Almanac Weekend Sports Results 10-4-2016

Weekend Rant – Horton hears a who

I remember a time when swimming was big, when Ch 9 would break into Hey Hey It’s Saturday with a 15 minute cut to the Men’s 1500 m Freestyle with either Perkins or Hackett, when swimming was broadcast on prime time and swimmers were major personalities sold on every Cereal Box and Sanitarium product. Surely the hi-jinx of London Olympics is not solely responsible for the malaise in the pool? The Australian girls are world beaters, Campbell sisters doing it for themselves and we do have a few World Champions in the pack.

Is it just me or have we taken an ambivalence pill when it comes to swimming? Swimming Championships and selection trails for the Rio Olympics is shown on 7Mate. The Olympic Broadcaster no less sees this sport so incidental that it will only broadcast on its channel that no-one watches, a sport that was previously so popular it interrupted prime time.

Currently, the big news was Hackett not making the swim team, big deal, my expectations of him were, well who cares. But what about the man who won the 400m , Mack Horton? He swam a time that was faster than Hackett in his prime. Horton at 19 has swum the 2nd fastest time by an Australian, beaten only by Thorpedo and the fastest in the year but little to scant mention of him in various media dispatches. If that was Thorpedo or Hackett, Perkins, Klim this would be big news.

In other male swimming news, World Champ Mitch Larkin missed out on a World Record but sent a warning shot to his competitors, “I think they know I can swim fast. And I know I am capable of it,” said Larkin.

And now here are the more enlightening sporting results for the weekend.

AFL

Round 3 and Swans, Suns and Kangas continue their unbeaten streak with Hawks lucky winners in a tight game with Doggies. Saints are the big winners of the round defeating at lack lustre Collingwood, Port finally producing the football they know they can play (at home) and the Crows polished off a Richmond side not quite sure who they are supposed to be. In the Western Derby the Eagles flew highest on a day that Big man Sandy lands was rushed to hospital.

On a sombre note, we hope Almanac favourite Bob Murphy’s injury will not be a career ending incident.

Winners and losers? Who were your picks for best losers and worst winners?

Port Adelaide 17.10.112  d  Essendon 7.9.51

St Kilda 18.11.119  d  Collingwood 14.6.90

Richmond 13.14.92  d.by  Adelaide 19.14.128

Sydney 14.9.93  d  Greater Western Sydney 10.8.68

Gold Coast 13.17.95  d  Carlton 5.11.41

West Coast 12.20.92  d  Fremantle 8.11.59

North Melbourne 21.10.136  d  Melbourne 20.11.131

Western Bulldogs 13.12.90  d.by  Hawthorn 14.9.93

Geelong 18.17.125 d Brisbane 7.14.56

 

SANFL

Sturt11.16 (82) v Central District 9.7 (61)

Eagles 8.5 (53) v Adelaide Football Club 14.12 (96)

South Adelaide 22.6 (138) v West Adelaide 10.7 (67)

Port Adelaide 21.7 (133) v North Adelaide 13.12 (90)

 

WAFL

Claremont 10.17 (77) v Swan Districts 13.5 (83)

Subiaco 14.9 (93) v Perth 4.19 (43)

Peel Thunder 11.8 (74)  v East Perth 15.14 (104)

East Fremantle14.17 (101)  v West Perth7.9 (51)

 

VFL

Footscray 15.14 (104) v Northern Blues 8.7 (55)

Port Melbourne 10.13 (73) v Collingwood Magpies  14.13 (97)

Williamstown 16.13 (109)  v Richmond Tigers  9.10 (64)

Casey 27.17 (179) v Frankston 5.5 (35)

Box Hill 18.10 (118) v Sandringham 12.9 (81)

Coburg 11.9 (75) v North Ballarat 12.9 (81)

Essendon  12.12 (84) v Werribee 16.6 (102)

 

NEAFL

Redland16.11 (107) v Brisbane 5.10 (40)

Gold Coast Suns 11.14 (80) v Aspley 14.8 (92)

Sydney Uni. 16.16 (112) v NT Thunder 6.6 (42)

Southport 19.16 (130) v Canberra Demons 12.7 (79)

Sydney Swans 17.13 (115) v UWS Giants 14.13 (97)

 

NRL

Cronulla Sharks 25 v Gold Coast Titans 20

Penrith Panthers 18 v North Queensland Cowboys 23

New Zealand Warriors 18 v Manly Sea Eagles 34

Parramatta Eels  36 v Canberra Raiders 6

South Sydney Rabbitohs 10 v Sydney Roosters 17

Brisbane Broncos 26 v St.George Illawarra 0

 

Super Rugby XV

 

Sharks 9 v Lions 24

Southern Kings 6 v Bulls 38

Reds 28 v Highlanders 27

Hurricanes 40 v Jaguares 22

Stormers 46 v Sunwolves 19

Force 19 v Crusaders 20

Chiefs 29 v  Blues 23

 

Australian Conference

1. ACT Brumbies 17
2. Rebels 17
3. Waratahs 11
4. Reds 8
5. Force 6

 

A-League:

Wellington Phoenix v WS Wanderers 0 – 2

Sydney FC  v Perth Glory 4 – 0

Melbourne Victory v Brisbane Roar 0 : 0

Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets 2 : 4

Melbourne City v Adelaide United 0 : 2

 

1. Adelaide United 49
2. WS Wanderers 48
3. Brisbane Roar 48
4. Melbourne City 44
5. Perth Glory 43
6. Melbourne Victory 41
7. Sydney FC 34
8. Newcastle Jets 30
9. Wellington Phoenix 25
10. Central Coast Mariners 13

First week Finals :

Brisbane v Victory

Melbourne City v Perth

 

Netball

Adelaide Thunderbirds  v Melbourne Vixens 44 : 59

Southern Steel  v Canterbury Tactix  58 : 58

New South Wales Swifts v Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 78 : 50

 

Cycling Paris – Roobaix

Australian Matthew Hayman capped a dedicated career on the bike n winning the prestigious Paris Roobaix. The Orica GreenEDGE rider has ridden this race 15 times and becomes the second Australian to win the race on cobblestones since Stuart O’Grady won in 2007, beating four time winner Tom Boonen. The win was all the more remarkable as early escapee  Hayman, who had already twice made it in the top ten of the Queen of Classics, had broken his arm only five weeks ago and had hardly raced since.

 

Boxing

Manny Pacquiao defeated Tim Bradley in Las Vegas and announced his retirement to focus on Philippines elections next month. The 37-year-old eight-division world champion won in a unanimous points decision by identical margins of 116-110 on all three cards. Pac Man will be looking forward to being elected a Senator in next month’s elections and will have no time to resume his impressive boxing career.

 

Rugby 7s

Hong Kong audiences were subjected to the Hoff’s singing at this year’s HK 7’s tournament. Fortunately Fiji entertained the crowd with a 21-7 win over NZ in the Final. Australia finished fourth, losing to SA 14-12, missing a penalty attempt after the siren that would have given them the win.

 

English Football – EPL

Aston Villa 1 – 2  Bournemouth

Crystal Palace 1 – 0 Norwich

Southampton 3 – 1 Newcastle

Swansea 1 – 0 Chelsea

Watford 1 – 1 Everton

Manchester City 2 – 1 West Brom

Sunderland – Leicester

West Ham 3 – 3 Arsenal

Liverpool 4 – 1 Stoke

Tottenham 3 – 0 Manchester United

 

England Championship

Bristol City 4 – 1 Sheffield Wed

Derby 4 – 1 Bolton

Fulham 2 – 1 Cardiff

Huddersfield 2 – 2 Hull

Ipswich 1 – 3 Brentford

Middlesbrough 1 – 0 Preston

Milton Keynes 0 – 4 Rotherham

QPR 2 – 1 Charlton

Reading 0 – 2 Birmingham

Wolves 0 – 0 Blackburn

Burnley 1 – 0  Leeds

 

Scottish Premiership

Dundee Utd 0 – 2 Inverness

Hamilton 2 – 1 Dundee FC

Kilmarnock 3 – 0 St. Johnstone

Ross County 1 – 0 Partick

Motherwell 1 – 2 Celtic

Hearts 2 – 1 Aberdeen

 

Bundesliga

Wolfsburg 1 – 1 Mainz

Schalke – Dortmund

Bremen 1 – 2 Augsburg

Frankfurt 0 – 2 Hoffenheim

Hamburger SV 1 – 2 Darmstadt

Ingolstadt 1 – 0 Monchengladbach

Stuttgart 1 – 3 Bayern

Hertha 2 – 2 Hannover

 

Primera Division

Real Madrid 4 – 0 Eibar

Espanyol  1 – 3 Atl. Madrid

Real Sociedad 1 – 0 Barcelona

Betis 1 – 0 Levante

Granada 0 – 0 Malaga

Valencia 2 – 1 Sevilla

Villarreal 2 – 0 Getafe

Ath. Bilbao 1 – 0 Vallecano

 

Golf – Masters Day 3

1             Spieth J. -3          F             +1           66           74           73                         213

2             Kaufman S. -2    F             -3           73           72           69                         214

T3          Langer B. -1        F             -2           72           73           70                         215

T3          Matsuyama H. -1              F             0             71           72           72                         215

T5           Day J.    0             F             -1            72           73           71                         216

T5           Johnson D. 0      F             0             73           71           72                         216

T5           Willett D. 0         F             0             70           74           72                         216

T8          Kjeldsen S. +1     F             +2          69           74           74                         217

T8          Snedeker B. +1   F             +2          71           72           74                         217

T8          Westwood L. +1 F             -1            71           75           71                         217

T11         Berger D. +2       F             +2          73           71           74                         218

T11         McIlroy R. +2     F             +5           70           71           77                         218

T13         Cabrera A. +3     F             +1           73           73           73                         219

T13         Holmes J. B. +3 F             +2          72           73           74                         219

T13         Rose J. +3            F             +1           69           77           73                         219

T16         Casey P. +4          F             +2          69           77           74                         220

T16         Grillo E. +4         F             +2          71           75           74                         220

T16         Horschel B. +4   F             +1           70           77           73                         220

T16         Kuchar M. +4     F             0             75           73           72                         220

T16         Oosthuizen L. +4              F             -1            72           77           71                         220

T16         Walker J. +4       F             +2          71           75           74                         220

T16         Wood C. +4         F             +3          72           73           75                         220