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Bowling: J Anderson 8-0-37-2 (1w), S Broad 7-2-30-1, G Swann 15-0-74-1, T Bresnan 6-0-25-2 (2w). Batting time: 176 min. Overs: 36. England 2nd Innings A COOK lbw Harris .. .. .. 0 J ROOT not out .. .. .. 13 J TROTT c Haddin b Harris .. 11 K PIETERSEN c Haddin b Siddle 8 I BELL not out .. .. .. .. 2 Sundries (1w) .. .. .. 1 Three wickets for .. .. 35 Fall: 0 (Cook), 15 (Trott), 27 (Pietersen). Bowling: R Harris 7-3-13-2, M Starc 4-2-6-0 (1w), S Watson 2-2-0-0, N Lyon 3-0-8-0, P Siddle 3-0-6-1, M Clarke 1-0-2-0. Batting time: 91 min. Overs: 20. Umpires: Tony Hill (NZL), Marais Erasmus (RSA). Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI). Third Umpire: Kumar Dharmasena (SRI). RYAN Harris and Peter Siddle got Australia off to a flying start in their thrilling pursuit of a third Test victory on day five at Old Trafford. However, with Austra- lia needing to win the match to keep the Ashes alive, and wet weather threatening to spoil their party at any moment, it re- mained to be seen how cru- cial a Michael Clarke drop- ped catch off Joe Root would prove in the final wash-up. At lunch on the final day England were 3-35 from 20 overs, with Harris taking 2-13 from seven and Siddle 1-6 from three. Root was not out 13 and Ian Bell unbeaten on two, with England already out of DRS reviews. Harris trapped England skipper Alastair Cook (0) plumb lbw in the third over of the day to leave England 1-0. He had an excruciat- ingly close lbw review on Jonathan Trott turned down by umpire’s call, but got his man nicking down the leg-side (11) in the next over. Siddle had Root edging to Clarke at second slip when brought on for his first over, but a simple chance was grassed, the ball hitting the skipper on his wrists. In Siddle’s next over, he had Kevin Pietersen con- troversially out. Umpire Tony Hill raised his finger. Pietersen immediately signalled for a review, ada- mant he hadn’t hit it. HotSpot showed noth- ing, but there was a noise and the decision stood. Fast-finishing Dogs douse Dragons’ fire Bulldog Josh Jackson is jubilant after scoring during his side’s thrilling win against St George Illawarra Picture: Getty Images RUGBY LEAGUE SCOREBOARD NRL — Round 21 BULLDOGS 39 (S Kasiano 2 T Williams 2 T Hodkinson J Jackson J Morris tries T Hodkinson 5 goals T Hodkinson field goal) d ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA 20 (J Dugan 2 J Nightingale D Vidot tries J Dugan 2 goals) at WIN Jubilee Oval. Referee: Gerard Sutton, Henry Perenara. Crowd: 12,846. LADDER Team W D L B +/- Pts ROOSTERS 15 0 4 2 273 34 RABBITOHS 15 0 4 2 200 34 SEA EAGLES 12 1 6 2 197 29 STORM 12 1 6 2 144 29 BULLDOGS 11 0 8 2 57 26 SHARKS 11 0 8 2 -9 26 RAIDERS 10 0 9 2 -104 24 KNIGHTS 9 1 9 2 79 23 TITANS 9 0 10 2 -21 22 WARRIORS 9 0 10 2 -67 22 PANTHERS 8 0 11 2 -17 20 BRONCOS 7 1 11 2 -36 19 COWBOYS 7 0 12 2 -29 18 DRAGONS 6 0 13 2 -134 16 TIGERS 6 0 13 2 -229 16 EELS 3 0 16 2 -304 10 ROUND 22 DRAW Friday: Storm v Rabbitohs at AAMI Park (7.05pm), Eels v Tigers at Parramatta Stadium (7.05pm). Saturday: Roosters v Raiders at Allianz Stadium (5pm), Sharks v Knights at Remondis Stadium (7pm). Sunday: Sea Eagles v Warriors at Brookvale Oval (1.30pm), Broncos v Dragons at Suncorp Stadium (2.30pm), Panthers v Cowboys at Centrebet Stadium (6pm). Monday: Bulldogs v Titans at ANZ Stadium (6.30pm). CANTERBURY survived Josh Dugan magic to main- tain their charge towards the NRL finals with a 39-20 come- from-behind win over St George Illawarra last night. Trailing by 12 points with half an hour remaining, the Bulldogs scored five unans- wered tries — including a double to man mountain Sam Kasiano — to solidify fifth spot on the ladder. For much of the night it loo- ked like being the Josh Dugan show after the recently re- signed Dragons fullback scored a first half double and set up another for Jason Nightingale during a wither- ing burst by the home side. Four straight tries gave the Dragons a 48th-minute 20-8 lead, but when they botched a kick-off for the second time in the game, the momentum shifted in the Dogs’ favour. The much-maligned Tony Williams did what Dogs fans have been asking him to do all year when he rumbled over off a short Trent Hodkinson pass to start the rot, the half- back again the orchestrator when Kasiano locked it up just after the hour mark. Two minutes later the Bull- dogs were in the lead when Tim Lafai sliced through to set up Josh Morris before Kasiano and Williams se- cured their doubles to com- plete the ambush. It looked like being a com- fortable night at the office when the Bulldogs scored two tries in the opening 12 min- utes, before the Dragons turned to Dugan — who on Friday agreed to terms for an- other four years in the red V. With little else working for the home side, Dugan scored two brilliant individual tries, the first with two big right- foot steps before a chip and chase on the stroke of half- time to give his side an un- likely lead. He played the crucial role in Nightingale’s try just after the restart and when Sam Perrett’s missed intercept at- tempt gifted Daniel Vidot a four-pointer, the home side appeared in control. Meanwhile, NSW star Greg Bird has been slugged with a grade one dangerous contact charge by the NRL match re- view committee following his high shot on Wests Tigers’ Braith Anasta. The Gold Coast back-rower won’t face suspension if he ta- kes the early guilty plea for the incident in the Titans’ 36-6 home win on Sunday. Should he contest the charge in front of the NRL judiciary tomorrow and lose he would miss one game. Cronulla veteran John Morris was charged with tripping Warriors centre Konrad Hurrell in the Sharks’ impressive victory in Auck- land on Saturday. Rising star joins Cowboys’ senior squad to muddy waters on Bowen’s future NORTH Queensland star Matt Bowen’s uncertain NRL future has become more intriguing after the club elevated rising local fullback Zac Santo on a two-year deal yesterday. Bowen impressed in Satur- day night’s 30-12 upset over South Sydney but admits he’s unsure whether he wants to play on for a 14th season. The physical rigours of the competition and the 31-year- old’s continued knee problems have put the elusive fullback on the road to retirement. Contract talks with the club were put on hold last week due to the axing of coach Neil Henry for 2014, but are set to resume this weekend. While he’s also been men- tioned as a target for rival clubs, Bowen indicated on Monday that his body would determine his future — a de- cision that could spark a tussle for his No.1 jumper. A member of Queensland’s Junior Origin squad, Santo was the Cowboys Under-20 player of 2012 and his Holden Cup form has seen him pro- moted to the senior squad de- spite an injury-hit season. The club’s record-holder for most games played and tries scored, Bowen praised the 20-year-old but couldn’t con- firm he’d assist him in 2014. ‘‘If I’m here next year I’ll definitely be doing that,’’ he said of the youngster. ‘‘Zaccy’s been playing good. He deserves his spot in the Cowboys squad next year.’’ Santo comes in to the sen- ior squad as another veteran fullback, Clint Greenshields, confirmed he is to retire. North Queensland also ex- tended the contracts of for- wards Glenn Hall and Scott Bolton yesterday, as well as youngster Ethan Lowe.
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SCORESAustralia 1st Innings 7(dec)-527England 1st Innings 368Australia 2nd InningsC ROGERS c Prior b Broad 12
DWARNER c Root b Bresnan 41
UKHAWAJA b Swann . . . . 24
SWATSON c Pietersen
b Bresnan . . . . . . . . 18
MCLARKE not out . . . . 30
S SMITH run out (Prior) . . 19
BHADDIN c Broad b Anderson 8
MSTARC c Swann b Anderson 11
RHARRIS not out . . . . . . 0
Sundries (4b 2lb 3w) . . . . 9Sevenwickets declared for 172Fall: 23 (Rogers), 74 (Warner), 99
(Khawaja), 103 (Watson), 133
(Smith), 152 (Haddin), 172 (Starc).
Bowling: J Anderson 8-0-37-2
(1w), S Broad 7-2-30-1, G Swann
15-0-74-1, T Bresnan 6-0-25-2
(2w).
Batting time: 176min.Overs: 36.England 2nd InningsA COOK lbwHarris . . . . . . 0
J ROOT not out . . . . . . 13
J TROTT c Haddin b Harris . . 11
KPIETERSEN cHaddin b Siddle 8
I BELL not out . . . . . . . . 2
Sundries (1w) . . . . . . 1Threewickets for . . . . 35Fall: 0 (Cook), 15 (Trott), 27
(Pietersen).
Bowling: RHarris 7-3-13-2, M
Starc 4-2-6-0 (1w), SWatson
2-2-0-0, N Lyon 3-0-8-0, P Siddle
3-0-6-1, M Clarke 1-0-2-0.
Batting time: 91min.Overs: 20.Umpires: Tony Hill (NZL), Marais
Erasmus (RSA).
MatchReferee: RanjanMadugalle (SRI).
Third Umpire: Kumar
Dharmasena (SRI).
RYAN Harris and PeterSiddle got Australia off toa flying start in theirthrilling pursuit of a thirdTest victory on day five atOld Trafford.
However, with Austra-lia needing to win thematch to keep the Ashesalive, and wet weatherthreatening to spoil theirparty at any moment, it re-mained to be seen how cru-cial a Michael Clarke drop-ped catch off Joe Rootwould prove in the finalwash-up.
At lunch on the final dayEngland were 3-35 from 20overs, with Harris taking2-13 from seven and Siddle1-6 from three.
Root was not out 13 andIan Bell unbeaten on two,with England already outof DRS reviews.
Harris trapped Englandskipper Alastair Cook (0)plumb lbw in the thirdover of the day to leaveEngland 1-0.
He had an excruciat-ingly close lbw review onJonathan Trott turneddown by umpire’s call,but got his man nickingdown the leg-side (11) inthe next over.
Siddle had Root edgingto Clarke at second slipwhen brought on for hisfirst over, but a simplechance was grassed, theball hitting the skipper onhis wrists.
In Siddle’s next over, hehad Kevin Pietersen con-troversially out.
Umpire Tony Hill raisedhis finger.
Pietersen immediatelysignalled for a review, ada-mant he hadn’t hit it.
HotSpot showed noth-ing, but there was a noiseand the decision stood.
Fast-finishing Dogsdouse Dragons’ fire
Bulldog Josh Jackson is jubilant after scoring during his side’s thrilling win against St George Illawarra Picture: Getty Images
RUGBY LEAGUESCOREBOARD
NRL—Round 21
BULLDOGS 39 (S Kasiano 2 T
Williams 2 THodkinson J Jackson J
Morris tries THodkinson 5 goals T
Hodkinson field goal) d STGEORGE
ILLAWARRA 20 (J Dugan 2 J
Nightingale DVidot tries J Dugan 2
goals) atWIN JubileeOval.Referee:
Gerard Sutton, Henry Perenara.
Crowd: 12,846.
LADDER
Team W D L B +/- Pts
ROOSTERS 15 0 4 2 273 34
RABBITOHS 15 0 4 2 200 34
SEAEAGLES 12 1 6 2 197 29
STORM 12 1 6 2 144 29
BULLDOGS 11 0 8 2 57 26
SHARKS 11 0 8 2 -9 26
RAIDERS 10 0 9 2 -104 24
KNIGHTS 9 1 9 2 79 23
TITANS 9 0 10 2 -21 22
WARRIORS 9 0 10 2 -67 22
PANTHERS 8 0 11 2 -17 20
BRONCOS 7 1 11 2 -36 19
COWBOYS 7 0 12 2 -29 18
DRAGONS 6 0 13 2 -134 16
TIGERS 6 0 13 2 -229 16
EELS 3 0 16 2 -304 10
ROUND22DRAWFriday: Storm v Rabbitohs at AAMI
Park (7.05pm), Eels v Tigers at
Parramatta Stadium (7.05pm).
Saturday: Roosters v Raiders at
Allianz Stadium (5pm), Sharks v Knights
at Remondis Stadium (7pm).
Sunday: Sea Eagles vWarriors at
Brookvale Oval (1.30pm), Broncos v
Dragons at Suncorp Stadium (2.30pm),
Panthers v Cowboys at Centrebet
Stadium (6pm).
Monday: Bulldogs v Titans at ANZStadium (6.30pm).
CANTERBURY survivedJosh Dugan magic to main-tain their charge towards theNRL finals with a 39-20 come-from-behind win over StGeorge Illawarra last night.
Trailing by 12 points withhalf an hour remaining, theBulldogs scored five unans-wered tries — including adouble to man mountain SamKasiano — to solidify fifthspot on the ladder.
For much of the night it loo-ked like being the Josh Duganshow after the recently re-signed Dragons fullbackscored a first half double andset up another for JasonNightingale during a wither-ing burst by the home side.
Four straight tries gave theDragons a 48th-minute 20-8lead, but when they botched a
kick-off for the second time inthe game, the momentumshifted in the Dogs’ favour.
The much-maligned TonyWilliams did what Dogs fanshave been asking him to do allyear when he rumbled overoff a short Trent Hodkinsonpass to start the rot, the half-back again the orchestratorwhen Kasiano locked it upjust after the hour mark.
Two minutes later the Bull-dogs were in the lead whenTim Lafai sliced through toset up Josh Morris beforeKasiano and Williams se-cured their doubles to com-plete the ambush.
It looked like being a com-fortable night at the officewhen the Bulldogs scored twotries in the opening 12 min-utes, before the Dragonsturned to Dugan — who onFriday agreed to terms for an-other four years in the red V.
With little else working forthe home side, Dugan scoredtwo brilliant individual tries,the first with two big right-foot steps before a chip andchase on the stroke of half-time to give his side an un-likely lead.
He played the crucial rolein Nightingale’s try just afterthe restart and when Sam
Perrett’s missed intercept at-tempt gifted Daniel Vidot afour-pointer, the home sideappeared in control.
Meanwhile, NSW star GregBird has been slugged with agrade one dangerous contactcharge by the NRL match re-view committee following hishigh shot on Wests Tigers’Braith Anasta.
The Gold Coast back-rowerwon’t face suspension if he ta-kes the early guilty plea forthe incident in the Titans’ 36-6home win on Sunday.
Should he contest thecharge in front of the NRLjudiciary tomorrow and losehe would miss one game.
Cronulla veteran JohnMorris was charged withtripping Warriors centreKonrad Hurrell in the Sharks’impressive victory in Auck-land on Saturday.
Rising star joins Cowboys’ senior squad to muddy waters on Bowen’s futureNORTH Queensland star MattBowen’s uncertain NRL futurehas become more intriguingafter the club elevated risinglocal fullback Zac Santo on atwo-year deal yesterday.
Bowen impressed in Satur-day night’s 30-12 upset overSouth Sydney but admits he’sunsure whether he wants toplay on for a 14th season.
The physical rigours of thecompetition and the 31-year-old’s continued knee problemshave put the elusive fullbackon the road to retirement.
Contract talks with the clubwere put on hold last weekdue to the axing of coach NeilHenry for 2014, but are set toresume this weekend.
While he’s also been men-
tioned as a target for rivalclubs, Bowen indicated onMonday that his body woulddetermine his future — a de-cision that could spark atussle for his No.1 jumper.
A member of Queensland’sJunior Origin squad, Santowas the Cowboys Under-20player of 2012 and his HoldenCup form has seen him pro-
moted to the senior squad de-spite an injury-hit season.
The club’s record-holder formost games played and triesscored, Bowen praised the20-year-old but couldn’t con-firm he’d assist him in 2014.
‘‘If I’m here next year I’lldefinitely be doing that,’’ hesaid of the youngster.
‘‘Zaccy’s been playing good.
He deserves his spot in theCowboys squad next year.’’
Santo comes in to the sen-ior squad as another veteranfullback, Clint Greenshields,confirmed he is to retire.
North Queensland also ex-tended the contracts of for-wards Glenn Hall and ScottBolton yesterday, as well asyoungster Ethan Lowe.
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