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  • Posted August 12, 2018
    LISBON, Portugal -- Canadian fullback James Pritchard scored two tries and made seven of nine kick attempts as Canada closed out its November European Tour with a 52-8 rout over Portugal on Saturday. Chase Edmonds Cardinals Jersey . Ciaran Hearn also had two tries, and Pritchard led both teams with 27 points on the day. Hearn broke through Portugals line to score the first try just over 10 minutes into the game, and Pritchard scored his first try 10 minutes later to extend Canadas lead. Pritchard added six more points for via two penalty kicks before Portugal responded with their first points of the game, from fullback Pedro Leal. Pritchard claimed his second try of the game in the closing moments of the half to give Canada a 25-3 lead heading into the break. The fullback opened the second-half scoring with a penalty kick. Nick Blevins added another try for Canada and Hearn scored his second of the game. Substitute Connor Braid scored Canadas sixth try of the game and Taylor Paris scored to extend the lead to 52-3. A late try from outside-centre Pedro Bettencourt accounted for the rest of Portugals points. Canadas Kyle Gilmour and Djustive Sears-Duru both received their first international mens caps for Canada against Portugal, as they came on as replacements for John Moonlight and Hubert Buydens, respectively. Canada finishes 2013 with a 6-5 record with three victories over the United States, and one more each over Tonga, Fiji and Portugal. Canadas losses came against Ireland, Japan, the New Zealand Maori All Blacks, Georgia and Romania. Arizona Cardinals Jerseys . - A retired Indiana school principal who was NASCAR star Jeff Gordons drivers education teacher was killed with his wife in a Tennessee crash while returning from watching Gordon race. Justin Pugh Jersey . As TSN reported Thursday, the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport is under intense pressure from the federal government to focus drug testing on athletes who compete in international events representing Canada. Since funding for the tests has been frozen and the cost of testing can eclipse $1,000 per test, university athletes in a number of sports are being tested less often. INDIANAPOLIS -- Robert Mathis never got to see Deacon Jones take down opposing quarterbacks in person. He learned to appreciate Jones creativity over time. The Colts Pro Bowl linebacker and newly crowned sacks champion was honoured Thursday as the inaugural winner of the NFLs Deacon Jones Award, which goes to the leagues sacks leader. Mathis will be recognized at the NFL award banquet Feb. 1. "Deacon Jones is the creator of the sack, so to be able to win the first award in his honour is an honour," Mathis told reporters in Indianapolis. "Im very proud that I was able to win it and I thank my teammates, mainly the d-line, who were very instrumental in helping me get to the quarterback." League officials named the award after Jones died June 3 at age 74. Jones was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980. Mathis has been one of the leagues top sack artists since joining the Colts as a fifth-round draft pick in 2003. For nearly a decade, Mathis and Dwight Freeney were among the NFLs most feared pass-rushing tandems. But when Freeney left in free agency during the off-season, the critics contended Mathis would struggle witthout his longtime teammate and close friend. Justin Pugh Cardinals Jersey. Instead, Mathis used it as motivation. When asked Thursday why he has played so well over the years, Mathis responded: "The fact that I do have a chip on my shoulder every time I play. When people say you cant do something, you want to show them that you can." So the 32-year-old who is in his second season as a rush linebacker delivered the best season of his career. He broke Freneeys franchise record for sacks in a season (16) with 19 1/2 and became the Colts career sacks leader (111), surpassing Freeneys previous mark (107 1/2). Mathis finished the regular season with 65 tackles, matched his career high with eight forced fumbles -- two of which led to safeties -- and helped lead the Colts to their first AFC South title without Peyton Manning. Indy (11-5) will host Kansas City (11-5) on Saturday afternoon in a wild-card game. Mathis, who was the sacks leader most of the season, even came up with two sacks in the regular-season finale to move past St. Louis Robert Quinn and join Freeney as the only Colts players to win a sacks title. Freeney took that honour in 2004. Cheap Arizona Cardinals Jerseys Cheap Falcons Jerseys Cheap Ravens Jerseys Cheap Bills Jerseys Cheap Panthers Jerseys Cheap Bears Jerseys Cheap Bengals Jerseys Cheap Browns Jerseys Cheap Cowboys Jerseys Cheap Broncos Jerseys Cheap Lions Jerseys Cheap Packers Jerseys Cheap Texans Jerseys Cheap Colts Jerseys Cheap Jaguars Jerseys Cheap Chiefs Jerseys ' ' '