off! Huge drama!
Leeds 4
Cowboys 32
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BIFF!
And it’s all in as James Tamou and Keith Galloway go at it, and Mitch Garbutt drops Tamoa with a huge punch!
Leeds 4
Cowboys 32
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They are in again, this time through Justin O’Neill. And that’s all she wrote folks. Another tough night for Super League.
Leeds 4
Cowboys 32
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’65
Another convesion for JT.
Leeds 4
Cowboys 26
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Mistake from the kick off from Leeds and the Cows hit back quick three tackles. JT scrambles over for a TRY! Now it’s starting to become a bit of a blowout…
Leeds 4
Cowboys 24
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’62
JT adds the extras.
Leeds 4
Cowboys 20
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JT puts through a grubber and Coote picks it up to score. Or has he? Video ref is checking… looks like no try, no it’s given! TRY!
Leeds 4
Cowboys 18
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’59
Lilley is pulled down centimetres out. Leeds roll a grubber in but the Cowboys clean it up. Danger averted.
Leeds 4
Cowboys 14
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’57
Leeds testing the Cows defence now. Some great lines being run.
Thats’s offside from a bomb and Leeds have the ball back 10m out! Here we go…
Leeds 4
Cowboys 14
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’55
Coote brings back a kick. Rhinos have done well to contain the Cowboys so far.
Leeds 4
Cowboys 14
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’53
Leeds look spent. Half-time was the worst thing for them… They’re just holding on. Field position all the Cowboys.
Leeds 4
Cowboys 14
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’50
Cowboys starting to unwind. Leeds really on the back foot. Lachlan Coote down hurt, but he gets up. Looks OK.
Leeds 4
Cowboys 14
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’48
JT having an off night with the boot…
Leeds 4
Cowboys 14
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Kyle Felt dives over ine the corner and the Coeboys are in control. This could get ugly….
Leeds 4
Cowboys 14
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’45
Cowboys camped on Leeds line. Huge pressure for the Rhinos…
Leeds 4
Cowboys 10
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’42
Thurston converts.
Leeds 4
Cowboys 10
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Mistake from the Rhinos with a bomb and the Cowboys capitalise! Linnet with the try!
That is a costly error.
Leeds 4
Cowboys 8
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’40
Leeds kick off and Kane Linnett brings it back.
Leeds 4
Cowboys 4
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Second half underway…
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HALF-TIME
Great action so far. Thoughts on the game so far Roarers?
Leeds 4
Cowboys 4
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’39
Another attempted intercept but Cowboys get it back. Clock is ticking down. Leeds scrambling frentically and they keep North Queensland put. That’s the half!
Leeds 4
Cowboys 4
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Thanks to everyone who tuned in.
Apologir to all for the wi-fi issues which hit in the second half.
North Queensland Cowboys vs Leeds Rhinos: World Club Challenge highlights, scores, blog