Judd Trump suffered a difficult afternoon at the World Championship after falling 6-3 behind to Liang Wenbo at the Crucible. The former finalist and second favourite for this years title in Sheffield, watched as his Chinese opponent secured two centuries - 117 and 107 - while he struggled.Trump secured the following two frames with a 58 and an 86 - before Liang responded by winning four of the next five, and demonstrated fine composure by winning three of those on colours as Trump remained competitive. Should Liang progress beyond the first round on Thursday, it will represent the first time he has done so since 2008, when on his first appearance he reached the quarter-finals.Earlier, Mark Allen eased into the second round with a convincing 10-3 defeat of Crucible debutant Mitchell Mann, finishing off a match that began on Tuesday.The 2013 runner-up Barry Hawkins will next tackle Ronnie OSullivan - his conqueror in that final three years ago - after a first-round 10-5 victory over Chinas Zhang Anda.Hawkins made an underwhelming start, before gradually improving and eliminating Anda with a tournament-high break of 141.Ding Junhui won four frames in a row to come back and beat Martin Gould 10-8 in his opening match and will meet either Trump or Wenbo in the second round.Dings was a remarkable recovery. Having led 5-4 from the opening session, he watched Gould win four of their five opening frames of Wednesday evenings session to fall 8-6 behind.The Englishmans considerable momentum was overcome, however, when Ding impressively secured breaks of 132, 86 and 100 from the following three frames.In the tense 18th frame, he won 59-48 to secure his progress to the second round. Also See: Bet £5 Get £20 free Bernie Kosar Jersey . - Their offence is underperforming. Ozzie Newsome Jersey . Despite 11-1 records, theyre out and Big Ten winner Ohio State is into the national semifinals. http://www.cheapbrownsjerseysauthentic.com/ .J. -- Kyle Palmieri thrilled his personal rooting section with an overtime winner that sent the Anaheim Ducks to their seventh straight win. Joe Thomas Jersey . And all things considered, the first 40 games have offered a little bit of everything from a hockey club that faced many questions in its first year under new management, with a new head coach and with a number of new faces in the lineup. However, with a recent dip in scoring, it seems some of the same old questions persist and several new ones have been raised after a somewhat troubling homestand. Sione Takitaki Jersey .Y. -- Dallas Stars coach Lindy Ruff had an opportunity to experience an entire range of emotions in his first trip back to Buffalo to face his former team.What is it about England summer tours to the other side of the equator? They start off in hope, with a smattering of trepidation, and end up, for the most part, in embarrassing failure. Since that night of nights in Sydney in 2003 when England reached their pinnacle, no fewer than 17 Test matches have been contested away to the big three.In all that time, amid all that endeavour and pain, the chaps with the red roses on their jerseys have managed to come up with just one win and a draw. Martin Johnsons tourists squeaked past Australia in Sydney in 2010, beating the Wallabies 21-20. Two year later, Stuart Lancasters men drew 14-14 in Port Elizabeth against South Africa. Australia will miss prop Sekope Kepu, who is playing in France for Bordeaux-Begles The same old excuses get wheeled out every time. England are knackered after a long, hard season. Too many of their first-choice players have been knocking seven bells out of each other in big domestic finals. Theyve flown through eleven time zones and havent had enough time to prepare.This year, however, I truly believe things will be different.For a start, the Aussies are almost certainly going to be missing a number of their big stars from the World Cup. Michael Chekika has said hes unlikely to pick players who are based in France. That means the following ought to be unavailable: Matt Giteau, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Drew Mitchell, Will Genia and the prop Sekope Kepu, who was instrumental in helping to turn the Australian scrum into such a potent force last autumn. Eddie Jonees discusses the abrasive Michael Cheika Meanwhile, back in Oz, World Cup openside Michael Hooper has been ranked as only the fifth best No 7 in the country by former national coach Bob Dwyer.dddddddddddd Furthermore, apart from the Melbourne Rebels, the other Aussie franchises are not exactly dazzling anyone at the moment in Super Rugby.England, on the other hand, are in a very good place. They are champions of the northern hemisphere and had three sides in the semi-finals of the Champions Cup. Sarries could yet win the thing. Talking of Saracens, England also possess arguably the best second row in the northern hemisphere in Maro Itoje and George Kruis. Their No 8 Billy Vunipola just missed out on being chosen as the Six Nations player of the tournament. Manu Tuilagi is getting back to his best Oh yeah, and at Leicester Manu Tuilagi is back to full fitness and scattering opponents about the park like skittles in a Tom and Jerry cartoon.England are also in a good place psychologically thanks to Eddie Jones. He clearly knows the right buttons to press and how make the most of Englands traditional strengths. In all my time of watching training, I have also never seen the guys pushed as hard as they were in February and March.Jones has also spoken about wanting to go back to his native land and emulate the England cricketers on the Ashes tour of 1932/33. That was the notorious Bodyline Series when Douglas Jardine and co. set about battering Don Bradman out of his comfort zone. Eighty three years later, Jones wants England to be ruthless up front, to earn the right to spread the ball and play rugby.You may accuse me of being unduly optimistic, or for having partied too hard with Martin Castrogiovanni in Vegas, but I believe England can be really competitive in the forthcoming three Test series.A lot will depend on the injury count at the business end of the season, and whether or not we get any more acts of gross stupidity to trouble the disciplinarians, but it could be that England are about to add some long overdue victories to that solitary win in 17 attempts since their World Cup triumph. Watch Englands tour to Australia on Sky Sports. Catch the first Test for £6.99 with a NOW TV day pass. 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