Richmond overturned its interstate hoodoo at the Gabba last night with a thrilling four-point win over the Brisbane Lions.
The 12.15 (87) to 12.11 (83) victory was Richmond’s fourth in a row, but its first at the Gabba since 2000. In contrast, the Lions have now lost the past four at their once formidable home ground.
But Richmond may pay a price for the courageous win, with defender Joel Bowden nursing a suspected cheekbone fracture after an accidental clash with a player who knows all about head injuries, teammate Chris Hyde. Bowden clashed with the helmeted head of Hyde midway through the final quarter.
Coach Terry Wallace couldn’t confirm the extent of the injury but Richmond medical staff expect the fracture to be confirmed via tests today. Hyde was resuming after three weeks on the sidelines with a skull fracture received in a bone-jarring collision with St Kilda’s Matthew Maguire in round five.
Wallace also confirmed a hamstring injury for exciting rookie Richard Tambling, who had to overcome persistent injury problems early in the season before forcing his way into the Tigers team.
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Wests Tigers, a 150/1 outsider in June, beat the North Queensland Cowboys 30-16 today to win Australia's National Rugby League grand final.
The Tigers scored five tries to the Cowboys' three before 82,453 fans at Sydney's Telstra Stadium. They won their first title since being formed as an amalgamation of two founding league members in 2000.
``Words can't describe the way I'm feeling at the moment,'' Tigers captain Scott Prince told reporters. ``I'm so proud of the boys. They've put in the effort for the last 30 weeks.''
The Tigers began the season ranked 80/1 outsiders by Australian bookmakers,
The disappearance of tigers from Sariska and Ranthambore has not only been an ecological disaster, but has also adversely hit the tourism sector.
Besides forts and palaces, the big cats have been the big attraction for tourists to Rajasthan for decades.
But with tigers virtually vanishing from Sariska and 18 reportedly missing from Ranthambore, bookings for wildlife tourism are taking a serious hit.
Domestic tourists
"They have flatly told us that don't even ask us for Wildlife bookings. If you want cultural tours to be promoted, we can work that out for you but wildlife, you forget at the moment.
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A woman who has camped outside President George W Bush's Texas ranch in an anti-war protest following the death of her son in Iraq has become one of America's most divisive figures.
The demonstration by Cindy Sheehan, 48, has provoked a fierce counter-campaign by the president's backers, who call her an extremist.
She has demanded to meet Mr Bush and vows to maintain her protest until he returns to Washington from his summer break in a few weeks.
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Only the third pitch was an option Saturday at Comerica Park. Rain and snow blew across Metro Detroit and finally ended the Tigers' hopes of playing a game against the Twins.
The game, which was scheduled for 1:05 p.m., was called just before noon. It has been rescheduled for Monday at 1:05 p.m., although the weekend's winter hangover threatens today's 1:05 game against the Twins and could ruin Monday's plans.
Monday was to have been a travel day for the Tigers ahead of their three-game series at Cleveland. Now, manager Alan Trammell hopes a rare late-April cold blast subsides enough
The Tasmanian Government has launched a fresh campaign to entice more Victorians to take a short break in Tasmania.
Advertisements will be placed at prime Melbourne sites like Federation Square and will also appear on trams and AFL programs.
Last year's controversial "Melbored" campaign increased the number of short break Victorian visitors by more than 60 per cent.
Rob Gaison from Tourism Tasmania says paper coffee cups carrying new tongue-in-cheek slogans will be distributed to inner city Melbourne cafes this month.
"I don't think we should be shy," he said.
"To cut through all the noise that is in the market place we have to
