导出博客文章Irelands second-string saw off Canada 52-21 but most likely failed to sway boss Joe Schmidts selection for the New Zealand rematch next weekend.
Nolan Patrick Jersey .Ireland racked up eight tries at Dublins Aviva Stadium - but laboured for nine first-half minutes with the scores locked at 14-14.Tiernan OHalloran claimed a brace, with Keith Earls, Luke Marshall, Ultan Dillane, Kieran Marmion and James Tracy all crossing, and a penalty try completing a comfortable but sloppy victory.Ireland changed their entire line-up from the XV that gained the historic maiden victory over the All Blacks last weekend, the 40-29 win in Chicago.But a piecemeal performance denied fit-again senior men Peter OMahony and Sean OBrien the chance to state a serious case for selection when New Zealand pitch up in Dublin next weekend.Munsters OMahony and Leinsters OBrien will now in all likelihood face off for a seat on the bench for Saturdays All Blacks showdown.Ireland at least handed out the maximum available eight debuts, though highly-rated Leinster centre Garry Ringrose was unable to impose his wide talents on a scrappy encounter. Scarlets wing DTH Van der Merwe, Taylor Paris and Cornish Pirates Matt Evans claimed Canadas tries in a solid showing from former Ulster boss Mark Anscombes side.Canada dragged the scores level at 14-14 for nine minutes of an underwhelming first-half from Ireland. The hosts ripped into the worlds 18th-ranked team from the off, setting an unsustainable pace.Earls cantered in under zero resistance for the opening try thanks to Marmions blindside snipe after a driven maul. OBrien then knocked on with the line at his mercy after a fine wide number eight break from Jack ODonoghue.Ringrose then had a try harshly chalked off for a forward pass, but Marshall spun home shortly afterwards to double Irelands early advantage. Earls in-out double step proved the moment of the half, the Munster flyer off his wing to fine effect to bamboozle the defence and send Jackson into space.His flat, wide pass then allowed Marshall to claim his second Test score. Irelands comfortable 14-0 lead then evaporated amid sloppy and at times hair-brained play.Scarlets wing Van der Merwe raced gleefully onto Marshalls ill-judged wide pass in Irelands 22, with Ringrose unable to stop him scoring a seriously soft try.Left wing Paris then capped a driven maul with Canadas second score, the visitors vindicated for punting a kickable penalty to the corner. Gordon McRories fine touchline conversion put Canada level at 14-14, and suddenly Ireland were in a dogfight.The excellent Finlay Bealhams cute offload then opened the door for Connacht team-mate OHalloran to scythe Canadas line and race home from fully halfway. Jacksons third conversion from three attempts left Ireland 21-14 up at the break.Boss Schmidt surely dished out a half-time rollicking, and Ireland duly upped the ante on the restart. Irelands scrum twice ripped into Canada five metres out, with the second aggressive drive yielding a penalty try.A needless neck roll penalty from debutant Billy Holland prevented any home head of steam, with Canada quickly capitalising. Cornish Pirates full-back Evans blasted through on the left, somehow rolling OHalloran in the tackle to claim Canadas third try. McRories pinpoint conversion left Ireland leading just 28-21.Dillane powered home Irelands fifth score in an immediate riposte however, to restore the two-try cushion on the hour. Kieran Marmions tight-drive try then glossed the score, before OHalloran bagged his second and debutant Tracy crossed to round off the night.
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http://www.hockeyflyersauthentic.com/dave-schultz-jersey/ . Any real chance at payback wont come until the playoff. Still, Pittsburgh knows its taut 3-2 win over the Bruins on Wednesday night is a pretty good place to start laying the groundwork. "They are a very good defensive team," Penguins forward Brandon Sutter said. When Oklahoma president and Big 12 board chair David Boren reeled off the five criteria the league would use to evaluate expansion candidates, athletic competitiveness, fan base, media market and overall reputation were all self-explanatory.The fifth category Boren listed, however, seemed less so.After all, what do academics have to do with athletic affiliation?According to a pair of Big 12 professors, quite a bit.You have to bring something more to the table beyond academics -- but academics do matter, said Keith Gaddie, a professor of political science at Oklahoma.Youre judged by the company you keep, and you want to marry up rather than marry down.Its a nuanced thing. But its an important thing.Indeed, ever since schools began associating for athletic purposes, academics have played a part.Just before the turn of the 20th century, the Big Ten was formed as a public institution answer -- athletically and academically -- to the prestigious private schools on the East Coast such as Harvard and Yale. While athletic guidelines were implemented at the outset of what would later be called the Big Ten, the presidents from Purdue, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, as well as from Northwestern and Chicago, put academic standards into place such as restricting eligibility to full-time students who were not delinquent in their studies. Those have served as the bedrock of the Big Ten to this day.Even in recent years, the Big Ten has only admitted schools that are also members of the renowned American Association of Universities, a collection of leading research institutions that maintain a strong system of academic research and education. The only Big Ten school thats not one of the associations 62 schools, Nebraska, was one when it joined the Big Ten in 2011 but has since lost that status.Theres little tangible effect to sharing a conference with strong academic partners. Directly, it doesnt lead to more federal grants or extra research dollars. But according to Timothy Day, Ph.D., a professor of biomedical sciences at Iowa State, the intangible impact is significant.Big picture, the academic perception at the conference level is important in the way we think of ourselves and the way others think of us, Day said.Gaddie calls this the halo effect.If youve got several programs perceived to be academically strong in your conference, that halo washes over you, he said. Youre going to be judged by things around you.Gaddie points to what academic powerhouses Stanford and Cal have done for the academic reputation of the rest of the Pac-12. When Oklahoma was considering a jump to the Pac-12 six years ago along with Texas, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech, Gaddie said he compared the SAT and ACT scores of Oklahoma with other Pac-12 members.Except for Cal and Stanford and probably Washington, OUs average ACT and SAT scores were [comparable to] most of the existing Pac-12, Gaddie recalled.
Bill Barber Jersey. But you look at that peer group, the Pac-12 gets this halo effect from Stanford and Cal, even though the programs are not that dissimilar from those in the Big 12.Its not difficult to understand why academics this time around could especially play a key part in the event the Big 12 elects to expand.The Big 12s academic reputation was gutted when Colorado, Nebraska, Texas A&M and Missouri all left the conference from 2010 to 2012. All four were American Association of Universities?members at the time. As a result, the Big 12 has just three American Association of Universities members remaining in Texas, Kansas and Iowa State.That isnt all.Of the Power 5 leagues, the Big 12 also has the fewest number of schools classified as Carnegie Tier 1, which is based on research activity. Texas Tech, West Virginia and Kansas State joined Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Iowa State as Carnegie Tier 1 institutions this year, nearly doubling the leagues tally from the year before. Yet by comparison, 12 of the SECs 14 schools achieved Carnegie I, as well.This is the prism through which the Big 12s presidents and chancellors will be evaluating expansion. Its why academics figure to loom large as the league seeks to bolster the way prospective students and faculty might view the conference and its members academically.As you look around, you want to bring someone in that can lift things up, rather than pull things down, Gaddie said. You want them to match or enhance the existing reputation of your university.Along with Rice and Buffalo, Tulane is the only American Association of Universities school out there that competes at the FBS level yet doesnt also have a home in a Power 5 conference.But Gaddie, who previously taught at Tulane, notes there are other universities the Big 12 is considering that could match or enhance league academically that have superior athletic programs to Tulane.As Gaddie points out, UConn is a state university with Carnegie Tier 1 status.U.S. News & World Report ranks another Big 12 expansion candidate, Brigham Young, as the No. 66 national university, just behind Georgia and just ahead of Texas A&M. It also ranks the U.S. Air Force Academy 30th in the liberal arts category.Cincinnati and Houston, also candidates, are also both Carnegie Tier 1 schools, and the same goes for Colorado State and Central and South Florida.Above all, these candidates are being measured by the football they play, the markets they bring and the fan bases that follow them.But when it finally comes time to deciding on members, academics will matter, too.Were hoping for dynamic members that add value, Day said. All the way around. ' ' '