Sportwatch: Constellation Cup, WBBL, A-League and more – live!
20 October 2019 02:54
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Updates on a busy day of sport around AustraliaAny thoughts? Email or tweet @scott_heinrich 3.54am BST So if rugby players play for a World Cup purse of $13 million, a horse race can be worth $14 million and chess players go at it for $430,000, what do the world’s elite starers earn? Strangely, the game’s ruling body has always been quiet when it comes to these details. 3.43am BST Constellation Cup: QT: Australia 16-13 New ZealandOK, so the Diamonds threatened to put a big gap on New Zealand during that first stanza but the Silver Ferns fought back to trim the deficit to three at the break, Folau netting from long range in the closing seconds. Tippett is shooting at 100% from nine attempts for Australia.LONG BOMB! Folau can slot it from anywhere. #ConstellationCup | @Channel9#9WWOS #9Netball pic.twitter.com/KN8cLTZmAJ 3.36am BST Don’t know about you but I love a bit of chess. Over in the Isle of Man, where else, two fellas are about to move some objects around a board with the one who does it better to trouser an absurd amount of money. I had no idea there was so much coin in chess. Related: Chess: Carlsen and Caruana set for $430,000 Isle of Man showdown 3.30am BST Constellation Cup: Q1, 7 mins rem: Australia 10-4 New Zealand Although we were slated for a 1pm (EDT) start in Sydney, proceedings didn’t begin until close to 20 past the hour. But that’s fine. National anthems are an absolute must at these events. Eight minutes in and it’s all Australia. The Silver Ferns have committed three turnovers with Australia going on a five-goal run.The Diamonds are looking QUICK in attack. #ConstellationCup | @Channel9#9WWOS #9Netball pic.twitter.com/B57nsuipIr 3.21am BST I really don’t like to dwell on the negative, or pick at the carcass of the vanquished, but what of those Wallabies, eh? It would be nice, even comforting, to say their campaign at least promised something, but in truth it was spluttering from the beginning. So while I hate to be a Sunday’s expert, perhaps the job England did on them wasn’t so much of a surprise. Regardless, Michael Cheika looks to be done and dusted. Bret Harris has penned a delightful piece on the embattled Australia coach. Do yourself a favour. Related: 'Tactically naive' Michael Cheika's Wallabies career all but over after Rugby World Cup loss | Bret Harris 2.57am BST Good afternoon, sports fans. It would be fair and reasonable to label today Sombre Sunday after Australia’s meek Rugby World Cup exit. And no doubt there are plenty of sore heads among the nation’s ruggers fans as they sober up to the realisation that, yet again, this is not the Wallabies’ year. But unlike my eldest son, who yesterday stacked his new, and rather expensive, mountain bike after a tree “came out of nowhere”, I prefer to look at what’s ahead of me, not at what’s behind me. So I hereby dub this Sensational Sunday, and diners do we have some sporting treats on the menu. Any second now the third instalment of netball’s 2019 Constellation Cup will begin, with the series level between Australia and New Zealand; there is a feast of WBBL action to gorge on, with Stars v Hurricanes, Thunder v Heat and Strikers v Renegades to be decided; in the A-League Melbourne City will host Adelaide United before Sydney FC and Wellington lock horns; and later on the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals continue with Wales taking on France and Japan facing South Africa (both to be documented in separate liveblogs). Sensational, indeed. Continue readingread full article
