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North Queensland will heed a lesson from their rollercoaster 2015 playoffs campaign in attempting to rebound from their first-up finals loss to Melbourne. Seth Roberts Jersey .The Cowboys will again be forced to take the hard road to the NRL grand final after losing 16-10 to the Storm in Saturdays qualifying final.However it is a familiar journey for the premiers.After losing in week one of the playoffs last year to Brisbane, they won three straight games to claim their inaugural title.Skipper Johnathan Thurston said the Cowboys could take confidence having done it before ahead of Fridays semi-final against Brisbane in Townsville.The amount of ball we turned over against the Storm wasnt great, but the way we defended our line we will take a lot out of that, we just have to execute better, Thurston told AAP.We are disappointed about some of the tries that we let in and the way we played.But we were in this position last year, needing to win three games to get there and we got the job done.That starts on Friday night against the Broncos.The Cowboys lost in week one of the finals last year, before thumping Cronulla in Townsville and beating the Storm in Melbourne before claiming the grand final in extra time against Brisbane.Last years epic decider between the Cowboys and the Broncos has served to enhance the rivalry between the Queensland sides, Maroons and Kangaroos playmaker Thurston said.It is always fun when you come up against the boys you play rep footy beside, he said.There is a great amount of respect between the two clubs. I really enjoy those types of match-ups.They have a lot to play for with Cozza (Corey Parker) retiring. No doubt they will want to send him out the way he deserves.North Queensland boasted an equal NRL-best home record (alongside Cronulla) of 11-1 over the regular season. Brisbane were 6-6 away.Brisbane beat North Queensland 21-20 in golden point in round four at Suncorp Stadium.The Cowboys beat the Broncos 19-18 in Townsville in round 11. Giorgio Tavecchio Jersey . Brandon Morrow allowed five runs on six hits over three innings. He struck out two, walked one and hit a batter. Edwin Encarnacion had a two-out, bases loaded two-RBI double in the third inning. Willie Brown Jersey . Those lessons were more than enough to overwhelm the Utah Jazz. Lou Williams scored 25 points and the Hawks continued their offensive upswing as they rolled to an easy 118-85 victory over the Jazz on Friday night, winning their third straight and for the fourth time in five games. http:///...ap-sean-smith-jersey . Its an influence in football and a big part of the game. Manchester Citys new coach Pep Guardiola will be heading back to Barcelona after the Premier League club was pitted against his former team in the Champions League draw on Thursday.Guardiola, who also spent most of his playing career at the Catalan club, steered Barcelona to two Champions League titles as well as a number of other trophies during his time as coach from 2008-12.The two teams play each other on Oct. 19 in Barcelona and Nov. 1 in Manchester.Borussia Moenchengladbach and Celtic complete Group C.Cristiano Ronaldo also returns to his first club as holder Real Madrid has been drawn against Sporting Lisbon. Borussia Dortmund and Legia Warsaw are also in Group F.Surprise Premier League champion Leicester faces Porto, Brugge and FC Copenhagen in its first time in Europes premier competition.The eight four-team groups begin play on Sept. 13-14.---Group A:Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal will be favorites to progress but Basel boasts a fearsome record against English clubs in European competition.Neither team has ever won the European Cup but PSG reached the quarterfinals in the last four seasons. However, it is now without Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who moved to Manchester United in the offseason.Arsenal was eliminated in the round of 16 in the last six seasons.Since 2011, Basel has helped eliminate Manchester United and Liverpool from the Champions League, as well as knocking Tottenham out of the Europa League.Ludogorets is playing in the group stages for only the second time in the Bulgarian clubs history, having reached the same stage two years ago.---Group B:Napoli will be hoping for better luck than the last time they reached the group stages.In 2013/14, Napoli became the first -- and so far only -- team to fail to progress after picking up 12 points, losing out to Dortmund and Arsenal in a three-way head-to-head.It should have an easier time this campaign, as it has been pitted against Benfica, Dynamo Kiev and Besiktas.---Group C:While Guardiola will be highly familiar with Barcelona, many of Citys players will also know the Catalan club well.Barcelona beat City at the last-16 stage in 2014 and 2015, while goalkeeper Claudio Bravo has just completed a move from the Spanish champion to Guardiolas new side.Its good for Pep because he knows Borussia very well from his time at Bayern and Barcelona as well so we will see, Citys Director of Football Txiki Begiristain said.He had been back to Barca before with Bayern Munich so its not the first time hes been returned to the Camp Nou. Barcelona will start as favorites for the group but that is nothing new, they are a fantastic side.City also played Moenchengladbach in the group stage last year en route to the semifinals.Celtic will be hoping for a repeat of the 2012-13 season when it managed a shock 2-1 home win over Barcelona 2-1 in the group stage.---Group D:Bayern Munich will be out for revenge when it faces Atletico Madrid after losing to the Spanish side on away goals in last seasons semifinals.Inn May, Atletico lost the final on penalties to Real Madrid -- finishing runner-up to its bitter rival for the second time in three years. George Blanda Jersey. Contrasting sides in PSV Eindhoven and Rostov make up the group.PSV has played regularly in European competition since the 1970s, while it is Russian side Rostovs maiden appearance in the European Cup.---Group E:A group where anyone could win it or finish bottom.None of the teams have ever won the competition although Leverkusen and Monaco have both reached the final -- in 2002 and 2004 respectively.Tottenham last played in the Champions League in 2010-11, reaching the quarterfinals, while CSKA Moscow made a group stage exit in 2013-14.---Group F:Matches between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund are swift becoming classics.Madrid beat Dortmund in the quarterfinals in 2014, avenging its semifinal defeat the previous campaign.No team has successfully defended the Champions League since its inception in 1992 but Madrid forward Gareth Bale hopes his side can become the first to do so, with the final being staged in his home city of Cardiff.It would be amazing to experience a Champions League final in Cardiff, Bale said. It is obviously a difficult group but it always is in the Champions League. We fancy our chances to get through but we know there are going to be some difficult games.Meanwhile, as well as providing a former player in Ronaldo, Sporting had more players than any other club in Portugals Euro 2016-winning squad -- Rui Patricio, Joao Mario, William Carvalho and Adrien Silva.Legia Warsaw completes the group, becoming Polands first team in the Champions League proper in 20 years.---Group G:Apart from two-time winner Porto, Group G is devoid of Champions League pedigree.Leicester, which was in the third tier of English football in 2009, is making its debut in the competition.Copenhagen reached the last 16 in 2010/11, one of only four previous times it has made it into the Champions League proper, while Brugge has also had only sporadic appearances in the group stages.---Group H:Juventus and Sevilla face each other in the group stages for the second successive season.Juventus beat Sevilla 2-0 at home but lost 1-0 in Spain, which meant it finished second in the group and faced Bayern Munich in the last 16 rather than Dinamo Kiev. The Turin side lost after extra time in the second leg in Germany.We missed an opportunity at Sevilla last year, Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri wrote on Twitter. It will be a red-hot atmosphere in Lyon and Zagreb: we need to be focused, we know our aim.Sevilla was eliminated from the Champions League and went on to win the Europa League for the third season in a row.Lyon completes the group along with Dinamo Zagreb, which established one of the worst records in a group stage campaign, having lost all six games with a goal difference of minus 19 in 2011. Cheap NFL JerseysCheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From ChinaCheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys China NFL Cheap Jerseys' ' '