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BATTLE OF THE BACKS IN THE NRL PRELIMINARY FINALSCRONULLA v NORTH QUEENSLANDBen Barba and Valentine Holmes shape as potential match-breakers for the Sharks against the reigning premiers at Allianz Stadium. Holmes leads both teams backs for tries (19), line breaks (23) and metres per game (128), while Barba has 91 tackles breaks and 21 try assists - both team-highs.While the footwork of Barba and Holmes will threaten North Queenslands defence, getting past Sharks centre Jack Bird will be another challenge. The NSW representative has made 60 one-on-one tackles this season, the second highest of any Cronulla player.The Cowboys right edge of Justin ONeill and Kyle Feldt is where theyve produced most points - the duo scoring 26 tries. Fullback Lachlan Coote holds the unwanted stat of most errors. Hes made 34 mistakes, including three against Brisbane last Friday, but has chimed in with 18 try assists and three 40/20s, the most by a Cowboy.SEASON LEADERSTries: 19 - Valentine Holmes (CRO)Line breaks: 23- Valentine Holmes (CRO)Metres per game: 128- Valentine Holmes (CRO)Tackle busts: 91- Ben Barba (CRO)Errors: 34 - Lachlan Coote (NQ)BACKS VS BACKS - AVERAGE MATCH STATSGames this season: CRO 112 - NQ 102Tries: CRO 2.6 - NQ 1.91Line breaks: CRO 3.48 - NQ 1.96Metres per game: CRO 549 - NQ 469Tackle busts: CRO 13.48 - NQ 10.24Errors: CRO 4.24 - NQ 4.17MELBOURNE v CANBERRACanberras backs bring the flair, while Melbournes outside five bring a reliability which is the hallmark of the entire Storm outfit.The Raiders hold a sizeable advantage in tackle busts, making a whopping 422 compared to the Storms 258. More than half of those (253) have come through the right-hand edge of Joseph Leilua and Jordan Rapana, who have scored 33 tries between them. While Canberra largely strike on one side, Melbourne do their damage in the corners. Fijian wingers Suliasi Vunivalu and Marika Koroibete have crossed for 35 tries.The Storms backs have made 50 fewer mistakes than Canberra, with Raiders fullback Jack Wighton (38) his sides worst offender. But Wighton does play a leading hand with the ball, setting up 13 tries in 2016, while his Storm counterpart Cameron Munster is second in his side for line break assists with 22.SEASON LEADERSTries: 23 - Suliasi Vunivalu (MEL)Line breaks 25 - Jordan Rapana (CAN)Metres per game: 150 - Cameron Munster (MEL)Tackle Busts: 132 Jordan Rapana (CAN)Errors: 38 - Jack Wighton (CAN)BACKS VS BACKS - AVERAGE MATCH STATSGames this season: MEL 94 - CAN 120Tries: MEL 2.6 - CAN 2.7Line breaks: MEL 3.72 - CAN 3.12Metres: MEL 630 - CAN 590Tackle busts: MEL 13.72 - CAN 17.5Errors: MEL 4.47 - CAN 5.58*Stats courtesy of Fox Sports Stats Spencer Haywood Jersey . Detroit and Boston are deadlocked, 1-1, and Tigers manager Jim Leyland could be forgiven if he was caught rationalizing instead of dissecting how his club could blow a 5-1 lead late in Game 2. Al Wood Jersey . Louis Blues teammates who would also be participating in the Olympics, Alex Pietrangelo felt right at home, no different in some ways to the travel experience of any old road trip – save for the length of the journey, that is. https://www.supersonicsjerseys.com/ . Deulofeu injured a muscle in his right leg in Evertons 4-1 win over Fulham in the English Premier League on Saturday. Barcelona says that its team doctors will "co-ordinate" with Evertons medical staff as Deulofeu recovers. Pete Cross Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla. Dennis Johnson Jersey . Irving scored 23 points, Tristan Thompson had 20 points and 10 rebounds and the Cavaliers beat the Denver Nuggets 117-109 on Friday night. BOSTON -- Having held his breath overnight, Boston Red Sox third baseman Travis Shaw can exhale, knowing that his bruised left foot isnt broken.X-rays taken Thursday at Massachusetts General Hospital were negative for a fracture, the Red Sox announced. Shaw is listed as day-to-day with a contusion after fouling a pitch off his left foot in the fourth inning of Wednesday nights 11-6 victory over the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park.Shaw left the game four innings later when his foot began to swell. Red Sox manager John Farrell said a scan taken affter the game was inconclusive, leaving the team to order additional testing.ddddddddddddhe Red Sox are idle Thursday. If Shaw is unable to start Friday nights series opener against the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway, utility man Brock Holt could play third base. Otherwise, the Red Sox could give a start to rookie Marco Hernandez.Shaw is batting .274 with nine homers, 48 RBIs and an .801 OPS in 83 games for the Red Sox. ' ' '