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'Black box' detector joins MH370 search

AFP

PERTH (AFP) - A US Navy "black

box" detector made its muchanticipated debut in the oceanic hunt
for flight MH370 on Friday but
Australia's search chief warned it was
crunch time with the box's signal set to
expire soon.
As the extensive search wore on,
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar
Ibrahim said he believed the country's
long-ruling regime was concealing
information on the crisis, saying "the
government knows more than us."
The Australian naval vessel Ocean
Shield arrived with a "towed pinger
locator" capable of homing in on
signals from the black box, as 14
planes scoured the remote Indian
Ocean search area for signs of a crash
site.
The plane disappeared March 8, and
Australian authorities coordinating the

search have rushed the device into

place with the black box's roughly
30-day location signal set to expire.
Angus Houston, Australia's former
military chief and now coordinator of
the eight-nation search, said "we're
now getting pretty close to the time
when it might expire."
The plane went missing en route
from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with
239 people on board, confounding
aviation experts and sparking criticism
of Malaysian authorities who have
been unable to explain how the jumbo
jet vanished.
Anwar said he was "baffled" by
the Malaysian military's failure despite
detecting the plane crossing back over
the country's airspace following its
mysterious detour.
"Unfortunately the manner in

which this was handled after the first

few days was clearly suspect," Anwar
said in an interview with Britain's
Daily Telegraph.
"One
fact
remains.
Clearly
information
critical
to
our
understanding is deemed missing. I
believe the government knows more
than us," he added, without
elaborating.
Malaysian
authorities
believe
satellite data indicates MH370 crashed
in the Indian Ocean, far off western
Australia.
Ocean Shield, which also bore an
underwater drone vehicle capable of
mapping the seafloor, joined in a
search with the British navy's
hydrographic ship HMS Echo, which
on Thursday began scanning for black
box transmissions.
But despite days of exhaustively
scouring the sea's surface with planes
and ships, no debris has been found to
prove MH370 went down in the area,
let alone pinpoint a crash site.
Australian
Commodore
Peter
Leavy admitted the undersea search
was a shot in the dark for hopes that a
ping can be picked up, adding that the
two ships would need to move at
excruciatingly slow speeds in the deep
waters to improve the chances.

Abbott welcomes Cambodian asylum help

CANBERRA (AAP) - The federal
government
would
welcome
Cambodia's support to resettle
refugees, Tony Abbott says.
Immigration
Minister
Scott
Morrison met with Cambodian Interior
Minister Sar Kheng in Phnom Penh on
Thursday, following Foreign Minister
Julie Bishop's visit in February.
A spokesman for the Cambodian
Council of Ministers told the Phnom
Penh Post on Friday a proposal had
been discussed by the two ministers
and the Cambodian foreign ministry
may release information at a later date.
It has been speculated the
agreement could be worth $40 million

and involve up to 100 refugees, but Mr

Morrison's office has yet to comment.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott told
reporters in Canberra on Friday that
people smuggling was a regional issue
that needed to be dealt with in a
regional way.
"Whether Cambodia were to
accept people (refugees) is really a
matter for Cambodia," Mr Abbott said.
"Any support and co-operation other
countries can give to Australia is
obviously very welcome."
Australia was constantly in talks
with regional partners under the Bali
Process, he said.

"We look forward to further

support from other countries in our
region including Cambodia," he said.
Mr Morrison's spokesman said the
minister was in Cambodia for further
discussions on regional co-operation to
combat people smuggling.
After Ms Bishop's visit to
Cambodia in February, her counterpart
revealed Australia had asked the
country to resettle some refugees.
At the time, Ms Bishop said they
had only discussed the Bali Process.
Australian Greens senator Sarah
Hanson-Young described the potential
deal as irresponsible.

Today's highlights

China military exercise

China has asked to operate under
Australian command when it takes part
in a major international military
exercise led by the United States later
this year, a report said on Friday.

PGA tour dates

Golf's Australian Masters and
Australian Open will this year be
played on consecutive weekends in
November.

1 AUD = USD
0.9235-37
All Ordinaries
5,428.58 +12.9
CANBERRA
Min 13C Max 23C

Baby gift for George as

Queen meets Pope
VATICAN CITY (AFP) - Pope
Francis gave Queen Elizabeth II a
royal orb for baby Prince George as
the monarch met him for the first time,
a low-key visit that is the 87-year-old
monarch's first foreign trip since 2011.
The visit took place on Thursday,
a day after the anniversary of the start
of the Falklands War between Britain
and Francis's native Argentina in 1982,
and also came at a thorny moment in
Anglican-Catholic relations - though
officials did not reveal the content of
the closed-door discussions.
The pair capped their talks with a
peculiar exchange of gifts that
included a hamper of food products
from the royal estates.

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Qld police seek man after

student's murder
BRISBANE (AAP) - An itinerant man
is wanted by Queensland police over
the murder of French student Sophie
Collombet. Benjamin James Milward,
25, was picked up by CCTV footage
and was identified by witnesses.
The public is asked to come
forward if they know Mr Milward,
who has no fixed address but is know
to frequent the area where Ms
Collombet's body was found.
"He was believed to have been at
the scene around the time we believe
Sophie was killed," Detective
Inspector Rod Kemp said. "We ask
people if they know this person not to
approach him."

SA's pub laws survive court

challenge
ADELAIDE (AAP) - South Australia's
late-night lockout laws for pubs and
clubs have survived a Supreme Court
challenge. In a judgment on Friday, the
Full Court of the SA Supreme Court
ruled that the provisions, introduced
last year, were valid.
A group of venue owners had
taken the issue to the court arguing
that the government had overstepped
the mark with the new rules which
contradicted licence conditions.
The rules prevent patrons from
entering venues after 3am and anyone
who leaves a pub or club after that
time will be barred from re-entering.

Royal tour down under starts

on Monday
SYDNEY (AAP) - The Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge - and baby
Prince George - kick off their tour of
New Zealand and Australia on
Monday, with the royal party
scheduled to visit major cities, the
outback, bushfire-ravaged mountains
and even a bilby.
The young royals start their
10-day visit of New Zealand in
Wellington where they will be greeted
by an official ceremony before
spending two days in the capital.
They will then travel to Blenheim,
Auckland,
Cambridge, Dunedin,
Queenstown and Christchurch, where
they will pay tribute to those who died
in the 2011 earthquake.
From New Zealand, the royal
party fly to Australia for a 10-day tour
of Sydney, Brisbane, Uluru, Adelaide
and Canberra starting on April 16.

Rolling Stones tour back on

SYDNEY (AFP) - The Rolling Stones
on Friday announced their tour of
Australia and New Zealand, which was
postponed after the suicide of Mick
Jagger's
girlfriend,
has
been
rescheduled
for
October
and
November.
"The rescheduled Australia/New
Zealand tour will take place between
25 October to 22 November 2014," the
veteran British rockers said on the
band's website, with exact dates for
each city to be released soon. "The
Rolling Stones wish to thank their fans
in Australia and New Zealand for their
patience and understanding at this
time."
Jagger's American girlfriend L'Wren
Scott committed suicide in her New
York apartment on March 17, just

AFGHANISTAN: The Associated

Press said that one of its photographers
was killed and a reporter wounded on
Friday when an Afghan policeman
opened fire on them in eastern
Afghanistan.

AFP

after the band arrived in Perth for the

first date of their "14 On Fire" tour
Down Under.
They were also due to play in
Adelaide,
Sydney,
Melbourne,
Brisbane and Auckland.
Jagger had been with Scott for 13
years. A coroner said the modelturned-fashion designer, who was 49,
had hanged herself.

China under Australian wing in military drill

SYDNEY (AFP) - China has asked to
operate under Australian command
when it takes part in a major
international military exercise led by
the United States later this year, a
report said on Friday.
The Sydney Morning Herald said
it understood that the request from
China's People's Liberation Army
(PLA) was expressed through defence
channels last week, without quoting
any sources.
Until recent years China rarely
took part in international military
exercises and the newspaper said it
was the first time the PLA would
operate under Western command in
such a drill.
Australia's
Defence
Minister
David Johnston would not comment on
the Chinese position but has welcomed
China's involvement in the Rim of the

Pacific exercise which involves more

than 20 nations.
"China has a central role to play in
contributing to regional stability," his
office said in a statement. "We
welcome the positive contributions it
has made to date, and look forward to
continuing to work together to enhance
mutual understanding and facilitate
transparency,
and
build
trust
throughout the region."
The RIMPAC exercise will be led
by the US and involve more than
25,000 personnel. In the previous
RIMPAC in 2012, Australia led the
maritime component of the war game,
coordinating some 40 ships and six
submarines.
It is not known which countries
besides the US will take leadership
roles this year, but nations taking part
include China's traditional rival Japan.

Labor defends WA senate candidate

CANBERRA (AAP) - Labor has gone
on the defensive over a last-minute
campaign to undermine the credibility
of its lead senate candidate in Western
Australia.
Joe Bullock, the secretary of the
conservative Shop Distributive and
Allied Employees Association, was
leapfrogged over sitting Labor Senator
Louise Pratt for the top spot on the
ticket for the WA Senate election
re-run this Saturday.
This week has seen media reports
of Mr Bullock's 1996 conviction for
assault, his record of voting for the
Liberal party and a 2013 speech in

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which he railed against the dangers of

Labor following "every weird leftie
trend".
Tony Abbott weighed into the debate
on Friday, saying there was "division
and dysfunction at the heart of the
West Australian Labor senate team".
"It's proof from deep within the
Labor Party that the Labor Party is
simply not up to the job of
government," Mr Abbott told reporters
in Canberra. "I'm hoping that the
voters of Western Australia are
sufficiently engaged to be paying
attention to this."

ISRAEL: Israel has called off the

planned release of 26 Palestinian
prisoners, placing already embattled
peace talks in further jeopardy after
both sides took steps Washington
called "unhelpful".
USA: A troubled US soldier who
shot dead three people and wounded
16 more at Fort Hood may have argued
with one or more colleagues before his
rampage, his base commander said.
TURKEY: Turkish Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday
criticised a Constitutional Court ruling
that lifted his government's March 20
ban on Twitter.

AFP

LIBERIA: Liberia said it was

dealing with the first case of suspected
Ebola to have originated within its
own borders, unconnected to the
epidemic raging in neighbouring
Guinea, as Mali also detected three
suspected victims.
SOUTH KOREA: South Korea
said on Friday it had successfully
test-fired a new ballistic missile
capable of carrying a one-tonne
payload to any part of North Korea.
RUSSIA:
Russia
on
Friday
launched a criminal investigation into
breaches of hygiene at a cheese factory
after footage of bare-chested workers
bathing in vats of milk went viral on
the Internet.
CHILE: Chileans desperate for
supplies stood in long lines outside
shops after strong aftershocks from a
deadly
8.2-magnitude
earthquake
forced them to spend another night out
in the cold on Thursday night.
After six people were killed in late
Tuesday's earthquake, northern Chile
was rocked by a powerful 7.6magnitude
aftershock
Wednesday
night, forcing thousands of people to
evacuate their homes once more.

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FINANCE

Late rally pushes share market higher

BRISBANE (AAP) - Late gains have
pushed the share market slightly higher
ahead of the release of US job
numbers.
Investors are hoping the US nonfarm payrolls employment data for
March, due out on Friday night, will
clarify if harsh weather has been
behind a slowdown in hiring, Invast
Securities chief market analyst Peter
Esho said.
"These figures are important. All
eyes are on that and the market tends
to trade pretty flat ahead of US job
numbers," he said.
Among the big miners, BHP

Billiton lifted 22 cents to $37.75, Rio

Tinto gained four cents to $63.72 and
Fortescue Metals was up six cents at
$5.45.
At the close, the benchmark
S&P/ASX200 index was up 12.9
points, or 0.24 per cent, at 5,422.8
points. The broader All Ordinaries
index was up 12.9 points, or 0.24 per
cent, at 5,428.6 points.
The June share price index futures
contract was five points higher at
5,415 points, with 13,615 contracts
traded.
National turnover was 1.4 billion
securities worth $3 billion.

Boral, CSR to join forces in brick making

SYDNEY (AAP) - Building products
maker Boral warns it may have to
close some brick operations if the
consumer watchdog doesn't approve its
proposed joint venture with rival CSR.
The two companies plan to
combine their east coast brickmaking
and distribution businesses in a joint
venture designed to save between $7
million and $10 million a year.
Boral chief executive Mike Kane
said the joint venture was the best way
to ensure the future of Australia's brick
manufacturing sector, which has

suffered due to declining demand as

builders and developers opt for other
materials.
"Solutions like this, in my view, are
the only solutions possible in the face
of the headwinds we face," he said.
"We've got to get to the point where
we can manufacture bricks in
Australia at a return that can attract
capital."
If the deal doesn't receive approval
from the competition watchdog, Boral
would be faced with having to close
some of its operations, Mr Kane said.

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Trade surpluses to continue:

govt agency
CANBERRA - A federal government
agency believes a key component of
Australia's balance of payments could
be heading towards a surplus for the
first time in nearly four decades.
Australia
posted
a
third
consecutive monthly goods and
services trade surplus in February, and
at $1.2 billion was just shy of the $1.4
billion surplus in January, the highest
in nearly two and a half years, new
data on Thursday showed.

Abbott seeks progress on

Japan trade deal
CANBERRA (AAP) - A free trade
deal with Japan can't be concluded
without better concessions for
Australian farmers, the federal
government says.
Tony Abbott will lead a week-long
trade mission including premiers and
business leaders to Japan, South Korea
and China starting this weekend.
In Seoul, Mr Abbott is set to sign
a free trade deal with Korea, but work
is still under way on the agreement
with Japan. A key issue is Japan's 38
per cent import tariff on Australian
beef. Australia wants that halved.
Japan says 30 per cent.

SPORT

AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE

Top ten by value at Friday's close
BHPBilton 191,070,623
37.75
WestpacBk 173,206,176
34.60
NAB
148,640,219
35.38
CBA
145,499,097
76.98
ANZ Bank 142,568,571
33.37
TelstraCp
115,715,367
5.06
Rio Tinto
90,064,851
63.72
21stCnFox bcd74,793,295
35.52
Wesfarmrs
68,396,161
41.57
CSL Ltd
62,394,048
70.60

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+0.130
+0.010
-0.050
+0.160
-0.030
+0.040
+0.420
-0.090
+0.130

CURRENCY RATES
Snapshot at 1700 AEST
AUD/USD
AUD/JPY
AUD/EUR
AUD/NZD
AUD/GBP
EUR/USD
USD/JPY
EUR/JPY

Apr 04
0.9235-37
95.92-95
0.6737-41
1.0800-04
0.5567-71
1.3704-06
103.87-88
142.35-37

Apr 03
0.9213-15
95.68-70
0.6696-00
1.0790-92
0.5534-38
1.3757-58
103.85-87
142.87-89

CLOSING WORLD STOCKS

Hong Kong
Singapore
Sydney
Tokyo
Amsterdam
Brussels
Frankfurt
London
Mexico
Milan
New York
Paris
Toronto
Zurich

Apr 04
22510.08
3212.72
5428.58
15063.77
Apr 03
AEX
405.69
Bel-25
3147.13
DAX
9628.82
FT-100
6649.14
IPC
40563.06
MIB
21992.08
DJ
16572.55
CAC-40 4449.33
TSX
14402.21
SMI
8521.63
H-S
STI
All Ord
Nikkei

Apr 03
22565.08
3220.06
5415.70
15071.88
Apr 02
406.14
3150.27
9623.36
6659.04
40900.53
21692.04
16573.00
4430.86
14459.11
8508.26

Missile misfires at swim titles

Lights, action as Hamilton, Rosberg eye Bahrain

MANAMA (AFP) - Lewis Hamilton
and Nico Rosberg put Mercedes' early
season dominance to its first true test
on Sunday at the floodlit Bahrain
Grand Prix on a track where both
drivers have always struggled.
Hamilton,
the
2008
world
champion, swept to victory from pole
in Malaysia last week ahead of
Rosberg
who
clinched
the
championship opener in Australia.
But despite their lofty positions in
the 2014 title race, the dust and heat of
the troubled Middle East state have
often choked the pair's ambitions.
Hamilton's best finish at the
Sakhir track was second in 2007 while
Rosberg has never made the podium
with his storming drive to pole
position in 2013 yielding a poor ninth
place finish. His best result remains a
humble fifth.
"I've finished on the podium there

MARKET DATA

AFP

a couple of times but, for one reason or

another, I've never managed to get the
win," said Hamilton, whose victory at
Sepang followed a retirement in
Australia.
"Until last week it was the same
story for me with Malaysia, so fingers
crossed this can be the year of
breaking those cycles. We know it's
going to be tough to maintain our
current form, particularly at a circuit
where every team has had so much
running time in testing over the winter,
but I'll be pushing hard to keep those

results coming."
Rosberg is the championship
leader after two events and enjoys an
18-point cushion over Hamilton.
But he too is aware that Bahrain,
which rarely features standout duels,
has not been a happy hunting ground.
"The first two races have been a
great start to my season and I'm
already looking forward to being back
in the car and carrying on that
momentum in Bahrain," said the
German. "It's a great track and I really
enjoy driving it. I've never had much
luck on race weekends here, but it's
definitely the one I'm best prepared for
this year.
"We may be leading both
championships at the moment but our
rivals are breathing down our necks, so
we need to stay focused and keep
doing
our
job
calmly
and
professionally."

BRISBANE (AAP) - Dual world

champion James Magnussen was
sensationally upset by Cameron
McEvoy in the men's 100m freestyle
final at the national titles in Brisbane
on Friday night.
Magnussen had looked on track to
reel in the world record but instead
was upstaged by McEvoy who
completed the 100-200 double.
Magnussen has admitted his
preoccupation with breaking the 100m
world record brought him unstuck.
McEvoy completed the 100-200m
double at the Glasgow Commonwealth
Games trials in a personal best 47.65
Meanwhile,
five-time
London
Olympic medallist Alicia Coutts took
out her second straight 200m
individual medley title ahead of Emily
Seebohm.
And Belinda Hocking has claimed
her sixth straight 200m backstroke
national title.

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Australasian PGA confirms 2014 tour dates

FRIDAY'S RESULTS
AFL
Hawthorn 21.11 (137) bt
Fremantle 11.13 (79)

SUPER 15
Highlanders
Brumbies

33-30
26-9

Rebels
Blues

8-9
18-25

Bulldogs
Eels

NRL
Roosters
Broncos

A-LEAGUE
Adelaide United

2-2

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Melbourne Heart

Adelaide draw with Heart

ADELAIDE (AAP) - A last-minute
equaliser allowed Adelaide United to
pinch a 2-2 draw against Melbourne
Heart on Friday night and climb to
second on the A-League ladder.
The Reds lost a player to a broken
leg, a defender for headbutting, and
also appeared to be losing the game
until Fabio Ferreira's last-gasp goal
squared a feisty fixture.
The heated affair featured the
fifth-fastest goal in the league's
history, two penalties, 11 yellow cards,
a red card and 33 fouls.
After Adelaide's Marcelo Carrusca
scored in 25 seconds at Coopers
Stadium, the Heart hit back with David
Williams and Mate Dugandzic scoring.
And the visitors appeared set for
an upset win until one minute from
fulltime when Ferreira saved the Reds
in what looms as a costly match for
Adelaide.

Reynolds give Bulldogs

one-point win
SYDNEY (AAP) - A Josh Reynolds
field goal was enough to seal
Canterbury a hard-fought 9-8 win over
the Sydney Roosters at Allianz
Stadium on Friday night.
Reynolds calmly slotted the
match-winner from 20m out in the
70th minute a set after the Roosters
had first turned down a penalty shot at
goal and then halfback Mitchell Pearce
missed a relatively easy field-goal
attempt.
Reynolds' successful kick was the
only point in a tough, absorbing
second half in soggy conditions after
the two sides were locked at 8-all at
halftime.
The Bulldogs had the energetic
five-eighth to thank in the 57th minute
when he pushed Roosters winger
Daniel Tupou into touch just before he
got the ball over the tryline.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Golf's Australian

Masters and Australian Open will this
year be played on consecutive
weekends in November.
The PGA Tour of Australasia on
Friday confirmed the remainder of the
2014 season schedule, beginning with
the inaugural million-dollar Fiji
International at Natadola Bay in
August.
The Masters, won by Adam Scott at
Royal Melbourne last year, will run
from November 20-23 at Victoria's
The Metropolitan, followed by the
Open at The Australian Golf Club in
Sydney from November 27-30.
A two-week gap has been left
before the season-ending Australian
PGA Championship, suggesting the
revamped World Cup could return
Down Under for a second straight
year.

Rebels lose to Highlanders

MELBOURNE
(AAP)
The
Melbourne Rebels' quest for their first
Super Rugby win abroad has fallen
tantalisingly close with a 33-30 defeat
to the Highlanders in Dunedin on
Friday night.
Fullback Jason Woodward scored
with only four minutes remaining,
which he converted to give his side a
chance of victory but they couldn't find
the points they desperately sought.
Rocked by the loss of five-eighth
Bryce Hegarty in only the second
minute, the Rebels scrambled to level
with the home side early in the second
half before the Highlanders again
kicked away.
Hegarty fell heavily and suffered
concussion while taking a high ball
and the Rebels were almost left
without a play-maker altogether when
his replacement, Angus Roberts, also
suffered a head knock.

Schumacher has 'moments of

consciousness'
GRENOBLE, France (AFP) - Michael
Schumacher has "moments of
consciousness and awakening", his
spokeswoman said on Friday, in a sign
of progress months after the Formula
One legend suffered a devastating ski
accident in France.
"Michael is making progress.... He
shows moments of consciousness and
awakening," Sabine Kehm said in a
statement.

AFP

PGA of Australia chief executive

Brian Thorburn says he expects the
events to again attract a number of star
players following last year's succes.
"It is well documented that the
number of people playing golf
increases during the summer which has
a direct correlation with the PGA Tour
of Australasia bringing the world's
best golfers to our shores," Thorburn
said.

McCabe double helps

Brumbies beat Blues
CANBERRA (AAP) - A barnstorming
double from comeback king Pat
McCabe has helped lift the Brumbies
to a 26-9 Super Rugby win over the
Auckland Blues in Canberra.
Man-of-the-match McCabe was
superb for the Brumbies in
treacherously wet conditions at
Canberra Stadium, making several
breaks and constantly bending the
defensive line.
It was the 26-year-old Test
centre's best performance since
breaking his neck for the second time
in June last year.

Bouchard holds off Venus

Williams in Charleston
CHARLESTON, United States (AFP)
- Canadian starlet Eugenie Bouchard
admitted it was "a bit ugly" as she held
off former world number one Venus
Williams 7-6 (8-6), 2-6, 6-4 to reach
the Family Circle Cup quarter-finals.
Bouchard, an Australian Open
semi-finalist who is seeded sixth in the
green claycourt WTA premier level
event, saved two set points in the
first-set tiebreaker, and rallied from a
break down in the third on Thursday to
advance to a meeting with secondseeded Serbian Jelena Jankovic.
Williams followed her younger
sister, world number one and top seed
Serena, out of the tournament.

WEATHER
Observations at 1635 on Friday
Max
MELBOURNE
18
SYDNEY
29
ADELAIDE
21
BRISBANE
29
TOWNSVILLE
30
CAIRNS
31
CANBERRA AP
23
HOBART
19
DARWIN
33
ALICE SPRINGS
30
PERTH AP
28
BROOME
38

Min
15
20
12
19
22
24
13
8
26
17
11
26

Eels end NRL drought

BRISBANE (AAP) - Parramatta have
finally ended their two-year away
drought with a gripping 25-18 NRL
victory over Brisbane Broncos at
Suncorp Stadium.
Chris Sandow and Jarryd Hayne
led the resurgent Eels home in a
quality second-half where the lead
changed four times before Sandow
sealed the result with a 40m field goal.
It had been 21 matches since
Parramatta - wooden-spooners in the
past two seasons - enjoyed their last
success on the road, also against
Brisbane way back in 2012. But they
showed the poise and professionalism
that has been lacking by twice reigning
in the Broncos.

Hawks smash Dockers

MELBOURNE (AAP) - Hawthorn
have made an emphatic statement
about their AFL premiership defence,
belting Fremantle by 58 points at the
MCG on Friday night.
The Hawks' 21.11 (137) to 11.13
(79) win is the highest score kicked
against the Dockers under coach Ross
Lyon while Fremantle captain
Matthew Pavlich played a lone hand
with four goals.
After they lined up to watch the
unfurling of their premiership flag in a
pre-game ceremony, the Hawks turned
the grand final rematch into a
mis-match.
They opened the game with 6.1,
while the side widely expected to
challenge Hawthorn for this year's
premiership were kept scoreless.
Hawks midfielder Jordan Lewis
rebounded from a quiet game last
week to dominate at the stoppages,
while Sam Mitchell returned from a
calf injury to also star.
Cyril Rioli was outstanding,
providing the individual highlight of
the match with a screamer of a mark
and then playing on to kick a goal.

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