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Ulster Rugby: In-form Jacob Stockdale a ‘very different’ player to 2018
With Andy Farrell set to name his Ireland squad for next month’s four Test matches on Wednesday, Stockdale is expected to be included in the panel for games against New Zealand, Argentina, Fiji and Australia.
Whether he can displace Leinster’s James Lowe on the left wing for what would be a first cap since before the last World Cup will be another matter.
Either way, Stockdale feels he has done all he can to put himself in the frame
“Whether I play or not, obviously I want to, don’t get me wrong, but it doesn’t really matter to a certain degree as I’m doing what I can out on the pitch at the moment.
“I feel like I’m doing everything I can to warrant getting an opportunity.
“If it doesn’t come, it doesn’t come but I’m feeling good.”
Indeed, perhaps the only way he could be preparing for Ireland camp in a better frame of mind would be if he was coming in off a career hat-trick.
Between his first and second scores against Ospreys on Friday night, he had dotted down once more only to have the try chalked off by the TMO for a forward pass after both the conversion and restart.
“I was a bit unhappy, to say the least,” he said.
“It seems a bit crazy to me to hit the conversion and hit the restart and then get brought back for the TMO.
“Where does it end? Is it going to be at a point where we’re 15 minutes later and someone says, ‘oh, that try you scored earlier doesn’t count anymore’.
“I don’t know, fair enough if it’s forward, but it needs to be called earlier.”
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Rugby World Cup: Marlie Packer wants to remain England captain and ‘inspire’ young women
The only defeat England have suffered in the past five years was the 2022 World Cup final against New Zealand.
But the Red Roses are unbeaten since Packer took on the captaincy during the 2023 Six Nations – something she is proud of and believes will continue.
“Since I’ve been captain we’ve not lost a game, so I’ll have that one at the moment,” she said.
“You’ve got five games in the Six Nations, you’ll have a couple of warm-up games and then you’ll have the World Cup.
“So you’re looking around that 30 mark again to whether we can win that World Cup final, which in my head it’s a definite ‘yes’.
“We just need to make sure we work really hard as a group and keep inspiring each other, and remembering why we are the best in the world is because we push each other to be the best.”
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Bezzecchi critical of Vinales response to Phillip Island sprint crash
Marco Bezzecchi says he was unimpressed by Maverick Vinales showing him the middle finger as he lay motionless on the ground after the pair collided at high speed in Saturday’s sprint race at the Australian Grand Prix.
After being taken for additional medical checks in Melbourne on Saturday evening, during which time Vinales made his frustration towards the VR46 Ducati rider clear in the media, Bezzecchi only made his first comments following Sunday’s grand prix.
“I didn’t like his behaviour immediately after the crash,” said the three-time grand prix winner.
“If it was the other way around, I would go to check how the other rider is instead of showing the middle finger and saying f*** to me many times after we crash at 300km/h.”
The stewards took Vinales’s side regarding the incident itself, issuing Bezzecchi a long lap penalty for the grand prix on Sunday.
Subsequent to taking the punishment, Bezzecchi fell off and dropped out of contention, reporting that he was riding in pain following the crash.
Bezzecchi disagreed with Vinales’s version of the collision on the high-speed entry to the Doohan corner.
“Yesterday was a strange situation. Maverick passed me on the straight with the slipstream….then my bike was moving to the left so to get back I had to lean the bike whilst still on the straight. The wind was pushing me to the outside kerb.
“The problem was that as I did this Maverick put himself exactly in front of me under braking.
Marco Bezzecchi, VR46 Racing Team
Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images
“He braked early. You can see from the video that he braked, then released, then braked again. When you brake at the right point, you don’t release the brake.
“I was already moving to the right to avoid going on the outside kerb. When I saw him I tried to continue to go to the right but I got sucked by the slipstream. I couldn’t do anything to avoid the contact.
“I understand that it was a difficult decision. Normally the guy behind is the one who [gets the blame]. But for example last year in Qatar with Pecco [Bagnaia] and Fabio di Giannantonio and in Valencia with [Jorge] Martin and Pecco it was completely the same.
“[Those situations were] just another type of corner, a little bit slower, a little bit less windy, a little bit less Phillip Island style.
“It’s a situation that could have happened often, but fortunately for the others, they were able to avoid disaster.
“Anyway, what I didn’t really like was Maverick’s behaviour but as far as the penalty is concerned, I don’t care. I don’t complain. I did my long lap.”
Aprilia rider Vinales did not want to comment further on the issue on Sunday, but was satisfied with the penalty given to Bezzecchi.
“The stewards needed to set down a mark. They set down a mark so that’s fine.”
Vinales finished the grand prix in eighth place after once again dropping back from the front row of the grid.
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Man Utd star Mazraoui splashes out on £200,000 Bentley to keep up with supercar loving team-mates
CROCKED Man Utd ace Noussair Mazraoui has snapped up a £200,000 Bentley – to keep up with his supercar loving teammates.
The Bentley Bentayga S Black Edition is perfect for the injured defender coming with a range of safety features.
But the luxury SUV also has plenty of power upfront with a four-litre twin-turbocharged V8 engine that produces 542 horsepower.
The motor can accelerate from 0-60mph in 4.5 seconds and has a top speed of 180mph.
Mazraoui, 26, joins teammates Marcus Rashford, Bruno Fernandes and Casemiro who all own top-of-the-range Bentleys.
Last month The Sun revealed Rashford, 26, splashed out on a £200,000 Bentley Flying Spur Azure to ferry him to training while he’s on a driving ban.
While United captain Bruno, 30, drives a sporty Bentley Continental GT and also has a Bentayga to ferry his family around.
And we reported how Casemiro, 32, forked out £200,000 on a Bentley Bentayga SUV for his glamorous wife Anna Mariana to take their kids to school.
Mazraoui arrived at Old Trafford in August after the club completed a stunning £60million double deal for him and Bayern Munich teammate Matthijs de Ligt.
The Moroccan international is currently out injured after being taken off at half-time against Aston Villa on October 6 after suffering heart palpitations.
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Mazraoui has since had a procedure to correct the issue, but is likely out for another two weeks.
In the past former United stars Cristiano Ronaldo, Dean Henderson, Jesse Lingard, Alexis Sanchez and Phil Jones, all drove high-end Bentleys to United training.
But the supercars haven’t always been popular at the club.
Former Red Devils striker David Bellion recalled how Sir Alex Ferguson once made one of his teammates sell his Bentley after driving it to training one morning.
Wayne Rooney has also previously revealed how Fergie would not allow players aged under 25 to own a sports car while he was manager.
Speaking to The Sun in 2017, Bellion discussed the unnamed player who drove a Bentley to training, saying: “Sir Alex made him sell it immediately.
“I drove to Carrington in an Austin Mini for nearly a year even though I had a Mercedes at home.
“Sir Alex didn’t like young players getting above themselves.
“He hated anyone showing their wealth before they had done anything in life or the game.”
And United legend Gary Neville last month admitted buying a Bentley made him feel like a “proper w****r”.
He told the It’s Called Soccer! podcast: “I always said to myself when I finished my football career that I wanted to drive a four-door massive big Bentley.
“The massive one. Not the Baby Bentley, like the big thing. So basically I bought one a couple years after my career and I had it for about three weeks.
“I recognised as I was driving round Manchester that I just felt like a proper w****r… not that I don’t now!”
Football
Heracles' Engles scores incredible goal from beyond halfway line against Ajax
Watch as Heracles Almelo’s Mario Engels scores an incredible goal from beyond the halfway line in their Dutch Eredivisie match against Ajax.
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Motorsports
Why Verstappen’s Move on Norris is More Controversial than it Seems – F1 US GP Race Reaction
Ferrari completely took over the podium at the 2024 US Grand Prix, with Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz snatching up a 1-2 finish. But the real show-stealer was the incident between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris, which lead to Norris gaining a +5s penalty, meaning Verstappen took 3rd place. Coupled with a Hamilton DNF, there’s certainly a lot to get through, so Alex Kalinauckas and Mark Mann-Bryans caught up in the paddock after the race to go over the most important points from this year’s US GP.
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Shakhtar Donetsk: How Ukrainian club are dealing with stark realities of war
When Ukraine voted for independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Dynamo Kyiv emerged as the country’s footballing powerhouse, winning 11 of the first 13 Ukrainian Premier League titles.
Shakhtar’s first title came in 2002 but, since Palkin’s arrival in 2004, they have become Ukraine’s major force at home and abroad, winning the league 15 times and the Uefa Cup in 2009.
Being prolific in the Brazilian market helped. Between 2005 and 2009 Fernandinho, Jadson, Willian, Ilsinho, Elano and Luiz Adriano arrived and thrived in Donetsk, with only the departed Elano not featuring in the Uefa Cup-winning side.
Douglas Costa and Alex Teixeira joined the following year as Shakhtar’s recruitment continued to deliver, complementing those South American acquisitions with talents closer to home such as Armenia’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
“When we stayed in Donetsk it was quite easy to do this transfer policy,” explains Palkin. “We had peace in our country, an unbelievable football infrastructure and for us to sign any talent from any country was very easy.
“When we bring in a player, when he sees what kind of stadium we have, our training camp, the city, everybody signs the next day.
“Our success was in making decisions quite quickly. A lot of times we won [despite] competition from Manchester United, Arsenal, a lot of top European clubs, because we made decisions very quickly when we detected talents and made a decision to buy.”
In August 2009, with Beyonce performing on the opening night, Shakhtar unveiled their state-of-the-art, 52,000-capacity Donbas Arena. Just months after their historic continental triumph, the club were establishing themselves as one of the most competitive in Europe both on and off the field.
The stadium was also a key venue in the 2012 European Championship, hosting Spain’s semi-final win over Portugal. But two years later, it was empty.
In July 2014, six Shakhtar players refused to return to Donetsk following a friendly in France after pro-Russian rebels took control of the city. Among them were Costa, Teixeira and Fred.
They eventually returned once Shakhtar took the decision to relocate more than 600 miles west to use Kyiv as a training base, while playing games in Lviv.
There were, however, a handful of former players who wished to remain in Donetsk under the DPR, including former captain Viktor Zvyagintsev, who was on a Ukraine government website listing people it accused of terrorism by association with separatist rebels.
“When we left Donetsk it was very difficult,” explains Palkin, who last visited eight years ago. “We lost our local fans, we lost our beautiful stadium, because at that moment it was one of the best stadiums in Europe. We lost our city, we lost our [training] camp.
“The situation became tougher and tougher. It is today almost impossible to communicate with people that are there.”
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