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Sam Thaiday says the Brisbane captaincy is a crown he can do without and has given his blessing to Darius Boyd to assume the mantle next NRL season.Boyd put in a captains knock in the Broncos 30-10 win over South Sydney at ANZ Stadium on Saturday night, setting up two of his sides three first half tries.Asked to fill in as skipper following the suspension of Corey Parker, Boyd led from the front as his patch of career-best form continued.Wayne Bennett was tight-lipped about whether handing Boyd the stand-in captaincy was a portent of things to come in 2017, with Parker set to retire at the end of the year.Thaiday shaped as a natural successor, having held the role under Anthony Griffin in 2012-13, however he declared it was something he could do without.Boyd now appears to be the leading candidate, along with Adam Blair, Andrew McCullough and Ben Hunt.He can have it, Thaiday said.Im coming to the end of my career and I dont want to do it for two years and then retire.Id much prefer to see it go to a young guy and Im happy to help out any way I can in that support role.But Ive had my chance and Ive done my time as the captain. I dont necessarily have the C next to my name to be a leader.Id love to see it go to a young guy - a Darius Boyd, an Andrew McCullough or a Ben Hunt.Boyd said while he coveted the role, all he could do was continue to lead with his actions.Its up to Wayne, Boyd said.Wayne told me today (that he would be stand-in captain) and I wanted to do a good job and lead the boys as best I could and lead with my actions.I was pretty happy with the way I played, thats all I could do. Dennis Johnson Celtics Jersey . -- Brandon Jennings made the most of his first game with the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night. Shaquille ONeal Celtics Jersey . Duchene scored two goals and had an assist, helping the Colorado Avalanche beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Friday night to match the best 10-game start in team history. http://www.celticssale.com/kids-marcus-smart-celtics-jersey/ . 10 VCU 85-67 on Thursday night at the Puerto Rico Tip-Off. The Seminoles (4-0) have scored at least 80 points in each of their games. Red Auerbach Jersey .J. -- Josh Cribbs was in the Pro Bowl in February and out of a job six months later. John Havlicek Celtics Jersey . On Saturday night, the normally free throw-challenged centre did just that. Howard scored 18 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, including 13 of 19 free throws in a 2 1/2-minute stretch, and the Houston Rockets beat the Denver Nuggets 122-111. TURIN, Italy -- Gonzalo Higuain showed his best and worst sides as Juventus was held to a 1-1 draw against Lyon on Wednesday, with the Italian hosts missing the chance to ensure qualification for the Champions League knockout stage with two matches to spare.Higuain netted a penalty in the 13th minute but missed an open goal shortly before halftime. Juventus looked on course for the win but Corentin Tolisso leveled six minutes from time.It was the first goal Juventus has conceded in this seasons competition.Juventus slipped to second in Group H, two points behind Sevilla -- which beat Dinamo Zagreb 4-0 -- and four points above Lyon. Juventus visits Seville on Nov. 22, having drawn 0-0 at home to the Spanish side in September, and coach Massimiliano Allegri believes his side can still snatch top spot.It was important to win at home to mathematically qualify but in the Champions League you need a bit of luck, Allegri said. Were still in the fight for first place, so I think Juventus is on the right path in the Champions League as well as domestically.It would have been ideal to qualify tonight but maybe then in the end we would have gone to Sevilla tired and would have lost first place.Lyon can sneak into the last 16 if it wins its final two group games and results elsewhere go its way.Im happy about the goal because it gives us a small chance of qualification, Tolisso said. Now we have to try and beat Zagreb and hope that Juventus beats Sevilla and then that will set us up for our final group game at home to Sevilla.Juventus showed its attacking intent from the start, playing with a 4-3-1-2 formation, as Miralem Pjanics effort was hooked off the line by Moucttar Diakhaby -- although the Juventus player was harshly flagged offside.dddddddddddd.Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was making his 100th Champions League appearance and he was called into an early save to deny Maciej Rybus.At the other end Anthony Lopes also pulled off a great stop to keep out Mario Mandzukics powerful strike.Juventus took the lead minutes later. Higuain burst down the left flank and threaded the ball through for Stefano Sturaro, who was barged over by Diakhaby.Higuain converted into the bottom left corner for his ninth goal for Juventus, since moving from Napoli in the offseason for an Italian record fee.It was also the Argentina forwards 100th goal for Italian clubs.Claudio Marchisio was making his first Champions League appearance since February, having spent six months out with a cruciate ligament injury, and he almost scored his first goal since his return but fired narrowly wide of the left post for Juventus.Higuain should have doubled his tally after Mandzukic burst forward into the area and unselfishly rolled the ball across the box but the Argentine blazed over an open goal from 15 yards (meters) out.His side was nearly made to pay immediately for his miss as Rachid Ghezzal controlled a throw in and shrugged off a couple of challenges but fired just the wrong side of the right-hand post.Lyon upped the pressure in the second half but never really tested Buffon, although the Italy goalkeeper was prevented from keeping his 43rd clean sheet in the competition when Tolisso headed in Ghezzals free kick. 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