Hobbs equals record

Zoe Hobbs has blitzed the field to equal the 100m record and win her fifth straight national title at the Newzealand track and field championships in Hastings yesterday.the Aucklander clocked a personal best of 11.32sec to equal Michelle Seymour’s Newzealand record, set in 1993. ‘‘I’ve been working all season for this. I’mso stoked to take it away on the last race of the season,’’ Hobbs said. Otago’s Shay Veitch backed up his long jump victory to win a severely depleted senior men’s 100mfinal in a wind-assisted 10.34 secs. Dame Valerie Adams continued her incredible dominance in the senior women’s shot put, throwing 18.43m with her final effort to comfortably beat Maddison Wesche (17.38m) towin national title No 17.

Melbourne star Cameron Munster, left, has avoided the wrath of the NRL’S match review committee for an apparent hip-drop tackle despite coach Craig Bellamy admitting it didn’t look good. Munster fell onto the lower leg of Spencer Leniu in a three-man tackle late in the first half of Penrith’s 12-10 win on Thursday night, infuriating the Panthers’ prop. He stayed grounded for around aminute and needed treatment on his knee, before getting up and later becoming involved in a heated argument on halftime. Munsterwas not penalised for the tackle nor placed on report and avoided mention in the NRL’S judiciary charge sheet. Penrith’s Stephen Crichton accepted a fine after being charged with a grade-one dangerous contactwith the head or neck on Chris Lewis in the second half. Reigning premiers Melbourne have slipped to a negative record at any point of the year for only the second time since 2008.