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Northampton Saints experimental side - featuring one debutant and three first-time starters in their initial XV - claimed a deserved 24-16 victory in their opening Anglo-Welsh Cup fixture against Newcastle at rain-soaked Kingston Park.A 76th minute try by centre Rory Hutchinson ultimately sealed a 24-16 victory for Saints, after a 68th-minute score by Newcastle captain Alex Tait and conversion by home fly-half Mike Delany had cut their lead to 19-16.Northampton had been in the driving seat with a 38th-minute try by England Under-20 winger Tom Collins, plus four penalties and a conversion by fly-half Sam Olver. Newcastles only other points had come courtesy of three Delany penalties.Harlequins battled to a 29-15 win over Exeter Chiefs to go top of pool 3 in the Anglo-Welsh Cup.?Two second-half tries from Charlie Walker and debutant Luke Jones alongside 10 points from the boot of Nick Evans were enough to see the London club home.?Aaron Morris put Quins 8-0 up after 15 minutes, before a James Short hit back for the visitors shortly after.?Evans had given the home side a 9 point lead just after the break, but Exeter hit back through a Joe Simmonds penalty followed by a try from Elvis Taione to edge ahead.A yellow card for Taione on the 60 minute mark proved the turning point, as Harlequins capitalised on the man advantage to run in a further two tries and pull away from the Chiefs for the victory.?Gloucester?overturned a 20 point half-time deficit to beat?Saracens?36-32 in an enthralling contest in the opening round of the Anglo-Welsh Cup at Kingsholm.Tongan international David Halaifonua was the hero for the home side as he scored the match-winner in the 79th minute, adding to another try early in the second half.Saracens were in cruise control at half-time with a 25-5 lead, after a brace from former Gloucester academy player Tom Griffiths on his debut for the London club.Gloucester fought their way back into the contest as Dan Thomas, Henry Purdy and Halaifonua scored to take the score to 25-24 as the match entered the final quarter.Saracens extended their lead to eight points after a try from Tom Whiteley on debut, but the cherry and whites hit back with a penalty try.?The hosts looked to have blown their chance to win when a penalty attempt hit the upright, but Halaifonuas late score completed a memorable comeback.Bristol are still searching for their first win of the season as their losing run was extended to 10 games after a 31-25 Anglo-Welsh Cup defeat at Worcester on Friday.Despite leading 13-5 at the break, two yellow cards for Jack Wallace and Rob Hawkins just after the restart proved the turning point.Max Stelling and Josh Adams both crossed twice for the Warriors with Michael Dowsett also going over and Jamie Shillcock added three conversions.Giorgi Nemsadze, Tom Varndell and Wallace scored tries for Bristol with Billy Searle converting two and adding two penalties.Leicester the Anglo-Welsh Cup with 21-20 victory over Bath. 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Tinsley, a 10-year veteran, spent the last two seasons in Utah, where the point guard averaged 3.Adelaides premiership hopes have been dealt a major blow after they fell to a 29-point loss to West Coast, which will likely dash their hopes of a top-two AFL finish.The Eagles dominated the play and led at every break to claim a 14.16 (100) to 10.11 (71) win on Friday night at Adelaide Oval.It paves the way for West Coast to claim either a top-four finish or a home elimination final depending on the weekends remaining games.It will also fill the Eagles with confidence they can perform against the competitions best sides without injured star Nic Naitanui, who was replaced admirably by back-ups Scott Lycett and Jonathan Giles.Adelaide could finish as low as fifth, and a home qualifying final will be achieved only if there are upsets in at least two other games.In a sellout clash with finals-like intensity, West Coast proved better at handling the pressure.The Eagles, led by Luke Shuey, Andrew Gaff and Matt Priddis, won the battle in the middle and moved the ball through the corridor with ease.Gaff had a career-best 41 disposals after gathering 38 touches in last weeks win over Hawthorn.After a tight first quarter, West Coast went out firing in the second term as Shuey ran rampant, gathering 12 of his 31 touches to continue his magnificent run of form.The Crows fought back to reduce the margin to 11 points at halftime, but it was all West Coast in the third stanza, booting five unanswered goals to dismay the 50,785-strong crowd.Adelaide, missing suspended star Rory Sloane, were uncharacteristically sloppy and struggled to suupply their high-powered forward line as Eagles Jeremy McGovern and rookie Tom Barrass gathered a combined 16 marks.ddddddddddddAfter booting 20 goals in his past four games, Eddie Betts didnt have a touch until the second quarter and finished with just one goal.West Coast spearhead Josh Kennedy kicked five goals to take his season tally to 80 and open up a near unassailable lead in his pursuit of a second consecutive Coleman Medal.The Eagles now enter the finals as one of the form sides after claiming successive wins against Greater Western Sydney, Hawthorn and Adelaide.Coach Adam Simpson said the Eagles were growing in confidence and had performed strongly after reviewing their tactics during the mid-year bye.Weve been in a reasonably good space for a while, he said.It hasnt been great, pretty footy but I think some of the wins weve had where weve just found a way have really helped us get a bit more grit.Weve got a lot of confidence in what we do and how we play and were building on that.Crows coach Don Pyke said his players were beaten in almost every facet of the game but denied the occasion had caused them to suffer stage fright.Weve played some really strong powerful football this year and tonight wasnt one of those nights, he said.Quite clearly the players were aware of the prize we were playing for tonight but we didnt bring our A-game and thats something well talk about in our review. 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