Rods Sports n Stuff: Bennett to save the Dragons

AFL Ladder

Round 3 (Updated Apr 11)

P W D L F A % Pts
1Geelong 3 3 0 0 367 229 160 12
2Hawthorn 3 3 0 0 368 233 157 12
3Bulldogs 3 3 0 0 412 276 149 12
4Sydney 3 2 0 1 283 200 141 8
5Adelaide 3 2 0 1 341 262 130 8
6Collingwood 3 2 0 1 327 259 126 8
7St Kilda 3 2 0 1 263 259 101 8
8Essendon 3 2 0 1 323 351 92 8
9Fremantle 3 1 0 2 269 296 90 4
10Kangaroos 3 1 0 2 280 310 90 4
11Brisbane 3 1 0 2 243 274 88 4
12Richmond 3 1 0 2 273 328 83 4
13West Coast 3 1 0 2 222 296 75 4
14Carlton 3 0 0 3 298 384 77 0
15Port Adelaide 3 0 0 3 253 336 75 0
16Melbourne 3 0 0 3 198 427 46 0

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English Premier League Table

Updated Apr 11)

P W D L F A Diff Pts
1Man United 33 24 5 4 70 17 53 77
2Chelsea 33 22 8 3 58 23 35 74
3Arsenal 33 20 11 2 63 27 36 71
4Liverpool 33 17 12 4 57 25 32 63
5Everton 33 18 6 9 49 27 22 60
6Portsmouth 33 16 8 9 47 33 14 56
7Aston Villa 33 14 10 9 56 44 12 52
8Blackburn 33 13 12 8 43 39 4 51
9Man City 33 13 10 10 37 39 -2 49
10West Ham 33 12 8 13 35 40 -5 44
11Tottenham 33 10 10 13 62 56 6 40
12Newcastle 33 10 8 15 40 58 -18 38
13Sunderland 33 10 6 17 32 50 -18 36
14Middlesbrough 33 8 11 14 30 47 -17 35
15Wigan 33 9 7 17 30 47 -17 34
16Reading 33 9 5 19 37 61 -24 32
17Birmingham 33 7 9 17 38 51 -13 30
18Bolton 33 6 8 19 30 52 -22 26
19Fulham 33 4 12 17 30 56 -26 24
20Derby 33 1 8 24 16 68 -52 11

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V8 Championship Ladder

Pos Driver Name Penalty Rd1 Rd2 Total
1 Jamie Whincup 0 300 240 540
2 Rick Kelly 0 192 240 432
3 Lee Holdsworth 0 258 168 426
4 Mark Winterbottom 0 138 244 382
5 Will Davison 0 96 260 356
6 Craig Lowndes 0 129 210 339
7 Greg Murphy 0 174 156 330
8 Garth Tander 0 84 242 326
9 Mark Skaife 0 138 184 322
10 Todd Kelly 0 180 128 308
11 Steven Johnson 0 186 94 280
12 Jason Richards 0 156 116 272
13 Shane Van Gisbergen 0 180 88 268
14 Russell Ingall 0 63 192 255
15 Steven Richards 0 171 80 251
16 Cameron McConville 0 129 120 249
17 Fabian Coulthard 0 123 116 239
18 James Courtney 0 57 114 171
19 Andrew Jones 0 120 50 170
20 Jason Bright 0 78 86 164
21 Marcus Marshall 0 114 44 158
22 Michael Caruso 0 72 80 152
23 Paul Morris 0 57 86 143
24 Paul Dumbrell 0 0 140 140
25 Andrew Thompson 0 45 88 133
26 Shane Price 0 42 88 130
27 Tony D'Alberto 0 54 54 108
28 Kayne Scott 0 102 - 102
29 Chris Pither 0 - 58 58

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Bennett to save the Dragons

The future of retiring Brisbane Broncos coach Wayne Bennett has been speculated for months to no avail- until now. The media have been throwing up potential clubs all over the place, anywhere from the Bulldogs, to the Cowboys, the Roosters and the Dragons. While it had all been speculation, the St George Illawarra Dragons are set to announce that the six- time premiership winning Broncos coach has signed a three year contract to coach the Dragons from next year. He will be replacing current coach, Nathan Brown, who contract ends at the conclusion of the 2008 season.

It is an announcement that has surprised a lot of people who believed that he would simply hang up whatever the coaching equivalent to boots is and sit back and relax. The Broncos coach has nothing left to prove. His record speaks for itself, while the Dragons record in recent years screams of under-achievement. They finished 13th in 2007 and fell one short of the grand final in the two years previous to that, with teams that looked like premiers on paper. Recently they have lost a lot of their star players to other sides and seem to be struggling for direction. If anyone can turn this around, it is the master- Wayne Bennett. However only time will tell why he has decided to take on this challenge.

Wayne Bennett coaching record

Brisbane Broncos Coach 1988-2008
Never missed the Finals since 1992
6 Premierships 1992, 1993, 1997 (Super League), 1998, 2000, 2006
Queensland Coach 1986-88, 1998, 2001-03
5 Series Wins 1987-88, 1998, 2001-02
Australia Coach 1998, 2004-05

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