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SPORT Tennis: Seles's wound casts doubts over future 42 Page 4 1 LEAGUE Monday, May 31, 1993 "back on track NEWCASTLE 28 PARRAMATTA 8 DANIEL WILLIAMS A joyful rediscovery of their try-scoring potential allowed Newcastle to take a step back from the premiership abyss at Marathon Stadium yesterday. Their 28-8 dismantling of Par-ramatta was only their second win in their past seven matches, but the manner of it suggested it was a turning point in Newcastle's hitherto demoralising 1993 affairs. The Knights, accused of being as exciting as a dish-drainer in recent games, scored five tries, four in the second half when the players confidence and spirit of adventure surged tangibly. The side desperately needed to score that amount of tries, said coach David Waite, who cele- Waite supported Harragon's right to play (see story page 41). "There's no ice on his body and he's raring to go," Waite said.

Asked if he thought Harragon should play tonight, Waite replied: "Of course he should. "It's up to the NSW medical officer to make sure he's not sore." This was a pointed reference to Nathan Gibbs, who has said he would rule out Harragon on the grounds of fatigue or soreness. The Test forward took no short-cuts yesterday and executed a memorable crunching tackle on Parramatta second-rower Mark Horo, but he was not Newcastle's best player. That status was shared between prop Tony Biitterfield, whose powerhouse game included a 50m sprint for the decisive try shortly after half-time, and halfback Jason Martin, whose busy, probing and at times electric display will keep Knights glamour boy Matthew Rodwell in reserve grade for at least a little while longer. Waite on Butterfield: "Apparently he scooped the awards, rightly so.

When you lose your skipper Mark Sargent, you look to a senior member to lead the way." On Martin: "He plays like that every week." Waite perceived some weaknesses in the team's showing: they kicked too often straight to fullback Scott Mahon and "were down on Newcastle's resurgent display looked as though it might be overshadowed early in the second half when Parramatta champion Brett Kenny left the field gingerly holding his shoulder. At the time, it seemed a sadly historic moment. Kenny's left shoulder needs an operation which he has chosen not to have, knowing further injury to the joint will end his career. But Kenny had hurt his right collarbone and not seriously, he believes. "I copped an elbow on it," he said after the game.

"It's swollen but not as sore as I thought it would be. have an x-ray but I think it's just bruising." Last night, Kenny said: "It feels fine. I consulted two doctors after the game. They thought it may have been only bruising but said to have x-rays in case there is a small crack there. "There's no pain and I'm moving the arm around freely." The other major injury (or non-injury) story involved Newcastle's State second-rower Paul Harragon, who flew to Brisbane last night to join the NSW squad.

Harragon played 55 minutes of yesterday's game and wants to take his place in the State of Origin team tonight, despite strong rumours that NSW, doubting the player's capacity to back up, intend to stand him down. intensity in the first half" but the pervading mood was relief. The new halves combination of Martin and Matthew Johns was successful, hooker Robbie McCormack would like to be paid by metres made from dummy-half, and fullback Robbie O'Davis looked extraordinarily quick. The pack looked the intimidating, unpleasant force it had been until recently, and the culmination of muscle, skill and adventure was tries, glorious tries. "We haven't been putting the ball over the line, so to the layman it looks as though we can't attack," Waite said.

"We always knew we could, it's just a matter of the confidence to do it." It was left to Parramatta coach Mick Cronin to state the obvious. Newcastle had been "too strong and their defence was too "We knew we were playing a desperate football side, but we had to be just as desperate," Cronin said. The Eels were not sufficiently desperate, however, particularly in the second half when Newcastle began to make breaks virtually at will. The Knights were back. NEWCASTLE 28 (R How.

ButterfleW. Martin. Codden. O'Davis tries; O'Davis 2. Ainscough 2 goals) bt PARRAMATTA 8 (L Ouden-ryn try; Buettncr 2 goals) at Marathon Stadium.

Crowd: 17,530. Referee: Manson. PAGE 41: Roy Masters column; Geyer assures Tigers over Perth. brated his 41st birthday yesterday and received precisely the present he had wished for. "Our confidence has been down.

Our belief in what we do hasn't varied, but you still need to put performances like that together so confidence can grow. "What pleased me most was the confidence to move the ball, because when you're down and out a little bit you tend to go into your shell We were brave enough to shift the ball from near our line." SOCCER RUGBY Arnold strikes, but Socceroos may lose Farina Young backs fire up NSW GREG GROWDEN MICHAEL COCKERILL i is t- fA 1 rC3 Vs if i I iilWw Sv4, i A back-line partnership forged between Scott Bowen and Matt Burke during the 1990-91 Australian Schoolboys tour of the UK ensured NSW received the ultimate morale boost before the interstate series when they thrashed Wellington 57-11 at Waratah Rugby Stadium yesterday. After experimenting with six different back-line combinations in their past six matches, the NSW selectors at last found the right attacking format: primarily through five-eighth Bowen and outside centre Burke having exceptional games, with Tim Kelaher working as the perfect ally between them at inside centre. Bowen and Burke vied for man of the match honours, with the highly talented Eastwood utility back eventually being named as the best on the strength of scoring a hat-trick of tries. However, Burke was quick to thank his old Australian Schoolboys partner for setting him up perfectly for each of the three tries.

"Scott put me through the gap each time, which was just sensational," Burke said last night. Bowen, who finished with a first-half try, was in the "aw shucks" mood as well, trying to reflect the praise back on to his backline partner. "Matt is just so good in putting himself in the hole, and all I had to do is hit him with the pass," he said. No matter who helped whom, their innate understanding enthralled the crowd, particularly when Bowen, showing rare confidence for such a young player, produced some perfectly aimed cut-out passes to give Burke room to move, straighten up; make the break, and be able to score repeatedly. As important was Burke's phenomenal handling skills and poise, which enabled him to pluck Continued Page 40 AUCKLAND: The Socceroos overcame perhaps their toughest psychological hurdle on the World Cup' trail when they scored a vital 1-0 win over New Zealand here yesterday.

The victory came from a trademark Graham Arnold goal under a slate-grey sky at Mt Smart Stadium. Australia's first World Cup win on New Zealand soil will be a huge boost to their 1993 campaign, and the margin would have been greater if substitute striker Carl Veart had not squandered two excellent chances late in the game. With home advantage for the second leg of the Oceania play-offs in Melbourne next Sunday and the support of hat should be a capacity 25.000 crowd at Olympic Park, the Socceroos must now be hot favourites to progress to the next stage of the World Cup tournament. may be without striker Frank Farina, who left the field after 20 minutes yesterday with a twisted right ankle after a superb tackle by All Whites skipper Malcolm Dunford. Dunford later went off with a recurrence of his hamstring problems and is also in serious doubt for the return match in Melbourne.

To- add the the All Whites' woes, striker Fred de Jong their best player yesterday will be missing at Olympic Park after being sent off in the 78th minute by no-nonsense Swedish referee Bo Rarlsson, while fellow forward Billy Wright will also be suspended after picking up his second yellow card of the campaign. De Jong's strength in the air and ability to lead the front line will be missed, particularly if New Zealand coach Ian Marshall again decides to operate with only one striker in front of a five-man midfield. The renowned Kiwi spirit remains a factor in this intriguing two-leg contest for Oceania supremacy. In the last World Cup campaign four years ago, the All Whites responded to a 4-1 drubbing in Sydney with a decisive 2-0 win in the second leg. The sting would have gone out of the contest had Veart, who replaced the injured Farina, converted either of his two outstanding second-half opportunities.

The first came when a cross from man-of-the-match Robbie Slater beat the All Whites defence and left Veart a few metres out of goal with only goalkeeper Clint Gosling to beat. Incredibly, Veart blasted his shot wide of the far post. Seven minutes later the bustling Adelaide City striker again had the opportunity' to extend Australia's lead when Arnold put him clear, but after rounding Gosling he delayed his shot too long and allowed All Whites midfielder Danny Halligan to block. The two glaring misses took the gloss of what was otherwise a powerful performance, but Veart did enough in his 70 minutes to suggest he will start next weekend. Veart's most telling contribution came when he took the ball down, turned and beat two NZ defenders to the by-line, where his cross found Arnold lurking unmarked at the far post.

The FC Liege striker, perhaps the most motivated Australian player, slid in to convert the opportunity and score for the first time in the green-and-gold since he took a brace of goals against the All Whites in the last World Cup campaign of 1989. The Socceroos should be satisfied with yesterday's scoreline. The record (four draws and a loss in five World Cup matches in Auckland) indicated they would face a tough battle, hile the All Whites were a far more settled combination. By contrast, Australia's $10 million worth of talent had the reputations, but Australian coach Eddie Thomson was well aware his side had not played together before. The lack of understanding was painfully evident in a dreadful first-half display, when the All Whites created the better opportunities with their traditional long-ball game and could have snatched the lead had winger Michael McGarry been more selfish when he advanced unmarked towards the Australian goal.

Instead, McGarry whipped the ball across the face of goal, and Robbie Ironside was not quick enough to convert. The problems of cohesion were obvious in a besieged Socceroo defence, where markers Alex Tobin and Dominic Longo looked vulnerable in the air and also when the excellent de Jong laid the ball back to his supports. A subdued display from sweeper Ned Zelic compounded the problems, denying attackers Slater, Farina and Arnold the quality of service they required. For the first time in two years, Thomson discarded his unpopular one-striker formation and opted for two forwards, and the adjustment reaped dividends. Having passed such a stern test, the Socceroos.

are expected to improve markedly for the second leg. Now loaded up with outstanding attacking players, the national team only needs to tighten up at the back to force a result hich would guarantee passage to the next round of the World Cup, a play-off against Canada in August. AUSTRALIA 1 (Arnold) bt NEW ZEALAND 0 at Mt Smart Stadium. Crowd: 10.952. Referee: Karlsson (Sweden).

PAGE 40: Canada waiting; Wright's leveller rescues England. Wellington breakaway Des Tuiavii hangs on in desperation as a flying NSW No 8 Fili Finau takes off at Waratah Rugby Stadium yesterday. Picture by CRAIG COLDING Campo and co-touirists MM are back for Waratahs GREG GROWDEN Furore over third World Cup draw Page 40 NSW Brett O'Neill: Phil Scarr. Scott Barker. Matt Dixon.

David Earp; Darren Junee. Andrew Cairns: Matt Guberina. Steve Talbot, Tony Dempsey, Matthew Stocks. John Hearn. Tim Dalton, Kevin O'Kane.

Andrew Blades. Res: Rick Muik. Mark Hollis. Kevin Hutcheson, Tony Brann. Stuart Maze.

Andrew Watts. Andrew Heath. Randwick back-rower David Kelaher was last night announced as captain of the TODAY'S CLASSflFOED MARUCEY Manly's Semi Taupeaafe won the vacant wing spot, John Langford was preferred in the back row, and overseas returns David Campese, Tim Gavin and Ewen McKenzie have all been rushed back into the NSW team to play Queensland at Waratah Rugby Stadium next Sunday. The line-up of the Waratah side cannot be disputed, as it has been picked on form, with the points of conjecture only being who out of Taupeaafe or Peter Jorgensen would get the vacant wing position, and whether Langford or Fili Finau would take the blind-side flanker's spot. Taupeaafe deserves his chance as he had a powerful game against Wellington yesterday, while Langford's line-out winning ability in the middle was always going to give him the edge over Finau, even though the Wests back-rower was one of NSW's better players yesterday.

Although Langford left the field late in the game with a cricked neck, there is no doubt he will be available for the first interstate match. Campese, Gavin and McKenzie, who have all been playing in Europe, will return to Sydney early this week. Queensland still have their injury problems, with coach John Connolly last night deeply concerned that captain Peter Slattery injured his jaw again during their record 66-3 thrashing of ACT at Ballymore. The Wallaby halfback left the field late in the first half after suffering a heavy blow on the same part of the jaw he fractured in a club match in March. Slattery went to hospital for precautionary x-rays, but a Queensland Rugby Union spokesman last night said that the jaw was not broken.

Slattery is now expected to play against NSW. If the injury was serious, there was no doubt the Australian selectors would have put further pressure on former Test captain Nick Farr-Jones to make himself available for the domestic Tests this season. NSW: Marty Roebuck: David Campese. Matt Burke. Tim Kelaher.

Semi Taupeaafe: Scott Bowen. Sam Payne: Tim Gavin, John Langford, Michael Brial. Tim Kava. Warwick Waugh. Ewen McKenzie.

Phil Kearns (capt). Tony Daly. Res: Mark Bell. Mark Hartill. Fili Finau.

Simon Whyte. Anthony Ekert. Tim Wallace. Alistair Murdoch. Eastwood prop Tim Dalton was preferred to NSW reserve Andrew Heath for the NSW front-row to play Queensland at Bathurst on Saturday.

Brett O'Neill beat Western Suburbs' Rick Muik for the fullback spot, while utility back Darren Junee will be at five-eighth. NaW under-2I team to play ACT under-2I at Manly Oval on Thursday. NSW under-21 squad: Christian Adams. Jon Carroll. Todd Cole.

Damien Cummins, Fili Fanau. Owen Finegan. Scott Fay. Peter Jorgensen, Travis Hall, Matthew Isaacs. Troy Jagues.

Stephen Jani, David Kelaher (capt). Mark Lathwell, Jason Madz. Rodney Moore. Mark O'Brien. Stuart Pinkerton.

Mark Richmond. Matthew Tink, John Trevaskis, Ian Tucker. Eight Sydney University players were yesterday selected in the Australian Universities team to play Combined New Zealand Universities at the Basin Reserve, Wellington on July 7. NSW and Sydney University back-rower John Langford will captain the team for the inaugural match to be played alternatively in New Zealand and Australia. AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES: James Angus.

Richard Bailey. John Cole. Mathew Collard. Richard Dyer, Michael Flanagan. Brad Free, Price Galley.

Brad Gilbert. Patrick Howard. Martin Hyde. Angus Innes, Malcolm Jackson. John Langford (capt), Richard Maher, Roger McEviliy.

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