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Manchester Thunder retained their position at the top of the Vitality Superleague table with a dominant 67-43 win over Roses rivals Yorkshire Jets. Having established a three-point cushion at the weekend with a win at Surrey and Hertfordshires defeat to Bath, Dan Ryans team closed in on top spot in the regular season standings after a super display.They now hold a six-point lead over Mavericks who play Storm themselves at the weekend before Mavs and Thunder replay their abandoned game on April 25. Fresh from their first victory of the season at the weekend when they edged out the Celtic Dragons 45-44, it was the Jets who started at a fierce pace forging a 7-2 lead inside the opening half of the first quarter. Vote for your Player of the Season Weve got the five contenders, so place your vote Led by Helen Housby at goal attack, Thunder rallied to level the scores at 8-8 before finishing strongly to take a three-goal lead at the end of the first 15 minutes.Despite Stacey Francis impressing in defence for Jets, Thunder continued to press home their advantage throughout the second period and a dominant quarter saw Ryans team open up a 32-21 lead.With Player of the Match Ellie Cardwell lethal under the posts for Thunder the home side continued to pull away with Jets tiring after their exertions in Wales on Saturday and the 11-point half-time lead became 20 for the league leaders. Grand Final Tickets Get tickets for Superleague Grand Final with Sky Tickets Manchester took a 52-32 lead into the final quarter and with Ryan continuing to urge his team forward, the fourth quarter followed the same pattern with Thunder taking the chance to use their full squad and lay down a marker for the Superleague semi-finals on April 30.Thunder won in Round Seven by just five points but there was to be no close finish at the Thunderdome and they wrapped up a Roses double with a clinical final quarter to seal a 24-goal win.Maybe a few too many errors and turnovers particularly in the first quarter, we could have been up by a lot more with the opportunities that we had, Ryan told Sky Sports.But across the board we have to be happy - particularly to get 12 players out there considering a lot of the girls havent seen much court time over the past couple of weeks in the big games.To get everyone out on a big stage and on a big night is something we are really happy about.We were very particular in the first half of the year that we wanted to rotate the line-up, gave players opportunities. We feel players we need to win the competition have had the taste they need to and we are confident in our depth and we are confident we can call on anyone required for any role on any day. Thunder completed a season double over the Jets Jets head coach Anna Carter admitted that after last seasons top four finish Yorkshires rebuilding job has made for a tough campaign.[Thunder] are at the other end of the table to us and they are a well put together squad with lots of experience, Carter told Sky Sports.We are at a different point and are rebuilding, bringing together a young group so it was always going to be a challenge tonight.Some of the girls have really improved. We got a win on Saturday against Celtic and showed characteristics weve not shown this season but it is about putting it out consistently. Also See: Vote for Player of the Season Get Grand Final tickets with Sky Sports Vitality Superleague fixtures Table Authentic Custom Celtics Jersey . If ever they start actually putting pictures beside words in the dictionary, the Blue Jays left-handers mug will appear beside “Consistency. Custom Celtics T-shirts . -- Anaheim Ducks captain and leading scorer Ryan Getzlaf has been scratched from Sunday nights game against the Vancouver Canucks because of an upper-body injury. http://www.customcelticsjersey.com/custom-robert-parish-jersey-large-77e.html .J. -- Marshawn Lynch said Thursday it will be good to get back to football after the Seattle quiet talking running back wrapped up his final mandatory media session of Super Bowl week. Walter Brown Jersey Large . They had already blown a double-digit lead, fans were hitting the exits, and a long seven-game road trip waited at the end. Bill Russell Jersey Large .com) - The game was all punts and field goals before Kodi Whitfields catch. RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Carolina Hurricanes have placed All-Star defenseman Justin Faulk on the injured list with an upper body injury.General manager Ron Francis also said Friday the team assigned forward Phil Di Giuseppe to its AHL affiliate in Charlotte.Faulk was hurt in the Hurricanes loss to New Jersey on Sunday, and his spot on the injured list is retroacttive to Nov.dddddddddddd 7. The two-time All-Star has three goals and three assists in 11 games.Di Giuseppe has played in 11 of 13 games during his second NHL season. He had seven goals and 10 assists last year with the Hurricanes. ' ' '