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Issue 309 | June 14 2013

Phase twoAndy Murray talks exclusively to Sport about the

next chapter in his Grand Slam-winning career

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Radar

06 Why on earth? The new film charting the frankly insane runners who tackled the four toughest marathons on the planet

08 Vroom! The £5,000 iPod docks made from the exhausts of classic sports cars

10 I don’t like cricket... ... I love it. A new game and a new app for the aficionados o this coming weekFeatures

18 Andy Murray Taking his next step in a Grand Slam-winning career, and what it’s like to take on some of the greatest players of all time

27 The state of Australian sport What’s the problem? We ask Aussie sportsmen and journalists just how bad things are... if at all

31 Jonny Wilkinson The truth behind all the Lions speculation – and how much the Heineken Cup win meant to him

34 Tommy Bowe’s diary Even with a broken hand, our man’s reporting from the Lions front line

Extra Time

44 Gadgets A great new DAB radio to listen to the summer of sport, and a golf gizmo that analyses your swing

46 Father’s Day gifts A veritable smörgåsbord for the inevitable last-minute purchase

48 Grooming And if the above gifts don’t hit the spot, revert to plan B: stuff to make the old boy smell a bit nicer

52 Entertainment Man of Steel gets the treatment this week, while Carl Hiaasen and Kanye West are the support acts

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t’s so damn hot,” laments Will Ferrell’s Ron

Burgundy as he ruefully chugs a pint and

a half of the white stuff in Anchorman.

We can only imagine what it was like for the equally

heat-addled folk featured in new documentary Desert

Runners. The film follows four non-professional

athletes as they attempt the four hardest ultra-

marathons on the planet: in the Atacama, Gobi and

Sahara deserts, and in Antarctica. In the process,

they tackle the (respectively) driest, windiest,

hottest and coldest places on earth. The film

premieres at the Edinburgh Film Festival next

weekend, and it should be slogging its way to a

screen near you soon. It is, say its makers, “a story

about life beyond the comfort zone”. Expect blisters.

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Radarp08 – Sir Chris Hoy: the international man of mystery and his new bike

p11 – ESPNcricinfo: the updated app for a summer of stats

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NHear me roar

SIr ChrIS hoySix-Time Olympic cHampiOn and ‘HaS-been’

ike Week begins tomorrow. And who

better to design a bike than a man

who has bagged six Olympic gold

medals riding one? We caught up with Sir

Chris Hoy as he began his countrywide

roadshow visiting Evans stores and riding

his new range of trusty two-wheel steeds...

Designing your own bike is something of

a schoolboy’s dream, no?

“It reminds me of when I was a kid and I had

my Saturday job. You’d save your money up

and have a budget to build your racing bike

for the year. And, for that money, you were

trying to build the best possible bike you

could. Now, really, I’ve done the same thing

– only I have a slightly bigger budget on a

slightly different scale.”

Unlike your track bike, presumably these

ones have brakes?

“One of the biggest things is the disc brakes

– strong brakes that mean if someone opens

a car door, you can stop very quickly.”

Sport’s been knocked off its bike commuting,

but not by a car door. It was another cyclist.

“He wasn’t French, was he? I’ve met a few

of them on the track. ”

We’ve read that you were inspired to

take up cycling after watching E.T.?

“It’s true. It was the first time I’d seen a BMX.

I was six, and I thought: ‘This looks mental.’

They were hammering through the streets

B– the bit in the film when they’re chased by

the police. Straight away, that was what I

wanted to do. I started racing BMXs, and

that was what got me into cycling.”

Given that the velodrome that bears your

name in Glasgow will host next year’s

Commonwealth Games, why retire now?

“If I could have continued, I would have.

But it’s not a choice. Cycling is a very

objective sport. You measure everything

– data, power outputs, speeds. There’s

clear indications of your form and what

you’re capable of. And London was really

hard. And I realised I’d got the best out of

myself. But to turn up in Glasgow with

anything less than 100 per cent, you are

not going to be competitive. I didn’t want

to be there just to make up the numbers.”

The French aside, what won’t you miss?

“The biggest thing is being able to say:

‘Do you fancy a glass of wine tonight?’

Or: ‘Yeah, I’ll have a beer.’ Brilliant! For so

long – and it’s not that I’m desperate to

drink alcohol every minute of the day –

it was one of the things that I just could

not do. And when you can’t do something,

that’s when you really want to do it.”

Your passport would have read ‘track

cyclist’ before. What does it say now?

“‘International man of mystery’. Er… good

question. ‘Has-been’? Let’s say ‘has-been’.”

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atience and guile don’t tend to

translate that well to the video

game format: you only have to look

at EA Sports’ quietly shelved Kasparov Chess

franchise to see that. So it’s no surprise that

cricket has been routinely shafted on the

digital front – the last decent console cricket

caper had Brian Lara on the front, and he’s

been retired six years. We are hopeful that

Ashes Cricket 2013, the official game of the

series, will change that. The game engine has

been completely revamped, with 360-degree

control over shot placement, while a brand

new line-and-length bowling system makes it

much easier to try and

tempt them into an

edge outside off stump,

or just opt for a more

historically accurate

Bodyline. Howzat?

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Xbox 360 and PS3

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one are the days when bespectacled

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it’s completely free – and should prove a

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in the Ashes when the time comes. Right now,

we’re using it to keep tabs on West Indies

six-machine Chris Gayle, so we can don

appropriate protective headgear if he’s

anywhere in the vicinity. That’s one thing

in Wisden’s favour: it’s certainly a more

effective shield.

Available now for iOS and Android, free

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As the José Mourinho circus got under way at

Chelsea this week, someone asked me how

I thought he’d fare. “He’ll win a few things, then

he’ll get the sack,” I replied, without really thinking.

But as I ruminated on it a bit longer, I realised that this is

exactly what will happen. Mourinho will almost certainly win

a trophy of some description in his first season. But that

will have less to do with his managerial ability than the

fact that he is inheriting a squad of enormous potential.

And therein lies the rub: beyond Sir Alex Ferguson, whose

like we shall never see again, and Arsène Wenger (probably

likewise), managers don’t get to stick around any more.

Ask Roberto Mancini or Roberto Di Matteo.

This is the modern manager’s lot: if you have some

money to spend, then chances are you’ll win something or

other, followed by the sack a year or two later, for either

not winning something more important or not being holistic

enough. There will always be a reason for clubs to sack

their managers, no matter how successful.

(If you don’t have any money to spend, by the way,

you’ll not win anything and still get the sack. Operating

within a tight budget might buy you an extra season.)

What counts for pretty much nothing is how good the

manager might be at coaching his team of 11 players to

beat other teams at football. With many managers having

lost control of their club’s purse-strings, and with today’s

game no longer allowing managers to ‘motivate’ players as

Ferguson or Brian Clough used to, I wonder if the modern

gaffer is an increasingly redundant position. And if they’re

not made redundant, they just get the sack.

Very sorry to learn of the death of master trainer Sir

Henry Cecil this week. Racing as a sport often does too

little to embrace its public. But Cecil understood it was a

sport – and, as such, entertainment. He was a genius at

training horses, yes, but his death leaves a huge void in

a sport that is crying out for characters.

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Either way, take a look and let us know what you think.

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Radar Opinion

Did you see the protest at the French Open? It was an outrage.

A disgrace. A bare-chested man in

russet-coloured trousers (the very wearing

of which should be rewarded with a custodial

sentence), a mask and carrying a flare

protesting about gay marriage. You could be

forgiven for thinking he might be suggesting

it become compulsory – but apparently not.

Forget the issue. Either way, it’s just not

right. Why should France still have half-

decent protests at sporting events? What’s

happened, Britain? What have we been doing

while the French have been dreaming up

ways to make political points while adding an

extra dimension to a marvellous sporting

occasion? Yet again we have fallen behind

our European competitors.

As with many things, we set the gold

standard when Emily Davison was killed by

King George V’s horse at Epsom almost

exactly 100 years ago – there is now even

a plaque at the course, although the debate

still rages about whether she meant to kill

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Outdone by the French? I really must protest

It’s like this…Bill Borrows

understandably, fewer incidents of direct

action after he pleaded guilty to two further

armed robberies.

But that’s not the point either. Protesting

at sport got things done: votes for women;

the end of apartheid; the release of an,

ahem, innocent man. What have we got now?

Idiots like Karl Power (appeared in team

line-up in full kit, Manchester United v Bayern

Munich, April 2001) and defrocked Catholic

priest/part-time transvestite leprechaun

Neil Horan (British Grand Prix at Silverstone,

July 2003 and men’s marathon, Olympic

Games, Athens 2004) trying to, respectively,

scrape together a few quid and warn the

world of its imminent demise.

Admittedly, Horan is not British – he’s Irish

– so they can’t pin that one on us, but then

neither is Trenton Oldfield. Who? You recall,

the Aussie who disrupted the 2012 Oxford-

Cambridge Boat Race to protest against

elitism in this country. His act of staggering

ineptitude (failing in his stated desire to stop

the race being completed) would have been

easier to deal with if he had not used the

accompanying platform to promote himself.

Hang on, I’ve forgotten John Foley

(Everton v Manchester City, January 2012),

who handcuffed himself to the goalposts at

Goodison to complain about Ryanair. At last,

something everybody can agree about… but

no, this was nothing to do with their hand

baggage policy, rather something to do with

their treatment of flight-attendants. See

what I mean? We can’t even get that right.

What’s gone wrong? I blame Erika Roe

(top off, England v Australia at Twickenham,

January 1982) for this inglorious pantheon

of clowns – but, magnanimously, can just

about find it within myself to forgive her.

I’m very generous like that.

@billborrows

David Flatman is away looking uncomfortable on

a bike. He will be back on June 28

Planks of the WeekEngland U21 footballers (on holiday)

And so everybody’s got it in for Stuart Pearce. Yes, he cost us the

1990 World Cup, forgot to pick a goalkeeper when picking his first

team as a manager, and once cost me £350 on an accumulator –

but, on this occasion, he is not to blame. He’s had a go at the players

who travelled to Israel and told them to “look at themselves”,

but the ones who should be doing that are currently on a beach

somewhere and looking at something else. They know who they

are, and so do we.

herself or merely pin a rosette to 1,200lbs of

horse meat travelling at more than 30mph.

One is clearly an heroic commitment to the

cause of universal suffrage, the other an

ill-considered gesture by someone who had

clearly never been to the races before. But

that is irrelevant – she set out to protest and

chose to do this through the medium of sport.

While the Springboks were touring from

the late 1960s to the late 1980s, there were

so many pitch invasions and long-haired

people with placards wandering about that,

to paraphrase American comic Rodney

Dangerfield, you couldn’t go to an anti-

apartheid demonstration without a rugby

match breaking out.

In 1975, a Test match between England

and Australia at Headingley was disrupted to

the extent that further play was impossible

after supporters campaigning for the

release of convicted bank robber George

Davis vandalised the wicket. He was

eventually released before the end of his

sentence, although there were, perhaps

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Frozen in time

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Man downIt’s not often we get to watch bona fide sporting

history being made, but last weekend we had a

little bit of exactly that. Rafa Nadal became the

first man to win the same Grand Slam tournament

eight times when he prevailed over countryman

David Ferrer in the final of the French Open.

But after doing it eight times, does he need to

collapse on the ground in a state of such abject

shock? Surely he’s at the stage where he can just

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Andy Murray is reflecting on the first phase

of his career as a professional tennis player

– the phase that came to an end at 2.05am on

September 10 2012, when an overhit Novak

Djokovic return handed the Scot the maiden

Grand Slam title he’d spent more than a

decade working towards. Sinking to his

haunches, Murray’s hands covered his mouth as

he struggled to absorb the enormity of what he

had achieved.

That momentous New York night feels like it was

longer than nine months ago when Sport sits down

with Murray beside the centre court at Queen’s Club

– an arena that has brought him the only grass-court

titles of his career so far (his Olympic gold aside).

The US Open champion has just emerged from the

players’ lounge, where he’s been glued to the final

set of Rafael Nadal’s French Open semi-final win

over Djokovic. The tournament is the first Slam

Murray has missed in six years (he sat out

Wimbledon in 2007 with a wrist injury), but the

gruelling nature of the four-hour, 37-minute battle

he’s just witnessed has proved his difficult decision

to sit out the tournament was the right one.

“That sort of match is the reason why I wasn’t

playing, because I wouldn’t have been able to

compete at the level I’d want to compete at,” he

explains. “My back just wasn’t good enough.”

The injury was so bad that it forced Murray to

retire from his second-round match at the Rome

Masters in May, and he admits to fearing the worst

as he departed the Italian capital. “My back had been

bad the week before, in Madrid, but I just hoped that

with a few days’ rest before Rome it would be okay,”

he says. “After I pulled out, I was going to see back

specialists, having scans and just getting a lot of

different opinions from a lot of people. In your head,

you do prepare yourself for really bad news.”

Murray suffered from back spasms at a similar

stage of last season, leading some to conclude the

problem is aggravated by the switch in surfaces

at the beginning of the clay-court campaign –

thus something the 26-year-old might therefore

have to manage for the remainder of his career.

“All players have things they need to manage,” he

continues. “Roger’s had back issues for a while and

Rafa’s had problems with his knees. The game is so

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Ahead of his return to Wimbledon, Andy Murray speaks exclusively to Sport about his momentous year, injuries, and why it always pays to keep your eye on the ball

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niggling injuries, but if you have the right structure to

your training and rehab then you can get by. It’s when

you try to not think about it, and don’t do the right

treatments or see the physios, that you’re going to

have problems and be forced to miss more events.”

INTERESTED OBSERVERMany injured sportspeople close their eyes and ears

to events they’re being forced to miss – it’s an ‘if I’m

not there, then I’ll pretend no one else is’ mentality

designed to ease their disappointment. Not Murray.

He used his time off to watch what unfolded in Paris,

offering opinions and predictions via his Twitter

account, much like your average tennis fan. But is

he able to watch the game in the same way as any

other fan, or does his tennis brain kick into gear

even when he’s watching it from his sofa with a

sausage sandwich and mug of tea on the go?

“Sometimes I just want to enjoy the match and not

focus too much on tactics or anything,” he answers.

“But there are also times when I’ll sit down and take

notes. Watching the end of the match with Rafa and

Novak earlier, I was thinking that when you’re

watching as a player you can see: ‘Oh, he should

be doing this or that, and this is what is working

and this is what isn’t.’ But when you’re the one on

the court, it’s very difficult under that pressure –

especially after playing for four hours – to concentrate

and know the exact tactics you should be using.

“You can learn a lot from watching. When I was

about 17, I injured my knee and missed four or five

months of playing. But I used to take notes on all

the matches and players I watched – so when I did

manage to get on the tour and play against them, it

wasn’t like I’d never seen them before. I knew a bit

about what they did and their strengths and

weaknesses. These days, I take notes more on

specific players or matches. Sometimes, if the top

guys are playing and someone’s giving them trouble,

it’s useful to look at what they’re doing to make it

difficult for them.”

BIGGER, STRONGER, FASTERIt wasn’t too long after that injury layoff

that Murray made his senior debut at

Wimbledon (left), where he will return

10 days from now for his eighth

attempt at ending Britain’s long wait

for a homegrown singles champion

(still Fred Perry, still 1936). On that

Tuesday afternoon in June 2005,

however, nothing could have been

further from an 18-year-old

Murray’s thoughts.

“I was just so excited to play

and there was no pressure –

it was about pure enjoyment

and excitement. I still have the

excitement, but it is hard when

you’re on the court to really

enjoy it as much as I did when I

was 18 and playing there for the

first time. Back then, if you lose

in the first round... well, no one’s

expecting anything of you and

you’re not expecting anything

of yourself. Obviously now

it’s a bit different.”

The expectation level isn’t the only thing that has

changed about Murray’s appearances at Wimbledon.

The rake-thin teenager whose T-shirt billowed

around his delicate frame on his SW19 debut is gone,

replaced by an athlete with the physique and fitness

levels to match – if not better – any of his colleagues

in the men’s game.

“When I was training in Spain [Murray left home

at 15 to train at the Sánchez-Casal Academy in

Barcelona], I never went to the gym,” he remembers.

“I spent all my time on the court. I had quite strong

legs, but my upper body was really weak – so I got

tired in the long matches. It wasn’t until I was 19

or 20 that I started taking the work in the gym

seriously, and it made a big difference.

“I probably enjoy the gym more than practice now,

because practice can be quite repetitive, whereas

with the gym there are so many things you can do.

You can do different types of cardio or you can swim,

lift weights, do core work, yoga, pilates. There are so

many aspects to training nowadays and that’s why

I enjoy it – because it’s not the same all the time.”

Repetition on the practice court is one thing,

but Murray would probably accept a repeat of his

performances at Wimbledon last summer: two finals,

one gold medal and an outpouring of emotion that

softened even his harshest critics. The 2012 grass-

court season was a tumultuous time for him, with

what he calls his “toughest ever defeat” to Federer

in the Wimbledon final, followed four weeks later

by Olympic gold on the same court. It was, as he

referred to it then, “the biggest win of my life”.

“It was the best I’d played in a final up to that

point,” he says of the four-set loss that left him

unable to stop the tears from flowing on centre

court. “And it was the first time that, having lost in

a Slam final, I’ve responded really well. I took five or

six days off and then, when I started practising again

before the Olympics, I felt really good. But it was a

really tough one for me for a few days, that’s for sure.”

GETTING OVER IT Asked to describe the processes he goes through

during those few painful days following such a defeat,

Murray swallows hard and exhales deeply, as if to

suppress the rising emotions still associated with

that particular loss: “It’s difficult – for the people

around me as well. They all saw that it hurt me a lot

losing that match. And as much as you want to have

a life away from tennis, they also saw how much time

and effort I’d put in to try and win one of those events.

It’s hard for them to know the best thing to do. They

might think that maybe babying me or telling me I’m

great will help, but also they just want to be normal

and talk about other stuff away from the court.

“I wasn’t really ready to do that until I got back on

the practice court – that’s when I started to get over

it. The first few days were not much fun for me, and

probably not for everyone around me, too. But the

thing that was nice was that everyone was very

supportive after Wimbledon. When I’d lost big

matches before, there had sometimes been a negative

feeling. But I didn’t really get that after the Wimbledon

match, and it helped me to get over it. As did the fact

the Olympics was only a few weeks away. That was

something I was never going to experience again

in my life, so it was a really big motivation.”

Four years before London 2012, Murray had

made what he now sees as a serious error in making

his Olympic debut in Beijing. “It was one of the best

experiences I’d had in my tennis career,” he says.

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But I lost in the first round. I was so dehydrated –

I’d lost about four kilos between leaving the States to

get to Beijing and the end of my first match. I was

annoyed at myself, because I’d been so excited to be

part of the Olympics that I took my eye off what I was

there to do: compete for my country. I wanted to

change that this time around. I didn’t get to do any of

the ceremonies and what-not in London, but I did what

I was there to do – which was to try to win medals.

“The final was the best atmosphere I had ever

played in. But the best thing about the Olympics was

the fact that, every time you turned the TV on, in

every sport, on every day, everyone was just so

positive. People were winning, the press was

positive, the country was positive, the public were

loving it and I think it made a huge difference to how

the athletes performed. People were putting in the

best performances of their career at the Games.”

MAKING HISTORYMurray carried that positivity with him to New York,

where his previously unsuccessful efforts to add

his name to a list of Grand Slam winners that had

featured only four men since Nadal’s first French

Open win in 2005 would finally have a happy ending.

“Tennis is tough right now,” he says. “Look at the

guys who were ahead of me at the time I won in New

York – one of them had won 17 Grand Slams, one of

them had won 11, and the other one was on five or

six. They had more than 30 between them, and every

time I got to a final I was playing against one of them.

“When Roger won his first Wimbledon, he was

playing against Mark Philippoussis, who had never

won a Slam. When Rafa played in his first French

final, he played against Mariano Puerta, who had

never played in a Grand Slam final. And when Novak

won the Australian Open for the first time, he played

against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who’d never won a Slam.

I was getting into the position to play for these titles

and coming up against Roger, who is the best player

ever, and Novak, who is one of the best hard-court

players of all time. It was tough.

“I was trying my hardest, but I just had to keep

saying: ‘If I’m not good enough, then I’m sorry but it’s

not because I’m not trying my best.’ Just because

we’re from the UK, it doesn’t mean we have a right

to be better than anybody else at sport.

“Now I’ve done it and put my name among them,

I can move on. I feel like it’s the second part of my

career now. I’ve probably only got another five or six

years left of playing at the highest level, so I want to

try and give myself the best chance at all the Grand

Slams I play. Ivan [Lendl, Murray’s coach] has helped

a lot with keeping me focused and not letting my mind

drift and just think that [winning the US Open] is

what I was here to do. It’s important to reset your

goals. Before, I just wanted to win a Grand Slam.

I didn’t care which one it was, I just wanted to

win one. Now it’s a bit easier to start prioritising

individual tournaments, and I think that will help.”

Phase two of Murray’s career comes at an

interesting time. While Federer’s dominant days are

over and Nadal is having to accept that less is more

when it comes to balancing his fragile knees with his

playing schedule, Murray and Djokovic are reaching

what could be termed the middle age of their careers.

“There are certain things you look back at and

think I would have done things differently, but that’s

the beauty of growing up,” he reflects. “You make

mistakes, you learn from them and you get better

from making those mistakes.”

He smiles as he continues: “Yeah, I’d like to be 21

again, but I’m not. My body hurts more than it did

when I was 21 as well, but I need to enjoy it while

I’m able to... and hopefully win another Slam.”

As Murray prepares to return to the court that

brought moments of acute pain and sheer joy last

season, he adds a final thought on the possibility of

Slam number two: “There are no guarantees. I know

how difficult it is to win them.”

Sarah Shephard @sarahsportmag

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Andy Murray openly admits to putting on a

poker face whenever confronted by a

headline-hunting interviewer, meaning that only

those closest to him get to see the ‘real’ Andy.

But in recent months, a BBC camera crew has

been granted access into the inner Murray

sanctum, revealing his emotional homecoming

in Dunblane after his US Open win, his pilates

sessions in Miami, ice baths in Monte Carlo and

life at home in Surrey with girlfriend Kim and

his most faithful fans: terriers Maggie and

Rusty. Andre Agassi, John McEnroe, Federer,

Nadal and Djokovic all appear, too. As does

fellow Scot Sir Alex Ferguson, who was

courtside as the Olympic champion won his

maiden Grand Slam in New York. Probably

sitting in Rusty’s seat, too, the old rogue.

Showing on BBC One, 10.25pm, June 23

ANdY MuRRAY: THe MAN BeHINd THe RAcKeT

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state of the aussie nation

When Adam Scott sank the putt that put an

Australian’s name on the Masters trophy for

the first time back in April, you could be forgiven

for hearing a rather exuberant cheer from the

land down under. It’s not been the best of

decades for our Antipodean friends, you see,

and Scott’s win was seen by many as a badly

needed boost ahead of a massive year.

“There’s no question that Scott’s win did

wonders for the morale of Australian sport,”

explains Wayne Smith, a sports writer for

national newspaper The Australian. “It was

our first significant sporting triumph in years,

and hopefully it can be as pivotal a moment as

El Alamein was in the Second World War.”

Smith’s tongue may well be firmly in cheek

with that final line, but it’s no secret that

Australian sport has been in a state of flux for

some time, and it’s a paucity of peaks that has

been made worse by the fact the country is so

used to victory on the cricket and rugby fields.

John Eales lifted the 1999 Rugby World Cup

while his cricketing compatriots were in the

midst of a period of Ashes dominance that saw

the English defeated in eight consecutive series.

Since losing the 2003 Rugby World Cup on home

soil, though, Australia have failed to challenge in

two consecutive renewals and won just one of

four Ashes series. To make matters worse, they

brought home only seven gold medals from last

summer’s London Olympics. For Smith, it comes

down to one simple reason.

“The Australian Rules teams are gobbling

up all the best sporting talent in the country,”

he explains. “And that’s not just in cricket

and rugby union. The Olympic sports are

complaining about the same thing, and none of

these sports can compete with the money the

AFL can offer youngsters with sporting ability.”

What better time, then, for a Lions tour and two

Ashes series to reignite public interest?

“The Lions tour could not have come at a

better time for the code in Australia, both from

a morale and financial viewpoint,” agrees Smith.

And the Ashes? “Well, yeah, but rugby has the

players and just needed the boost in profile –

I dread to think what might be the impact on

Australian cricket of back-to-back series

defeats to the English.”

fountain of youth runs dryOne man who knows what the Ashes means

more than most is Ricky Ponting, who led the

Baggy Greens in four series against the English.

He blames a lack of foresight for Australian

cricket’s lack of depth. “I don’t think we were as

well prepared as we could have been for the

changeover of players, and I don’t think we

invested enough money or time into making

Ponting: “Australia

didn’t pay enough

attention to the

grassroots stuff”

sure that the next

couple of levels down

were looked after

in the right way,”

he explains. “I don’t

think we paid enough

attention to the

grassroots stuff. We

just expected to

keep producing guys

who average 55 in

Test matches or others who can take 600 to

700 Test wickets. Look at every sporting team

in the world that’s having success, though, and

you’ll see the ones spending the most money.”

It’s a theme that Smith points to on the

Australian rugby front, too, where the powers

that be have “run up a total deficit of $19m over

two years, and have no money to pour into

developing the code”. The series ahead might be

important for raising interest and developing

new talent. Financially, though, it’s about

securing a future for the sport in a competitive

market – and the Lions coming to town gives the

Wallabies an edge they haven’t had for some

time, says former Wallaby Tim Horan.

“We had a Lions tour in 2001 and a World Cup

here in 2003, and there has been a bit of a lull

since, so Aussie rugby has been starved of big

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MEN FOR THE WALLABIES AND THE BAGGY

GREENS IN THE MONTHS AHEAD

of the sport. It’s very rare to have a touring side

play all over the country, so this tour could be

great for Australia in raising the game’s profile.”

And it’s a profile that seriously needs raising.

The lack of big names is a big issue facing the

two sports down under, and Smith believes that

this summer of sport presents the chance for

new heroes to be born.

“A lack of Campeses, Lynaghs, Warnes and

Waughs is clearly an issue, but the Australian

public just love winners more than anything,”

he says. “The lack of big games has meant a

lack of big moments from players, but this year

presents a chance to change that. If some real

performers start to emerge in the Ashes, or if

someone kicks the winning penalty or steals the

important last-minute lineout against the Lions,

the Australians will start to embrace the new

generation. It’s less a problem in rugby than it is

in cricket, true, but new legends could be made.”

OPTIMISTIC OZWhether it’s raising money, raising fanbases or

simply raising team morale, it’s clear the Test

series that lie in store are huge for the future

of both cricket and rugby union in Australia.

“Australian cricket at the moment is probably

at a bit of a crossroads,” agrees Brendon Julian,

who represented the Aussies on the 1993

Ashes tour. “But I also think this series could be

the start of something. If they get out and draw

or win this series in England, it’ll give them a lot

of confidence, because it’s still a very young

side and a lot of people have written them off.

They go to England with not too much to lose,

because defeat is what most people expect.

It will also be a series that defines Michael

Clarke’s captaincy, because every captain wants

to win an Ashes series in England. He might

downplay it, but he’ll desperately want to win.”

Ponting agrees: “Things probably aren’t as

bad within the team as the perception from the

outside would have it. There’s been a lot of

rotation and we’ve lost a lot of experienced

players, but we’ve picked our best squad and I

honestly believe if they play as well as they can,

it will be a lot closer than everyone expects.

We’ll have a clearer picture over the next six to

eight months just where Australian cricket is at.”

It’s a theme that rings true in rugby circles

as well, with the knowledge that the Lions are

coming to town having had a clear impact on the

performances of those with Wallaby selection

hopes. “The way the Super Rugby teams have

played has really been of a higher standard than

before, and there are a lot of players putting

their hands up for selection,” explains former

international Brendan Cannon. “There’s genuine

excitement within the Australian sporting

public, and rugby union down here has needed

this profile boost for some time.”

Clearly, the state of our friends on the other

side of the world isn’t as bad as some would

have you believe, and the series whitewashes

predicted by all and sundry might be premature.

Winston Churchill once wrote: “Before El Alamein,

we never had a victory. After El Alamein, we

never had a defeat.” If Wayne Smith is right

about the impact of Adam Scott’s putt, this

summer is set to be a good one for Australia.

Mark Coughlan @coffers83

You little rippers:

Adam Scott

celebrates on his

way to winning the

Masters in April (1);

Quade Cooper after

defeat to New

Zealand in the 2011

Rugby World Cup

semi final (2); the

Baggy Greens take

to the field after

loosing the fifth

Ashes Test in

January 2011 (3)

Tim Horan on the Wallabies

Will Genia

The glue that holds the

Aussies together, and

the best nine in the

world – nullifying his

threat is key. His battle

with Mike Phillips will

be great viewing.

James O’Connor

Looks like he has the 10

shirt, so link-up with

Genia is important.

Brings a more solid

game favoured by

Robbie Deans.

Stephen Moore

Consistent, and has

really developed this

year. Makes the

Brumbies tick; one of

the few Aussies who

is irreplaceable.

Brendon Julian on the Baggy Greens

Ryan Harris

If he’s fit, he can win

games on his own.

Australia’s fast-

bowling attack is their

main weapon, and

Harris could be

central to that.

Shane Watson

He is at a stage in his

career where he’s got

to perform with the

bat – and this summer

could be his time

to shine.

Michael Clarke

Under pressure to

bring the changing

room together, and

there’s no better way

than putting a score

on England. A big

performance with

the bat could make

his captaincy.

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a tour

too far

We’ve heard a lot of different stories. What really

happened ahead of the Lions squad announcement?

“I got a call from the management the day before,

and the conversation was basically that if I could

guarantee I would be available for the plane journey

out there, there was a ’strong possibility’ that I’d be

selected. That was amazing, but I knew immediately

that, with our desire to get to the Top 14 final here

with Toulon, there was no way I could guarantee my

availability. My loyalties to Toulon, with my age and

with what they had gone through for me, and how

much we wanted to do something special with the

team, meant there was no way I could promise

anything. I fully understood why Warren [Gatland]

wanted everyone to get on the plane together.”

After the Top 14 final, there were a lot of headlines

saying you had told Gatland to ’come and get you’.

Can we expect to see you out in Australia soon?

“Unfortunately, I had a torn muscle in my groin at the

end of this season that I’ve had a minor procedure

on, and that’s going to put me out for a couple of

weeks. With the way the season ended – with me not

being able to train much and just managing my body

in order to just play games – it would clearly be

tough. There’s always a good discussion to be had,

but it’s looking more and more unlikely that I could

add anything even if I should ever be required.”

So, fitness is the big problem?

“Yeah, we got to the final of both tournaments we

were involved in. And, unfortunately, I was getting

less and less happy with the way I was playing as

the season got near the end, because I wasn’t able

to go out there and prepare the way I wanted to, and

the way I’ve been able to throughout the peaks of my

career. I’ve got one more opportunity to play rugby

next year, and that’s here in France. If I don’t look

after myself properly, then that opportunity won’t

be there. I’ve done that before in my career several

times, and I’ve paid the price for it.”

How special is being involved with the Lions,

though, and how much did you enjoy it?

“There is nothing out there like it, to be honest. It is

phenomenal. The two tours I was involved with

[2001 and 2005], I just remember the joy of meeting

and playing with guys you’ve only played against.

Learning from them, feeding off their spirit, and

getting that special connection and magical rapport

that you discover from a unique group. It’s that

feeling that allows you to go and do special things,

and I think I’ve been hugely lucky to spend time with

the likes of Scott Quinnell, Brian O’Driscoll, Rob

Howley, Keith Wood and all these guys. For most

players, you just have the opportunity to play

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1 Learn from your defeats

as much as you learn from

winning. Rugby’s a game

that moves on week in,

week out, so the guys who

get caught looking back are

the ones who find themselves

in tricky situations. So, every

time you win or lose, treat

them both as experiences

that are invaluable. Do that,

and there is no such thing

as regret or failure. Learn

from defeats to become

a better player, and you’re

winning – whether you’re

four or 34.

2 Take your time to be

precise about your

skills. Think about what

you want, not what you

don’t want to happen. When

you’re passing, look at where

you want the ball to go and

make it go there with positive

visualisation. It’s a bit like

riding a bike – if you’re riding

your bike and you see a big

rock in your path, and you

stare at that rock, you will

ride into it. So you need to

keep your focus on where

you want to go, and not

where you don’t.

3 Rugby’s the purest form

of team sport. Your

primary focus is to help

others do their jobs

better. If you’re helping

someone, that’s a success.

Wilko's Wisdom Jonny’s three tips for any youngsters taking up the game

So, if the injury recovers well in the next week or

two, and you got the call to go out and sit on the

bench for the second or third Test…?

“Like I say, it’s on the unlikely side because of

everything that’s happened. My mindset right now,

as it has been since the loss to Castres, is just that

I need to get myself ready to go again at some point.

You’re talking about a Lions Test series, though. It is

special moments that make careers, and it sounds

like a great idea. But, like I say, we’re at that stage

where I have nothing to do with the Lions tour –

it might be time for everyone to focus on the guys

who are out there doing a great job.”

Fair enough. It’s 10 years since that World Cup

win, and there’s been an absence of trophies since.

How much did winning the Heineken Cup mean?

“This whole season in the Heineken Cup was amazing.

It’s always been something that’s been a bit out of

reach for me, despite a few dabbles with quarter

finals with Newcastle and Toulon – then this year we

finally made that semi-final stage and it just got

bigger and bigger. To actually come away winning

the thing at the end of it is something I’m so proud

to have been part of, because it’s an experience

reserved for so few. So it’s right up there as

one of the highlights of my career.”

How much has life in France, and having these

quality players around you, played a part in

extending your career?

“I think it has been a bit of a rejuvenation in the sense

that I needed a change. It got to the stage where my

career was just injury after injury, and comeback

after comeback, with pressure and hype surrounding

it each time, and it was a cycle I couldn’t get out of.

It’s certainly not far-fetched to think that my career

was quietly fading out, so to come back and be able

to do what I’ve done with Toulon – I’m going into my

fifth year here now – is something I would never have

thought was possible. It’s great, and I owe it to all the

guys in the team and in the region here.”

You seem more relaxed in general these days.

Have you learned not to take so much on yourself?

“No, not at all! I’m trying different ways of dealing

with it. But, to be honest, I’m growing to possibly

believe that one of my strengths on the field is

my level of focus. I do care hugely about what’s

happening and how it’s going to happen, and my part

in it and making sure my part’s right – and I do think

about it all the time. I do sometimes wish I could

escape that and make life easier. But, at the same

time, that’s what gets me up off the floor to make a

second tackle in a row and what keeps me doing the

extra hour after training. And I know it’s what’s

going to drive me to the very end. I am trying to

change my perspective to make sure it doesn’t

dominate the rest of my life, though.”

We imagine the French beaches and sunshine help?

“Yeah, the weather and the surroundings are

phenomenal. In a way, I think that’s the main

difference here – because you’re kind of lodged

somewhere between being more intense about rugby

than ever, and more professional than ever, but at

the same time you’re almost on holiday once the day

has finished. That leaves me nicely relaxed, and lets

me go a bit further in training and hit a bit harder,

because I know I’ll be able to switch off and relax

once we’re done. The two things feed off each other.”

Have you changed a lot as a player over the years?

“I’ve changed hugely year on year, and probably

month on month, trying to find ways of just getting

better. I’ve been more and more prepared as I’ve got

older, to go to that uncomfortable area of when it

feels a bit awkward, and I’ve changed my perspective

of how my game affects others. At the same time,

there’s a part of me that hasn’t changed that I’m proud

of, and that’s the part that says no matter how old I

get, I’ll do whatever’s required of me on that pitch.”

Mark Coughlan @coffers83

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The good news is that I’m still on tour! I’m currently

resting up after having the operation on my hand.

We’re just playing it by ear at the moment, but

hopefully I’ll be able to play some part on the tour – it just

depends on how quickly I can get myself back.

It was nice to meet up with all the lads in Hong Kong,

but arriving in Australia felt like the start of the real tour.

It was a relief, because the heat in Hong Kong was savage –

I didn’t have to play, but even the training was ridiculous,

and the lads with more ‘Celtic’ skin suffered in the pool

sessions, too. There were a few burned shoulders before

we even arrived in Australia.

I guess the tour has properly started now. And, in that

regard, the game against Queensland definitely helped.

We scored loads of tries in our first games, so it was nice to

have a real step up in intensity. Training’s been great since

we got to Australia, and the conditions are ideal for the

high-tempo rugby we’re looking to play. Warren Gatland’s

approach is all about trying to train at match intensity, so

that’s been the case since we joined the camp, and the boys

are pretty confident. Most people have played one or two

games now, and we’re in as good a position as we could be

with this final week to go before the first Test.

On the social side, we’re travelling so much that there’s

a lot of focus on having a craic on the bus. Sean O’Brien and

Ian Evans are calling the shots up at the front of the bus, and

they’ve been very funny so far. Matt Stevens is some singer,

too, and Sean Maitland’s a great guitar player, so the two of

them are having some proper jamming sessions. Oh, and

Jamie Roberts fancies himself on the guitar, too.

I’m on the social committee along with four other lads,

which is going okay at the minute. It’s tough because of

the travelling, but we’ve been doing alright. I picked a

restaurant for the first time today. My roommate Tom Croft

said he’ll batter me with pillows if it isn’t up to scratch.

I’m currently waiting for them to come back, so we’ll see.

And, speaking of Crofty, this is my first roommate who

hasn’t been Welsh! I don’t know why, but before this week I’ve

had Jonathan Davies, Ian Evans, Sam Warburton and Dan

Lydiate. To be fair, they’re all top lads. Leigh Halfpenny’s

heading up the rooming committee, and I think he’s going

to be in for a bit of stick with some of the choices in the past

two weeks. The committee are saying the names are picked

out of a hat – but I think there are a few lies going on, so I’ll

be watching them closely!

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Sat June 1 Lions v Barbarians (Hong Kong, 12:30am)

Wed June 5 Western Force v Lions (Perth, 11:00am)

Sat June 8 Queensland Reds v Lions (Brisbane, 10:30am)

Wed June 12 Combined NSW & Queensland Country v Lions (Newcastle, 10:30am)

Sat June 15 NSW Waratahs v Lions (Sydney, 10:30am)

Tue June 18 ACT Brumbies v Lions (Canberra, 10:30am)

Sat June 22 1st Test: Australia v Lions (Brisbane, 11:00am)

Tue June 25 Melbourne Rebels v Lions (Melbourne, 10:30am)

Sat June 29 2nd Test: Australia v Lions (Melbourne, 11:00am)

Sat July 6 3rd Test: Australia v Lions (Sydney, 11:00am)

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SATURDAY FOOTBALL | CONFEDERATIONs CUp: BRAZIL v jApAN | EsTáDIO NACIONAL DE BRAsíLIA, BRAsíLIA | BBC THREE 8pm

It's been three weeks since the final whistle in the

Champions League final, and our need is great.

We are, in short, crying out for some top-level

footballing action. Fortunately, the Confederations

Cup is well poised to deliver – in places, at least.

Traditionally held a year before the World Cup to

smooth out any niggling infrastructure problems

(or, in Brazil's case, to make sure the roof isn't

falling in), it brings together the hosts of the next

tournament, the holders, and the winners of each

of the continental competitions for a condensed

version of everyone's favourite tournament.

This year, that means exciting fixtures such as

Italy v Brazil, along with slightly more one-sided

ones such as Spain v Tahiti. The hosts are under fire

at home going into their own tournament, but a

fourth Confederations Cup win could help take some

of the pressure off. By contrast, the pressure is off

Japan, Brazil's opponents tomorrow – they became

the first team to qualify for the World Cup with

a playoff victory over Australia a fortnight ago.

Spain, meanwhile, could complete a clean sweep of

international trophies – they'll have their talented

eyes on redemption after losing to the USA at the

semi-final stage four years ago. They've picked a

strong squad – Xabi Alonso is the most notable

omission from the Euro 2012 line-up, while Roberto

Soldado and David Villa step into the forward line.

It might not be as exciting as the World Cup or the

Champions League. But beggars can't be choosers.

Group A

Brazil v Japan, Saturday 8pm, BBC Three

Mexico v Italy, Sunday 8pm, BBC Three

Group B

Spain v Uruguay, Sunday 11pm, BBC One

Tahiti v Nigeria, Monday 8pm, BBC Three

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FriDAY RUGBy LEAGUE | ENGLAND v THE EXILES | HALLIWELL JONES STADIUM,

WARRINGTON | SKy SPORTS 2 8PM

Feast on grassThe week before Wimbledon must be the only time when

Eastbourne can expect an influx of tourists who are under the age of

50 and have no interest in the early bird specials at the local diner.

The AEGON International features both ATP and WTA events,

but it's the latter that will provide the biggest names next week.

World number four Agnieszka Radwanska (pictured) leads a field

that includes former Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova, 2011 French

Open champ Li Na, last year's winner Tamira Paszek, top-20 players

Marion Bartoli and Sam Stosur, and Rory McIlroy's struggling

girlfriend, Caroline Wozniacki. Meanwhile, Laura Robson and Heather

Watson will be carrying hopes for the home crowd.

The men's line-up, meanwhile, has Gilles Simon, Juan Monaco

and Andreas Seppi at the top of the running order – not quite the

biggest hitters in the men's game. Part of the reason behind that

lies at Stoke Park Country Club, where the Boodles Challenge is

taking place at the same time as Eastbourne.

The exhibition event (which will be streamed live on

www.theboodles.com) seems to attract the star names every

year, with world number one Novak Djokovic, Tomas Berdych,

Juan Martin Del Potro and Richard Gasquet all confirmed

along with Maria Sharapova's less shrieky other half,

Grigor Dimitrov, and the huge-serving Milos Raonic.

In summary, then, stick the ladies on the TV,

the men on the laptop and book the next three

weeks off work.

England prepare to be ExiledTonight’s clash against the Exiles is a vital

game for England, given that it will be their

only serious hit before they face Australia in

the World Cup on October 26. Pitting them

against a team made up of the best overseas

players in the Super League represents a real

test for coach Steve McNamara’s preparations.

McNamara’s squad has been hit by injuries,

while key players Gareth Ellis and James Roby

have only recently come back from long

layoffs. The manager, however, is confident

that his team, captained by Kevin Sinfield

(below) is up for the fight. “The players have

been talking about the fixture for the past few

months,” he says. “And it was clear from the

conversations we had in camp that there is a

real desire not just to be involved, but to win.”

Exiles coach Brian McClennan, who oversaw

his side’s victory in the inaugural fixture in 2011,

countered: “This is a very strong squad – you

only have to look at the names of some of the

players I’ve left out to see that. England will

have to be at their very best to beat us.”

Indeed, of the three 'Origin' games played so

far, the Exiles have won two. And, with the likes

of hard-hitting St Helens forward Sia Soliola,

Leeds enforcer Kylie Leuluai and Wigan

scoring machine Pat Richards in their line-up,

expect fireworks.

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Pitch imperfect

Sunday CriCket | iCC Champions trophy: england v new Zealand | Cardiff | sky sports 1 10.30am

Two mixed martial arts veterans clash this

weekend, as Dan ‘Hendo’ Henderson (left),

age 42, takes on ‘Suga’ Rashad Evans, 33.

And both men are looking to move back into

the UFC light-heavyweight title picture.

Evans, a former holder of the belt and

Ultimate Fighter winner, is an accomplished

wrestler and slick boxer with decent power,

a KO of UFC legend Chuck Liddell being his

career highlight so far. Henderson is also an

expert grappler, having represented the

USA at the Olympics twice in the 1990s.

His biggest weapon,

however, is his

sledgehammer right hand

– something to which

Britain’s own Michael Bisping (and countless

other victims) can attest.

Expect to see Evans using his greater skill

and mobility to stay out of range of Hendo’s

big right, while peppering his opponent with

quick strikes as he looks for a points victory.

Henderson is a sly old dog, though; he loves

a war, and will no doubt look for the first

opportunity he can to drag Evans into one.

Although the latter will probably prevail,

it could end up being a bitter-sweet

experience for the man known as ‘Suga’.

After being spanked by New Zealand in two of three

matches in the recent one-day international series,

England will be wary of the Kiwis for their final

Champions Trophy group game. The Black Caps also

have recent experience of Cardiff, having been

involved in a low-scoring thriller against Sri Lanka last

weekend. Conditions were expected to be set fair for

batting, but the surface proved treacherous. Even in

victory, only one New Zealand player scored more

than 30 with the bat (Nathan McCullum with 32).

By contrast, Ian Bell (right) hit 91 against Australia

in England’s first game, and was full of praise for his

side’s bowlers. Given how much turn Daniel Vettori

got from the Cardiff wicket, it will be interesting to

see how England shuffle their pack with the ball for

this one. There's a chance two spinners could be

picked, with James Tredwell playing alongside Graeme

Swann – assuming the latter is fit. A tricky pitch to

negotiate may be no bad thing for England, however,

given their top four is set up more for accumulation

rather than destruction. A cautious start could be the

order of the day, whoever bats first. But, as we've

already seen, a nail-biting match where every run is

vital can be just as enthralling as watching some brute

with a 4lb bat heaving the ball over long-on.

Suga and spite

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Three to follow

Paul Kealy, betting editor of the Racing Post, has been through the entire week and picked out three horses he believes you would be wise to back...

Animal magic?There will be sadness in the air at Royal Ascot next

week, as racing mourns one of its finest trainers, Sir

Henry Cecil. The trainer of an unbelievable 75 Royal

Ascot winners in his career, Sir Henry was the toast of

the meeting last year, when his awesome Frankel romped

to an 11-length win in the Queen Anne Stakes.

There’s no question Ascot is the biggest week of the

flat-racing calendar, and the biggest noise of all for 2013

could come from an overseas raider in the very same

race, as Animal Kingdom (pictured) becomes the first

Kentucky Derby winner ever to race at the royal meeting.

It is now more than two years since the five-year-old won

one of the United States' most prestigious races, but

he proved his ability remains intact with a mightily

impressive win in the Dubai World Cup (the sport's

richest race) in March. As such, he will start favourite

to land Tuesday’s big race – although whether he can do

so in the manner of Frankel is far from a guarantee.

That is race one of a genuinely fantastic week of equine

sport, however, during which there will be plenty of

chances for punters to strike gold. There are some expert

tips elsewhere on this page, but if you prefer to listen to

the amateurs then it might be worth noting Pearl Secret

in the King's Stand Stakes on Tuesday and Estimate in

the Ascot Gold Cup on Thursday. The latter is unbeaten

in two starts at the track and, owned by the Queen, would

be an appropriate and popular winner. Sir Henry would

certainly approve.

St James's Palace Stakes, TuesdayMagician won the Irish 2,000 Guineas

in a canter and looks the banker of

the meeting in the St James's Palace

Stakes. He has serious pace, loves fast

ground, and any odds against is a gift

as long as Derby flop Dawn Approach

doesn't run – which has been pretty

much confirmed as the case by his

trainer Jim Bolger.

Royal Hunt Cup, WednesdayThere hasn't been a back-to-back

winner of this race since 1948, but

Prince Of Johanne can remedy that.

The seven-year-old big-field specialist

has also won a Cambridgeshire and

is back on the same mark as he was

when winning the race 12 months ago.

He looked every bit as good as ever

when second in his prep at York in

May, and should be a major player.

Wokingham Stakes, SaturdayThe meeting's other major handicap

can fall to Nocturn if he squeezes in at

the bottom of the weights. The only

horse to race up with the pace into a

fierce headwind and finish anywhere

near the winner at York in May, his

second place marked him down as

a hugely improving sprinter – and

he followed that up with a win at

Newmarket last weekend.


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watch it through a roll of cling

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and lets you watch courtesy of a

free accompanying app. There’s

a built-in battery, and it doesn’t

eat into your data plan.

£55 | amazon.co.uk

Bose SoundLink

Mini Speaker

This shrunk-down speaker

packs a deceptively powerful

punch. Small enough to fit in the

palm of your hand, it is scratch-

resistant and durable – perfect

for chucking in your bag when

you’re out in the sun. Slot it into

the included charging cradle

when you get back, and it’ll be

juiced up and ready for the next

time there’s a break in the clouds.

£170 | bose.com (from July)

Pure Evoke F4 with

Bluetooth

Beam the thrilling sound of

talkSPORT’s Lions coverage

through your house this summer

with Pure’s Bluetooth-enabled

DAB radio. It can link up to other

Pure products, so you can

stream to multiple rooms

whatever you’re listening to.

We suggest you keep it out of

the bedroom, though – the last

thing you want is Brian Moore

scolding you in there.

£180 | pure.com

GolfSense Golf

Swing Analyser

Take your game to the next level

by clipping this contraption to

your glove the next time you

head out for a round of golf.

It connects to iOS devices via

Bluetooth and takes thousands

of measurements a second for

an accurate picture of your

swing. Really gets to the heart of

why you can’t seem to get past

that windmill at the eighth.

£105 | sportsgadgets.co.uk

Toshiba Excite Write

The Excite Write lets you write

upright with the optional

keyboard cover – or, if you’re

a bit less uptight, you might

quite like the Digitizer Pen. The

Android 4.2 tablet is not quite as

light as its competitors. It is

designed to emulate a real

pen-and-paper-experience,

converting any bright ideas you

might write down into digital

text in real time. Tight.

£499 | currys.co.uk (from July)

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et kit It's Father's Day on Sunday. We all know you don't have a present for him yet, because you're a terrible bloke. Fear not: we've picked out some top deals to help make his day

adidas Originals

adicolor Vintage holdall

Your dad will be the toast of

Father Club – it's like Fight Club,

but with less homemade soap

– with this retro leather number,

boasting 22 litres of space.

£40 | prodirectselect.com

Storm Duodisk

Available in slate, brown blue

or this lazer blue number, pops

is sure to love this wrist wrap.

Two revolving discs feature dual

time, while it's water-resistant

to 50m and weighs just 148g.

£140 | stormwatches.com

Dunlop Dp1 Driver

Dads love golf. And golfers love

a driver. At just £85, then, and

with a graphite shaft, 460cc

titanium head and drag-reducing

Aeroskin sole, how can you not

buy this for the old fella?

£85 | sportsdirect.com

FWe multi tool

One for the bike-loving head

of the family, this nine-in-one

tool features a variety of allen

keys, plus a Phillips and flathead

screwdriver to help your old man

fix his two-wheeled monster.

£5 | evanscycles.com

Ralph Lauren Jumper and polos

Those good people at Ralph know what they're doing when it comes to attiring the

old boy gracefully. Witness the half Zip Jumper (£115), with ribbed neck, cuffs and

hem, zipped neckline and contrast polo pony. It will sit nicely over the top of either

the pro-Fit polo (£90) or Slim Fit polo (£70). Alternatively, buy one for yourself

and give him a gift card. We'll leave it to your conscience. johnlewis.com

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The competitive dad

Molton Brown Sport

If pops is on his way to being one of those

sporty, wiry old buggers who will never die,

MB’s new Sport collection – with its 4-in-1

Sportswash (£16 for 200ml) for body, face,

hair and shaving, Anti-Perspirant Sportstick

(£16 for 75g) and Body-warming Sportbalm

(£18 for 200ml) with vanillyl butyl – will keep

him fresh in perpetuity. moltonbrown.co.uk

The old smoothy

REN Clean Bio Active Skincare

Dads hate messing about. Fact. Fortunately,

they won’t find any here: REN’s Tamanu

High Glide Shaving Oil (£16 for 50ml) –

formulated to give a smooth, easy shave

and minimise dryness and irritation – and

Multi-Tasking After Shave Balm (£20 for

50ml), which cools, calms, moisturises and

conditions post-shaved skin. renskincare.com

The fatherly fragrance

David Beckham Urban Homme

Is there a better example of everything the

modern dad should be? Treat your childhood

role model with the same reverence you’d

reserve for Becks with this mix of mandarin,

green apple and thyme, and a base of amber,

suede and cedarwood. A golden (balls) combo

– even more so if your old boy’s recently

retired too. £24.95 | Available nationwide

Nivea Men OriginalsThe old ones – or, at least, the original ones – are the best, as Nivea’s classic range ably demonstrates by going

back to its roots and re-embracing its blue roundel logo. Behind the logo, though, is the same longstanding

excellence we’ve come to expect in the (from left to right) Exfoliating Face Scrub (75ml), Deep Cleansing

Face Wash (150ml), Moisturising Shave Gel (200ml), Replenishing Post-Shave Balm (100ml), Rehydrating

Moisturiser (75ml) and Intensive Moisturising Cream (£6.49 for 50ml). And you can pick up the lot (apart

from the moisturising cream) for only £19 in Nivea’s Father’s Day Originals Bundle. nivea.co.uk

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Warm Bodies

Romcoms don’t usually start

with the male lead killing and

eating the brains of his romantic

rival. However, Warm Bodies

puts a twist on the Shaun of the

Dead-style ‘zomcom’ by having

undead Nicholas Hoult slowly

rediscovering his humanity after

rescuing foxy Teresa Palmer.

A lightweight but sporadically

amusing zomboy-meets-girl tale.

Out Monday

Turbines Tunng

This British six-piece may have

been labelled ‘folktronica’, but

thankfully Tunng’s music sounds

far better than that genre

suggests. Plucked guitars mesh

subtly with the synths, So Far

From Here perfectly illustrating

this fifth album’s strengths of

lush melodies and swooning

harmonies. Warm, classy and

and catchier than a pandemic.

Out Monday

Man of SteelWith the Dark Knight trilogy capturing the gritty low-

ground and Marvel’s superhero films a cartoonish treat,

it was always tough to see where Zack Snyder would

pitch his Superman reboot. Thankfully, he’s found an

ideal balance between grandiose epic and sci-fi action.

It starts with war on Krypton, but hits its stride during

Clark Kent’s formative years on Earth. Rather than a

hero, he’s a baffled, beardy outsider, wanting to help

but unsure how folk will react when they discover he’s

a buff, blue-eyed extraterrestrial. That changes when

fellow Kryptonian General Zod shows up with his David

Moyes stare, forcing Supes to act. Their showdown

is spectacular, but it’s

in its tone where this

film really works. Man

of Steel certainly isn’t

perfect (some time

for the characters to

breathe would be nice),

but the mix of pomp

and giddy fun is mostly

spot on. The cast also come up trumps, even if

Amy Adams’ Lois Lane is underused. We’d like more

of her next time, please.

Out today

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Kanye West

He’s not the

slickest rapper

ever to put lips

to mic, and he

may be something of a tool, but

Kanye West deserves credit for

being continually innovative. His

previous solo album (2010’s My

Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy)

deserved its acclaim – and his

2013 follow-up looks set to push

hip-hop’s boundaries once more.

Early tracks such as New Slaves

and Black Skinhead are gloomy

and relentless, the latter a mix

of dog barks, throbbing drum

beats and West’s snarled vocals.

His angry act is as subtle as a

sledgehammer, but this is uneasy

listening of the highest order.

Out Tuesday

Bad Monkey Carl Hiaasen

Sun-soaked yet blackly comic

crime fiction from the US master

Hiaasen. With a human arm in

his freezer and a desire to earn

back his Miami police badge,

Andrew Yancy delves into an

increasingly wild case, meeting

the arm’s twitchy widow, a

Bahamian voodoo witch and the

eponymous no-good primate.

Outrageously enjoyable stuff.

Out now

Much Ado About Nothing

Director Joss Whedon engages

in a simpler task than last year’s

Avengers flick with this take on

Willy Shakespeare’s comedy

about two couples getting it on.

Filmed in 12 days, it’s been called

the best Bard adaptation since

Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and

Juliet. Do expect: a fast-paced

farce that brims with energy.

Do not expect: a Hulk cameo.

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