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30 min: Ooh! So close for James Graham! He looked to have grounded after a terrific kick chase, but it’s just gone dead. Of all the people on the pitch it was the veteran forward – he was just inches away!

No luck for the Dragons, and they’re hit with a 7-tackle turnaround. On such fine margins etc.

NRL – 25 min: Dragons 8-6 Tigers

Its a penalty, duly dispatched from Widdop. They almost had more, the Dragons but again after a tech-conference it was confirmed that there was no grounding from St George. Remarkable.

NRL – 20 min: Dragons 6-6 Tigers (Aitken)

Oh my. A bit of an error at the back from the experienced Robert Jennings; he had the chance to ground in goal, but he tried to scoop the ball clear, but only enabled Aitken to steal in and score!

Great hands by Hunt in the build up – that was a rotten pass out of dummy half, but he kept the move flowing. Game on!

NRL – 15 min: Dragons 0-6 Tigers (Momirovski)

It took about three minutes for the Tigers to breach the Dragons’ line – lets hope heads don’t drop, they are of course on a pretty bad losing streak despite their early season confidence, St George.

They’ve gone very close through Widdop, but the Bunker cast a close eye over proceedings and awarded a 10m scrum. Still, on the attack.

Finally, finally, finally, from the following set Sezer does kick a golden point. What a game!

NRL: 88 mins: Sharks 14-14 Raiders – What on earth are Canberra doing? For the second time in a matter of minutes they had a field goal option on a platter but decide to run down the set and then grubber for a try. Again it fails and the match continues. The Raiders are butchering this.

NRL: While the Sharks and Raiders continue to do battle in the Shire, the Tigers and Dragons are underway at the SCG. Plenty could change at the bottom end of the eight over the next hour or so.

NRL: 85 mins: Sharks 14-14 Raiders – We go to a second period of golden point with neither side able to score in the first five-minute period. Canberra were best placed but went all-or-nothing for a try in the left corner instead of establishing a solid base from which to drop a goal after consecutive offloads saw then within sight of points after four tackles.

NRL: FT: Sharks 14-14 Raiders – Neither side could convert on their final possessions. The Raiders came closest, stripping the Sharks just inside their own half with seconds left on the clock but the desperate long range field goal fell well short. To golden point we go.

NRL: 76 mins: Sharks 13-13 Raiders – We’re still heading to golden point but it’s all Sharks in these closing stages. The Raiders have butchered their last couple of sets, handing Cronulla consecutive seven tackle drives.

NRL: 45 mins: Sharks 12-0 Raiders – The second half is underway at Shark Park but the home side are now without Josh Dugan, who failed at HIA. That comes after Shaun Johnson injured himself during the prematch warm-up.

Tennis: Nick Kyrgios has bowed out of the US Open at the third round, falling to Russian Andrey Rublev.

NRL: HT: Sharks 12-0 Raiders – It’s all going according to plan for Paul Gallen on his farewell to Shark Park. Cronulla lead by three tries to nothing at the break with Ronaldo Mulitalo and Jayden Brailey both crossing early on, Mulitalo then diving over for a brace shortly before the siren. It’s been a tight, forward dominated contest with the Raiders unable to pierce a disciplined home defence.

The Melbourne Vixens will travel to the NSW Swifts next weekend for the Super Netball preliminary final after demolishing their crosstown rivals the Collingwood Magpies in their minor semi-final.

Stung by their reverse to the Magpies last week the Vixens flew out of the blocks, defending with intent and attacking at speed, blowing their opponents off court. As the game wore on Melbourne oozed confidence while the frustration was evident on the faces of the Collingwood players.

Tegan Philip and Caitlin Thwaites dovetailed superbly in attack, Kate Moloney delivered a captain’s performance at centre, while Emily Mannix shone in defence. For the Magpies Shimona Nelson ended with a game-high 42 goals but the difficulty finding her in the opening exchanges led to the early deficit that could never be clawed back. Nat Medhurst, so dominant last week was peripheral.

Super Netball: Q4: 10 mins remaining – Vixens 53-38 Magpies – The Magpies are refusing to give up but the Vixens are just too focussed and ultimately too good. The movement of Philip and Thwaites in attack is driving the Magpies defence to distraction.

Super Netball: Q3: 11 mins remaining – Vixens 39-22 Magpies – The Vixens do not look like dropping their intensity at the start of the second half and it’s showing in the Magpies’ attack which is looking increasingly disjointed.

NRL: We’re underway at Shark Park in the opening NRL contest of the day. Cronulla can all-but guarantee their finals place with a win at home to Canberra but the Raiders will start favourites as they push to finish as high as possible in the top four.

To add to the significance of the occasion, this will be Paul Gallen’s final home fixture for the Sharks.

Super Netball: HT: Vixens 34-19 Magpies – Stunning from the Melbourne Vixens who are surging towards a preliminary final date with the Swifts. They resisted an early second-quarter fightback from the Magpies, stuck to their processes and the longer the period wore on the more the frustration told in their opponents. It would take an extraordinary turnaround from here.

The difference between this week and last? Nat Medhurst dominated seven days ago, ending with 25 feeds. The Vixens have placed her under much closer scrutiny this time around and she has just four to her name to half-time.

Super Netball: Q2: 5 mins remaining: Vixens 29-19 Magpies – This second quarter is much more even than the first but the Vixens are matching everything the Magpies can throw at them, piecing their way through the visiting defence with precision. Nat Medhurst has started slowly but the superstar is growing into the battle.

Super Netball: Q2: 10 mins remaining: Vixens 25-14 Magpies – Better from the Magpies to start the second quarter, in particular the feeding through to Nelson in the circle. Geva Mentor is also growing into the contest at the other end of the court.

Super Netball: QT: Vixens 20-9 Magpies – What an opening quarter by the Vixens. Stunned early on by the Magpies last week they have come flying out of the blocks in the semi-final to take a commanding lead. Focussed in defence and slick in possession the Vixens are oozing confidence and look set for a preliminary final appearance.

Super Netball: Q1: 9 mins remaining: Vixens 7-2 Magpies – Time out called by the Magpies in a bid to stem the bleeding. The Vixens are hungrier and more aggressive in these opening exchanges with Emily Mannix in particular dominating her head-to-head with Shimona Nelson.

Super Netball: Q1: 11 mins remaining: Vixens 4-2 Magpies – It’s a much more even start this week than last with the Vixens much more physical in defence. The atmosphere in the State Netball Centre is outstanding.

Motorsport: Before we concentrate on the Super Netball, some sad news to report with the FIA announcing driver Anthoine Hubert has died after a major accident during the Formula 2 feature race at the Belgian Grand Prix. The race was cancelled after the crash on the second lap at Spa-Francorchamps. In the high-speed incident involving Hubert and Juan Manuel Correa both cars took major damage but Hubert’s almost disintegrated.

Hubert is the first driver to die as a result of an accident at an F1 event since Jules Bianchi succumbed to the injuries he sustained in Japan in 2014.