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Bristol are 80 minutes from the promised land of the Premiership after beating Doncaster 28-13 in the first leg of the Championship final at Castle Park. Doncaster threw everything they had at favourites Bristol in the first half and went into the break 13-11 up with a try from centre Will Hurrell which was converted by Dec Cusack, who also added two penalties.But David Lemi, Ross McMillan and Ben Glynn scored tries for Bristol with Callum Sheedy kicking two conversions and adding three penalties. Doncaster made a lively start and had the first chance for points when the visitors were penalised at the first scrum. Cusack stepped up and made no mistake with his kick to give the hosts a third-minute lead.Bristol placed the Knights under considerable pressure but some ferocious tackling kept them at bay and a misdirected line-out throw from McMillan allowed Doncaster to temporarily relieve the pressure before a Sheedy penalty drew the visitors level.After 22 minutes, and against the run of play, Doncaster scored the opening try of the game. A driving line-out put the Bristol defence on the back foot and allowed Michael Heaney to send Hurrell in under the posts.Sheedy replied with a second penalty after Doncaster were penalised for illegally halting an impressive 30-metre drive, but the visitors soon suffered a blow when Varndell was yellow carded for taking Heaney out in the air.It mattered little as Bristol continued to dominate the half and deservedly took the lead when strong runs from Marco Mama and Jack Lam created the opportunity for Lemi to squeeze in at the corner. Sheedy missed the conversion before a Cusack penalty put Doncaster 13-11 up at the break. Andy Robinson says Bristols discipline improved in the second half Lemi was injured after being tackled in the air by Andy Bulumakau five minutes after half-time and the Bristol skipper was replaced by Matthew Morgan moments before McMillan burst away from a line-out to score the away sides second try.Minutes later, Bristol had their third when Will Cliff tore through a huge gap in the home line-out to put in Glynn.Sheehy kicked a third penalty in the final quarter as Bristol emphasised their superiority on the night to make them firm favourites to return to the Premiership for the first time since 2009.Watch Bristol v Doncaster, Wed May 25, 7.30pm, Sky Sports 1 HD. You can also watch with NOW TV for £6.99. No contract. Cheap Air Max 2018 China . Joining him in this years class were Switzerlands Patrick Huerlimann and Norways Eigil Ramsfjell. 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There was no hint of an impending implosion when the Leafs came roaring out of the all-star break with back-to-back games against Pittsburgh -- a 5-4 shootout loss followed by a 1-0 win the next night.ATLANTA - John Schuerholz completed what he called the best negotiation of my entire career by convincing his longtime friend John Hart to accept the role of president of baseball operations.With Hart taking the newly created title on Thursday, the Braves arent looking for a general manager. The 66-year-old Hart agreed to a three-year contract that will continue through the teams first season at its new stadium in Cobb County.Hart became interim general manager Sept. 22. The team had sought a full-time replacement for Frank Wren, who was fired last month after a 79-83 finish this season.Hart, Schuerholz and former Braves manager Bobby Cox formed the GM search committee. Hart said last month his only interest was in the interim job, but Schuerholz, the team president, wouldnt accept that as a final answer.We met as transition team quite a number of times and when we were at the meetings invariably Id pull out my list and Id say OK, are we going to talk about the GMs? Hart said. At some point John would get up, hed take a phone call, hed go to the bathroom. ... I think all along I did feel and know that John clearly wanted me to take this job.Hart, the former GM for the Rangers and Indians, joined the Braves last year as a senior adviser.Schuerholz described Hart as a man who has demonstrated great ability in constructing winning baseball organizations, winning baseball teams, creating staffs of very capable people empowered to doo great jobs in each of the organizations he has run.ddddddddddddHart said he has turned down similar opportunities with other teams that lacked the personal component he has with Schuerholz.Schuerholz, who was the Royals GM before taking over as the Braves GM in 1990, returned to Kansas City for Game 1 of the World Series this week. He said he was asked by owners and executives why he hadnt convinced Hart to take the full-time role in Atlanta.Schuerholz said he was told it would be great to have Hart back in baseball.So I was motivated by that and came back and had my last and final conversation with my dear friend, Schuerholz said. I was able to persuade him this was the place to be and this was the organization he could have so much of an impact on in a very positive and energetic way and get us to where we want to be, and thats at the very top, the gold standard baseball organization that we have always been regarded as.Schuerholz said assistant GM John Coppolella will be Harts right-hand man.Coppy was a big part of the reason I took this job, Hart said. I think you will see Coppy is a young man who is going to develop and grow.Schuerholz sat with Kansas City GM Dayton Moore at the World Series. Moore was a former assistant under Schuerholz with the Braves, but Schuerholz said he never approached Moore about the Braves position.It would be disrespectful for me to even talk to him about that, Schuerholz said. ' ' '