Leeds avoiding unwanted history, State of Origin squabbles and Wolfpack auditions all feature in this weeks Set of Six... State of Origin relationsCorey Parker says relations between Queensland and New South Wales players has reached an all-time low following the latest State of Origin series but Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga is confident he can unite them for the Four Nations. Queensland captain Cameron Smith and coach Kevin Walters slammed the Blues players for turning their back on the skippers speech during the after-match presentation, with television cameras panning to show outgoing Blues captain Paul Gallen receiving adulation from the crowd while Smith was making his final remarks on stage. Thurston celebrates victory as Paul Gallen watches on Theres a thing called sportsmanship and I think thats what aggravated most Queenslanders through that game, said Parker.I do feel theres that real bad blood between the two teams.Gallen responded by criticising Johnathan Thurston for his behaviour after Queensland clinched the series in Brisbane last month.Australia face New Zealand in Perth on October 15 before travelling to the UK for the Four Nations, and former Queensland coach Meninga believes the animosity will have simmered by then. Queensland celebrate with the State of Origin trophy after winning the series 2-1 Ive been playing Origin since 1980 and there has always been angst between the two sides, he said.That has never flowed over to the Australian side, in my experience. There was no indication in May [when Australia beat New Zealand] that there was any dislike between the players. They just put a different jersey on and move on.They will move on back to their clubs and want to try and be successful there and all the attitude would have simmered. Retiring players Gallen and Corey Parker chat after game three Gallen and Parker called time on their State of Origin careers last Wednesday but Meninga has refused to rule out selecting the pair in his Four Nations squad.They will get picked in the Australian side if they deserve it, he said. Inside the NRL Parramatta fallout continues as Cronulla march on Id be a hypocrite if I said they couldnt be if theyre not playing on next year because I finished my career on a Kangaroo tour.It is based on their performance through the year, historical performance and probably a bit on how their clubs go.All up for grabs on ThursdayLeeds are desperate to avoid an unwanted record in this seasons Super League campaign. A thrilling 18-16 win over title-chasing Wigan on Friday took the Rhinos to 11th place, which brought some relief for coach Brian McDermott.Leeds have never finished bottom in their 136-year history, so of course it means a lot, McDermott said. The job is not done yet, but were really pleased to be off the bottom, lets hope we can finish ninth. Highlights of Leeds win over Wigan The Rhinos were taken closer to safety with victory over the Warriors, but are not clear of last place just yet.McDermotts side take on Hull KR live on Sky Sports this Thursday, and if Hull KR come out on top and Huddersfield beat Warrington on Saturday, then the Rhinos will finish the regular season at the bottom of the table. The Rhinos will want to put the matter to bed by beating the Robins to turn their attention to the Middle 8s but there is more than just history riding on the Leeds-Hull KR game - whichever side wins the game is guaranteed an extra home game in the Middle 8s.Wolfpack auditionsThe Toronto Wolfpack join the League 1 competition in 2017 and they have announced they are recruiting players for their opening season.The franchise has set up an eight-city tour of the US and Canada to give athletes a chance to audition for the final squad, with NFL hubs Chicago, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia all on the agenda.There are expected to be some former NFL stars in the mix at trials, which director of rugby Brian Noble feels will benefit the Wolfpack. Brian Nobles side will undertake an eight-city tour to unearth talent Were all very excited by it and ready for it - although with the characters involved Im not sure North America will be ready for us, Noble told The Mirror.Personally, Ive always coveted looking at the market over there and the athletes that we will be able to tap into.We understand that there will be an element of upskilling, but if we have guys that can do a 10-second 100 metres, or are the size of a house and can lift a house, then theyll be on the bus.Championship goes down to the wireThe Kingstone Press Championship regular season is going down to the wire with Featherstone and Bradford meeting in a winner-takes-all clash on Sunday.The sides are level on 28 points with Bradford currently occupying fourth place due to a superior scoring difference, but defeat for the Bulls at The Big Fellas Stadium will see them miss out on a place in the Qualifiers. We take a look back at the best coach quotes from round 22 of Super League Featherstone followed up their impressive away win over Batley with a 24-20 victory over Halifax at the Shay, while Bradford winger Omari Carol scored five tries to help his side to a 44-12 victory over Oldham.Four teams remain in the hunt for two remaining places in the Qualifiers, with Batley in pole position after beating second-placed London. John Kears men require just a point from their trip to Swinton to join Leigh and the Broncos in the mix for a tilt at Super League.Sixth-placed Halifax still have an outside chance of reaching the Qualifiers for the second successive year. They need to beat London and hope Batley slip up at Swinton.Rabbitohs feeling the pressureSam Burgess is not having a good time of it as Rabbitohs captain - South Sydney lost 30-10 to the Broncos over the weekend to move their losing streak to over 60 days.Its not great is it? said Burgess. Losing games? Its not great. Sam Burgess Rabbitohs are struggling to find their 2014 form. To add further woe, South Sydney are now almost certain to miss their first finals campaign since 2011, as Saturdays loss sent them plummeting to 13th in the league.The Rabbitohs were NRL winners just two years ago, with Burgess then making the move to rugby union. A season with Bath and England failed to seal a permanent move as the 27-year-old returned to the NRL with his former club.However, both Burgess and the Rabbitohs have failed to regain the form that crowned them 2014 champions.Pat Richards kickDid Pat Richards make this conversion? It certainly sparked plenty of debate! Did this conversion attempt from Pat Richards go over? The commentary team initially thought it went over but the touch judges disagreed. The crowd felt it was between the uprights but there was no outcry from the Dragons players who accepted the call.It had to have been close, and as no further points were scored for the remainder of the game the result hinged on the call as Richards failed to tie the game with the kick.The replays suggests there wasnt much in it, but the men in the middle were in the best place to make the call and both adjudged it to have missed - play the video to see if you agree. Also See: Inside the NRL WATCH: Top Super League tries Rugby League on Sky Follow us @SkySportsRL Cheap Avalanche Jerseys Authentic . Garcia had eight birdies overall to go with a lone bogey on the fourth to move to an 18-under total of 198 at the Asian Tour event. "I was able to hit some really nice shots and then was able to roll two or three really good putts in and it was nice to be able to finish birdie, birdie on this difficult finishing stretch," Garcia said. 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Unlike the Olympic champion who has a teammate or hero to follow or emulate, Shewfelt blazed his own trail to win the floor routine in 2004. He is the only Canadian to win an Olympic medal of any colour in gymnastics. The Calgarian is among the athletes, builders and coaches who will be inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in June. Hell join speedskater Cindy Klassen, the victorious mens eight rowing team of 2008, speedskating coach Marcel Lacroix, hockey coach Pat Quinn and the late, former Alberta premier Ralph Klein among the 2014 inductees. Sports journalist Richard Garneau, who covered 23 Olympic Games, will receive the Canadian Olympic Order posthumously. While Shewfelt agrees no Canadian beat a path to the podium for him, he didnt feel isolated in his quest. "Why did it happen for me? I wasnt by myself," Shewfelt said. "I had tons of supporters, amazing teammates, my national federation was so supportive of the dream. They sent me around the world when I was 17 to get that experience. I just never wavered in my belief that it was possible. "I watched the Russians, I watched the Americans, the Chinese and the Japanese and I imagined myself being just like them. I did have incredible Canadian ambassadors in sport, Jennifer Wood was my idol, Curtis Hibbert, Stella Umeh, these are people I really looked up to. "For myself, I wanted to take it to the next level and I guess it took a lot of courage for myself to do that, but it was something I was willing to risk. I knew as an athlete that when I ended by career, I wanted to look back and have no regrets. I had to chase the biggest dream possible." Shewfelt, 31, retired in 2009 after competing in three Olympic Games. He broke both legs in competition less than a year out from the 2008 Summer Games, yet finished ninth in the vault and 11th in the floor routine in Beijing. Shewfelt, who has a vault named after him, recently opened a gymnastics school in the city. The Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame was established in 1949. It is housed in the Frank King Olympic Visitors Centre at Calgarys Canada Olympic Park about a kilometre from Canadas Sports Hall of Fame. Previous inductees into the Olympic Hall of Fame include wrestler Daniel Igali, swimmer Mark Tewksbury, synchronized swimmer Caroline Waldo and sprinter Donovan Bailey. The class of 2014 was revealed Wednesday in downtown Calgary along with the announcement that the city will host a three-day celebration June 4-6 of Canadas performance at the Sochi Games. Shewfelt and Lacroix, who coached Christine Nesbitt and the mens pursuit team to Olympic gold in 2010, attended the news conference. Quinn and members of the mens eight participated in a conference call. Klein spearheaded Calgarys bid for the 1988 Winter Games when he was mayor of the city. Albertas premier from 1992 to 2006 died last year at the age of 70. Winnipegs Klassen won five medals, including one gold, at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Jacques Rogge, the president of the International Olympic Committee at the time, labelled her "the woman of the Games." With six career medals, she and Clara Hughes are Canadas most decorated Olympians of all time. Klassen, 34, did not compete in trials to qualify for Sochi because of a concussion. She has yet to announce her retirement from speedskating. Canada won the first mens hockey gold in 50 years in 2002 with Quinn behind the bench. Canadians were still stinging from finishing out of the medals four years earlier when NHL players first participated in the Winter Games. It didnt help that Canada got off to a rough startt in Salt Lake City with a loss to Sweden.dddddddddddd "In the first game, we had eight lousy minutes," Quinn recalled. "Everybody was down after the first loss to Sweden. By the time we reviewed the tape of the game, we knew that we werent that far off. Even though the score was ugly, the game wasnt ugly." The leadership of Mario Lemieux, Steve Yzerman, Joe Sakic and Joe Nieuwendyk steered the team through choppy waters and also got young players on the team to toe the line, Quinn said. "Our leadership took over and said this is the way were going to do it," Quinn said. "That was when we simply had a change in our mindset about what team means. We got these young guys paying attention through the process. "Thats what saved us in Salt Lake. Our goal was to get better shift by shift because we had no real practice time and thats where the coach needs his team to come together is through practice. We used the early games as a practice to get ready for the final round." The mens eight of coxswain Brian Price, Andrew Byrnes, Ben Rutledge, Dominic Seiterle, Kyle Hamilton, Malcolm Howard, Jake Wetzel, Adam Kreek and Kevin Light led the final from start to finish to win gold in Beijing. It was a tale of redemption after a heavily favoured Canadian crew finished out of the medals four years earlier. The Canadians dodged early pitfalls in Beijing. Primed and ready for their first heat, races were cancelled that day due to lightning. "Picture a bunch of racehorses or dogs at a race track and theyre all revved up to go and attack and they have all this energy and adrenaline built up," Kreek explained. "We were like these racehorses ready to run, these hunting dogs ready to pounce." With officials hustling boats off the course, Price used what little time they had to get hard rows in as they headed for the docks. "We didnt have to go back and sit on bikes or on the rowing machine and try to get some work in," Hamilton said. "We were able to manipulate the situation to make sure we got our work in and were ready to go. "Instead of just paddling back, Brian had already shifted us into the next day into the next race plan. That really kind of set us up for the next day, set us up for the regatta and told the young guys on the crew that we were ready to go, we knew what we were doing and we could handle every situation." They needed that composure the following day. Not 500 metres into their heat, the Australians blew a rudder and veered towards the Canadian boat. "Were seeing this Australian boat coming towards us and its going to pierce right through our hull," Kreek recalled. "The eight of us wont act unless Brian says something. Brian sees the Aussies coming at us and says take five strokes now. "All eight of us take the biggest strokes of our life. We barely missed the Aussie boat as it skidded right behind our stern." Lacroix coached Nesbitt and the mens pursuit team of Denny Morrison, Mathieu Giroux and Lucas Makowsky to gold at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver and Whistler, B.C. Now the associate director of sport at Calgarys Olympic Oval, Lacroix says Canadas sport system now recognizes and values the coachs contribution to an athletes performance. One example is the Canadian Olympic Committee now pays medal bonuses to coaches of Olympic medallists. "From the provincial level all the way to the national team and to the COC, there is a big push in terms of recognizing the profession of coaching," Lacroix said. "It has become a profession. Now with the bonuses that are given to the coaches for their effort, I think it is showing a lot of respect for that profession at all levels." 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