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MK Dons 2 - 1 MK Dons 2 - 1

Only penalties separated these

fiercest of rivals three weeks ago

but Dons will edge it this time.

It was 2-2 a few weeks ago when

these two met in the Carabao Cup

at Kingsmeadow. I fancy MK Dons

at home this time though.

Wimbledon Wimbledon

Coventry 2 - 1 Coventry 1 - 1

Another one where

home advantage, if such a thing

exists for the ground-sharing

Sky Blues, will make a slender

difference.

Two teams that have both

started the season pretty well.

Only three points separated

them last season too, so I have

this one being close.

Blackpool Blackpool

Morecambe2 - 2 Morecambe0 - 2

Salford are quickly becoming

the draw specialists of League

Two. And this could be

yet another.

Salford’s promotion aspirations

have been hampered by drawing

too many games so far. I fancy

them to spring an away win this

week though.

Salford Salford

Wycombe 2 - 1 Wycombe2 - 2

The Chair Boys will have

edged everything at home this

season, and in a battle of two

League One heavyweights will

do so again.

I was impressed with

Lincoln’s football vs Everton in

the Carabao cup. I think they’ll

get something away to a Wycombe

side who look decent.

Lincoln Lincoln

Chorley0 - 3 Chorley 1 - 3

Chorley are finding the step

up to the National League

unforgiving. This will be another

grim reality test.

Chorley are really struggling

at the bottom of the Conference

and are shipping in goals. I expect

Stockport to pile on more misery.

Stockport Stockport

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MOTHER’S

PRIDE

Hometoon hero Wilson’s mum

sees her son in action for

England for the first time

tonight as he promises a

slice of family redemption

BY ALEX SPINK Rugby Correspondent

MARK WILSON is out to restore

family pride at St James’ Park

when he lines up for England

tonight.

Taking the final warm-up game

against Italy to the

flanker’s home city of

Newcastle means his

mum gets to watch him

represent the country

for the first time.

It also gives him a

chance to make amends

for his father-in-law,

Andy, missing a penalty

at half-time during Alan

Shearer’s testimonial 13

years ago.

Wilson (above) said:

“My wife Amy’s family

had season tickets at

Newcastle and when

she was a kid she won

a competition.

“The prize was to

take a penalty at

Shearer’s testimonial

so she put forward her

dad, who’s a mad

Geordie. He went to

the academy during

the week to practise

with Peter Beardsley

and said he was banging them in.

Come the game there’s a different

keeper who comes up and says, ‘You’re

not going to score past me, son’.

“Andy takes his penalty and misses.

I think he hit the post. As long as I’m

more successful than

him, that will be all

right.”

England also want

to create a happier

memory than their

last ‘home match’

away from Twicken-

ham. They beat

Uruguay in

Manchester at the

2015 World Cup, but

the mood was

sombre as they

had already

become the first

host nation to be

eliminated in the pool

stages.

“Getting to Twicken-

ham for families up

here is quite an effort,”

said Wilson. “So this is

special for youngsters

in the north.

“Also for my mum,

who’s never seen me in

an England shirt.”

ENGLAND v ITALY ST JAMES’ PARK,

RUGBY UNION NEWCASTLE, KICK-OFF 7.45PM

TV TIMES: Live on

Sky Sports from 7pm

ENGLAND ITALY

Watson Hayward

McConnochie Bellini

Marchant Bisegni

Francis Benvenuti

May Padovani

Farrell (c) Canna

Youngs Braley

Marler Quaglio

George Fabiani

Cole Ferrari

Launchbury Sisi

Lawes Budd (c)

Curry Negri

Wilson Steyn

B Vunipola Tuivaiti

THE LINE-UPS

15

14

13

12

11

10

9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

ENGLAND REPLACEMENTS:

Cowan-Dickie, Genge,

Sinckler, Ewels, Kvesic,

Heinz, Ford, Cokanasiga

ITALY REPS: Zani, Lovotti,

Riccioni, Ruzza, Zanni,

Mbanda, Palazzani

PATCHELL’S

PATCHED UP

FOR WALES

BY STEFFAN THOMAS

RHYS PATCHELL is ready

to forget a nightmare

season and help fire Wales

to World Cup glory.

The fly-half (below) will

start his first Test since

June 2018 against Ireland

in Dublin tomorrow

after sealing a

last-gasp place

on the plane to

Japan.

Patchell, 26,

suffered two

concussions last

term to make it three

head knocks within a year.

He said: “It was three in

the space of 12 months,

which was the concern.

“And it’s a bizarre injury

• you can’t see anything
  and you have no scars. It
  wasn’t the season I wanted,
  going into a World Cup.”

Group I: Cyprus v Kazakhstan (5),

San Marino v Belgium, Scotland v

Russia

Euro U-21 Ch’ship Qualifying

Group One: Republic of Ireland v

Armenia (8) Group Eight:

Northern Ireland v Malta (7.30)

Group Nine: Wales v Belgium (5)

CRICKET

3rd t20 International, Pallekele

Sri Lanka v New Zealand (2.30)

Vitality t20 Blast Quarter-final

Sussex v Worcestershire (6.30)

RUGBY UNION

Internationals: Japan v South

Africa (10.45), Scotland v Georgia

(7.30) England v Italy

RUGBY LEAGUE

Betfred Super League

Hull KR v Broncos, Leeds v

Salford, St Helens v Huddersfield,

Warrington v Wakefield, Wigan v

Catalans Dragons

CYCLING

LA VUELTA a ESPANA, Stage

12 (Circuito de Navarra - Bilboa,

171.4 km): 1 P Gilbert (Bel/

QuickStep) 3h 48m 18s, 2 A

Aranburu (Spa/Caja Rural) +3s

GC: 1 P Roglic (Slo/Jumbo-Visma

44h 52m 8s, 2 A Valverde

(Spa/Movistar) +1m 52s

SPEEDWAY

PREMIERSHIP: Ipswich 48

Swindon 42, Peterboro 42 Belle

Vue 48, Poole 41 Wolves 49

TODAY’S FIXTURES

FOOTBALL

(7.45pm unless stated)

UEFA Euro Ch’ship Qualifying

Group C: Estonia v Belarus (5),

Germany v Netherlands

Group E: Slovakia v Croatia,

Wales v Azerbaijan

Group G: Austria v Latvia,

Slovenia v Poland

VITALITY T20 BLAST

Quarter-final, Trent Bridge

Notts 165-0 v Middlesex 160-8

Notts win by 10 wkts

RUGBY LEAGUE

BETFRED SUPER LEAGUE

CASTLEFORD (20) 44 HULL (6) 12

TENNIS

US OPEN, New York, Men’s

Quarter-final: (2) R Nadal (Spa)

bt ( 20 ) D Schwartzman (Arg) 6-4

7-5 6-2 Women’s Quarter-final:

( 25 ) BV Andreescu (Can) bt ( 15 ) E

Mertens (Bel) 3-6 6-2 6-3

GOLF

PORSCHE EUROPEAN OPEN

Hamburg, 1st Rnd (par 72)

-6 P Casey (Eng); -5 M Schwab

(Aut) -4 R MacIntyre (Sco)

M Rottluff (Ger), B Stow (Eng)

FOOTBALL
UEFA EURO CHAMPIONSHIP
Qualifying Group D
REP OF IRELAND (0) 1 SWITZERLAND (0) 1
McGoldrick 85 Schar 74
Gibraltar 0 Denmark 6
Group G: Israel 1 N Macedonia 1
Group F: Faroe Islands 0 Sweden 4,
Norway 2 Malta 0, Romania 1 Spain 2
Group J: Armenia 1 Italy 3,
Bosnia-Herz 5 Liechtenstein 0,
Finland 1 Greece 0
INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY
N Ireland 1 Luxembourg 0
UEFA EURO U-21 CH’SHIP
Qualifying (selected) Group 4
Scotland 2 San Marino 0
CRICKET
4TH ASHES TEST, Old Trafford
England 23-1 v Australia 497-8 dec

10 / 11

England -33.5

points

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