Harrington, the winner in 2007 and 2008, hit a double bogey at the first and never managed to recover on a day where his putting was badly off-colour.

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"The week started off badly - to be honest I was gutted, " said Anstey, who was riding for the Northern Ireland based TAS Suzuki team.

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Suffering from whiplash, she made the team after a jump-off but then under-performed badly in Sydney, finishing 17th in qualifying and failing to make the final.

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Having lost so badly in the first face-off, Mr Bush's second and third performances were bound to look better by contrast.

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Myers was hurt -- badly enough to warrant 47 stitches -- but the two took off toward the shore.

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Andrew also revealed that full-back Tait was not as badly hurt as first feared when he was carried off after an accidental clash of heads with All Blacks centre Richard Kahui.

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The visitors began badly when fly-half Steve Meyer missed a straightforward penalty just two minutes after kick-off, while Meyer was sin-binned in the 16th minute for not retreating 10m from a quick tap penalty.

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The 22-year-old was taken off the track by ambulance and it was not immediately clear how badly he was injured.

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Piers Morgan continues to give off promising signs that he can deliver the injection of non-boringness that CNN so badly needs in primetime.

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