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sportingbet.com.au - Chris Judd declares that Carlton will make it to the finals football in 2009, and that’s the very minimum. But that is very much going to depend on the younger players and their performance as to whether the club would hit Chris much lauded statement.

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One thing going on for the club that has supporters cheering is that Fevola has avoided the off seasons surgeries that has bugged him for the past few years. Other players that are nursing their injuries include new acquisition Robert Warnock with shoulder surgery, Nick Stevens with hand surgery and Steven’s neck injury.

With these stars in the club not at 100%, it may be hard for Chris’s prediction to come true, especially since recovery typically takes time, and with the players told they would be punished with exclusion if they came back unfit, it may spell trouble if these star players cannot recover in time for the next season.

I myself look forward to seeing Chris Judd going at 100% again, although I missed him playing for the Eagles. Judd was and has always been an entertaining player, but as always, moving into a new club can be difficult, but from the looks of it, the new captain seemingly has the support of fellow team mates. It is a shame though, as Judd is playing for an overrated side that might find the pressure and the competition of the new season a little too hard to handle. Finals might be quite a stretch, but we shall see!

 www.centrebet.com.au - The much reported and lauded news that James Hird was returning made headlines six weeks ago, but it didn’t quite happen. This time, the Essendon legend is going to be in the news instead, on Fox Sports “On the Couch”

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Other than James, Gerald Healy and Mike Sheahan will continue on the show. I’m saying this is a fantastic turn of events, and I’m dying to see how he goes. James Hird is an untried commentator, and I’ll be waiting to see if he will be prepared to tell Gerald and Mike how it is like, or be on the players’ side. We all know that “On the Couch” is one of the best programs and the last thing we need is a mundane commentator, albeit one of the greatest player in the sport ever. I am a big fan of James, but Glen Archer struggled to make his transition on “Footy Classified”

In any case, I’m for the inclusion of James. I’m saying it’s time to put someone that is in tune with the modern game, and know exactly what is going on. True enough, he might be on the payers’ side, but I’m quite sick of hearing the other two rattle about what I can clearly see is happening.

Well, I’m still gunning for James, and I’ll say he’ll add to the show and nothing’s going to beat sitting on my couch in my singlet and a cold beer and watch James talk about footy.

Where and When: Saturday 8 November, Distinctive Homes Dome, 7.30pm (ACT)

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Past Three Head-to-Head
Adelaide 36ers 113-104 Cairns Taipans, Round 21 2008.
Cairns Taipans 105-111 Adelaide 36ers, Round 19 2008.
Adelaide 36ers 98-89 Cairns Taipans, Round 21 2007.

Season Series
First match

Current Standings
36ers 4-5 (seventh), Taipans 5-5 (sixth)

Adelaide has gotten its season back on track with back-to-back wins over the Sydney Spirit and the New Zealand Breakers.

A win tonight will see the 36ers take Cairns’ place in the top six - so there is plenty at stake for both sides.

After an impressive start to the season the Taipans have fallen in a heap - they have lost their past three to slump to sixth place on the NBL ladder.

Cairns is still without guard Stephen Black, who is sidelined with a chronic back injury, so the onus will be on the likes of Martin Cattalini and Darnell Mee to fire while Ian Crosswhite will need to have a big game against in-form Adelaide big men Adam Ballinger and Luke Schenscher.

Ballinger and Schenscher were instrumental in Adelaide’s wins over Sydney and the Breakers and the Taipans will need to find a way of shutting down guard Aaron Bruce so that Schenscher and Ballinger are denied open looks.

The last three clashes between these two sides have been won by the home side - expect the trend to continue on Saturday night with the 36ers boasting the likes of import Mark Tyndale, Ballinger and Schenscher who are all capable of scoring 20-plus points.

With a place in the top six up for grabs you would expect this contest to be close and hard-fought, so my money is on an Adelaide win by 1-10, offering $2.85.

Where and When: Friday 7 November, Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre, 7.30pm (AEDT)

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Past Three Head-to-Head
Sydney Spirit 102-112 Melbourne Tigers, Round 1 2008.
Only met once

Season Series
Tigers 1-0

Current Standings
Spirit 4-7 (ninth), Tigers 6-3 (third)

The Sydney Spirit has lost their past two to drop to ninth on the NBL ladder and desperately need a win to get their season back on track.

But the Spirit face a tough task on Friday night with Melbourne starting to click into gear after an indifferent start to the season.

Sam Mackinnon was back to his damaging best against the Gold Coast Blaze in round seven with 23 points, seven rebounds and ten assists in a performance that earned him the Player of the Week award.

Chris Anstey and Ebi Ere were also influential in the win over the Blaze, chiming in with 25 and 24 points respectively.

The Tigers have won their past two and Melbourne’s star trio are high on confidence and will be hard to stop.

In some good news for Rob Beveridge’s men, veteran Jason Smith will make his debut for the club.

Smith will provide guards Damian Martin and Derrick Low with some valuable rest in the latter stages of each quarter but his impact on the contest will be minimal given that he has missed the past eight months with a shoulder injury.

The Spirit were unlucky to lose to ladder leaders the South Dragons last Saturday.

They led by six points two minutes into the final term before Nathan Herbert came to life, dropping 13 of his 19 points in the last six minutes to inspire his side to a memorable victory.

That has been the story of the Spirit’s season thus far - they have pushed sides but their lack of a genuine gamebreaker has proven to be costly.

Expect the same to happen on Friday night with the Tigers simply boasting too many stars for the Spirit to try and shut down let alone match.

The Spirit will battle hard before the Tigers take control and cruises to their third straight win.

This punter is putting his money on a Melbourne win by 11+ points, offering $2.00.

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www.lasseters.com.au - stuart O’Grady has stunned the field in the second stage of the Jayco Herlad Sun Tour by riding away from the main bunch with 14kms to go for victory.

O’Grady powered through the first stage to establish a clear break on the field only to be hit by a strong headwind that virtually halted his progress instantly.

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Few thought he could bounce back after expending so much energy yesterday but the Australian and CSC Saxo Bank rider attacked twice in the final stages to win by six seconds.

O’Grady paved the way for team mate Matthew Goss to take the preface and first stages but found himself in a position to attack inside the last kilometere and his impeccable timing paid dividends.

Bicycle Superstore’s Will Routley couldn’t go with O’grady over the final kilometer and was mown down by the peleton right on the line to finish third behind Japanese rider Kazuhiro Mori.

The win now hand CSC Saxo Bank a commanding lead in the overall teams classification with three wins from three starts.

O’Grady has leapfrogged overnight leader Goss to sit at the top of the individual classification while Goss has been relegated to ninth overall.

Stage three sees rider’s tackle the Warrigul – Marysville which takes in some spectacular countryside as well as a grueling climb through Mountain Lake.

The race finishes on Saturday with a lap race of Lygon St. in Carlton.

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www.iasbet.com.au - The Brisbane Broncos have become the second NRL club this year to impose a drinking ban on their players.

Earlier this year coach of the Sydney City Roosters, Brad Fitler, declared that his players would not be drinking for a period of the season leading up to the finals.

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Fitler, who has been known in the past to enjoy the odd drop after a good win, knows all too well the detrimental effects alcohol consumption can have not only on the individuals, but the team as a whole.

Brisbane is clearly a not-so-glowing example of this.

All betting on games involving Brisbane was suspended following allegations that three Brisbane players were involved in the sexual assault of a young woman at a Brisbane inner city nightclub.

Pending further investigation the three Broncos will answer to allegations that the indecently assaulted a woman in the toilets of a club following a night of heavy drinking that also allegedly involved drug use.

On the same night, Broncos Captain Darryn Lockyer is said to have crash tackled the bars owner while heavily intoxicated.

Broncos official stated that it is not a total ban, rather a means to control an emerging drinking culture within the clubs ranks.

Players will not be allowed to drink between Sunday and Friday and will be expected to turn up to heavy Sunday morning training sessions.

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www.sportingbet.com.au - The sport of cycling has been brought even further into disrepute following the recent discovery that yet another cyclist has tested positive to doping.

Austria’s Bernard Kohl, who received the Polka Dot jersey for king of the mountains and finished third on the podium in the overall classification, returned a positive test to the drug EPO Cera.

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Kohl now stands disgraced along side Riccardo Ricco, Leonardo Piepoli and Stefan Schumacher who were all thrown out of this year’s Tour de France.

The latest scandal follows last year’s revelation in which the eventual Tour winner, Floyd Landis, was stripped of his title and banned from cycling.

Many believe that the damage done by drug cheats in the sport of cycling is irreversible.

In the build up to this year’s Tour, organizers insured spectators and competitors alike that this would be a clean Tour, with new measurement taken to ensure that no attempts at doping would go undetected.

However just days into the race, three cyclists tested positive to doping and although Kohl road the entire tour and was tested between July 3rd and 15th, results of those tests were not revealed until this weekend.

Kohl’s team is furious with the Belgium rider who only came to prominence in this year’s Tour, vowing to immediately cancel his contract if the results are proven to be accurate.

These latest results have implications for seven time Tour winner Lance Armstrong who only just this year announced his return to cycling amid allegations he may have used illegal performance enhancing drugs over the course of his career.

Armstrong, who is making his return to the sport to raise awareness of cancer, scoffed at the allegations, vowing to return to his former glory and take out an eighth Tour de France.

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