NRL
Australia National Rugby League (NRL) is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL competition (sometimes referred to as the Telstra Premiership for sponsorship purposes) is contested by 16 teams, 15 based in Australia and one based in New Zealand, and is the Southern Hemisphere's elite rugby league championship. St George Dragons vs Sea Eagles
Round 22 of the 2010 NRL Premiership, kicking off on Friday, August 6, 2010 will prove a crucial round for top contending teams. Round 20 saw a series of upsets for the top 3 teams, with the Roosters securing 3rd on the ladder. With only 5 rounds remaining in the current season, securing two points for a win could prove the edge for a place in the finals.Last updated: 16-08-2010 from 09:00 until 11:00Round #23 - NRL Telstra Premiership 2010New South Wales rugby league fans will need to travel to Queensland to watch their teams do battle on Friday night. Both games are scheduled to be played in the sunshine state. At Skilled Park, the Gold Coast Titans host the Parramatta Eels. It is the first clash between the two teams this season. In round 21, the Titans were victorious over the Warriors, while the Parramatta side were thrashed by the Roosters, 48-12.In Townsville at Dairy Farmers Stadium, the North Queensland Cowboys take on the Brisbane Broncos in a home state clash. When the Broncos faced up to the Cowboys in round 1, it was the Brisbane team that scored the victory, 30-24. Though the Cowboys broke their losing streak in round 20, they were beaten by Penrith in round 21. The Broncos are on fire heading into the final rounds after defeating the Dragons 10-6 in round 21.
The Cincinnati Bengals and Denver Broncos meet in Cincinnati for Sunday Night pre-season football. NFL United States The National Football league called NFL.This is the second game of the pre-season for the Cincinnati Bengals and during the first game, a loss to the Dallas Cowboys, they found plenty of areas to work on. Carson Palmer played sparingly and J.T. O'Sullivan didn't play much either as it was Jordan Palmer seeing the bulk of the action. O'Sullivan had an interception and Jordan Palmer had two and one touchdown. Cedric Benson saw little action and had five yards and Bernard Scott had seven carries for 19 yards. Matt Jones led all receivers with three catches for 42 yards and Terrell Owens had two grabs in his Bengals debut for 18 yards and Chad Ochocinco didn't have a catch in very limited action. Jordan Shipley had two catches but he also had a 63 yard punt return that set up the Bengals only score of the game. Geno Atkins and Vincent Rey led in tackles with six each while Gibril Wilson had five in an overall solid defensive effort by Cincinnati. Denver Broncos vs Cincinnati Bengals WATCH NOW LIVE Last updated: 15-08-2010 from 23:00 until 02:00 Week 1 - NFL Preseason 2010It's another season of big changes in Denver and at some point head coach Josh McDaniel is going to either a success or failure. Kyle Orton is back at QB and the Broncos picked up Brady Quinn but Tim Tebow is the one everyone wants to see more out of curiosity than anything else because the consensus is that Denver reached way to far in picking him. Knowshon Moreno and Corell Buckhalter are both injured so Denver picked up Justin Fargas but it also creates and opportunity for Lance Ball and Bruce Hall. Brandon Marshall is gone at Wide Receiver and they will need others to step up like Eddie Royal, Matt Willis, Brandon Lloyd, Jabar Gaffney, Demaryius Thomas, Brandon Stokley, or maybe even someone else. The broncos will look for answers at Tight End as well where Tony Scheffler is gone and Daniel Graham will be looked at to fill the void as well as Richard Quinn or possibly one of the other three on the roster. Defensively Elvis Dumervil is gone for the season and that injury is absolutely devastating as he is their best player on either side of the ball. The Broncos will also find out just how much Jamal Williams has left in the tank and they did have three nice pick ups in Akin Ayodele , Justin Bannan and Jarvis Green. Champ Bailey has been resting through some of practice and Denver went CB with two of their draft picks in Perrish Cox and Syd'Quan Thompson. While Cincinnati didn't look good against Dallas, I think they will look better here and after having some film to look at, the offense where see where they blew opportunities and missed openings. More importantly, it's doubtful Cincinnati commits nearly as many penalties and I think they win this one easily.Mitch's Pick: Cincinnati Bengals - 3 1/2