2002 - Year in Sport

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Across
  1. 3. Club side who won a maiden NRL minor premiership
  2. 5. Scored 250 against England in Boxing day test 2002
  3. 6. Final season with the Roosters before being sold to South Sydney in the summer
  4. 8. Tennis tournament Lleyton Hewitt won in 2002
  5. 9. NZ centre who scored record 23 tries for the Sharks
  6. 10. A future Maroons captain who debuted in 2002
  7. 11. NZ Warriors hooker who played in second successive NRL Grand Final loss
  8. 13. Won a third Dally M medal
  9. 15. England captain at 2002 world cup
  10. 16. Scored most test runs and won first and only Allan Border medal
  11. 17. Irishmen went home from FIFA world cup before it started
  12. 18. Top point scorer in 2002 NRL season
  13. 19. Second successive calendar year with most test wickets for India
  14. 20. 20 year old all rounder from QLD who made ODI debut
  15. 22. South Australian who won second successive domestic player of the year award
  16. 25. Roosters import from the UK
  17. 27. A type of try scoring dive that Rugby players commonly did
  18. 28. Arsenal 2nd highest goal scorer behind countrymen Thierry Henry
  19. 30. A place between slip and backward point
  20. 31. A Michael who scored most Sheffield shield runs for NSW in 2002/03 season
Down
  1. 1. Became new Wallabies captain in 2002
  2. 2. Wallabies coach in 2002
  3. 4. Aussie who won most famous gold medal at Winter Olympics
  4. 7. A mark in NSW Blues fullback and former Man United striker
  5. 8. Debuted for manly and went onto play over 300 NRL games
  6. 9. Jersey sponsor of NZ Warriors in NRL grand final loss
  7. 12. Made NRL debut and went onto play over 300 NRL games, played in and won 2 NRL premierships 11 years apart, won 4 Dally M’s
  8. 14. Bronco who played in the halves with Alan Langer in all 3 matches
  9. 17. German GK who won player of the tournament at FIFA World Cup
  10. 21. City that hosted the 2002 winter Olympics
  11. 23. Arsenal club captain who announced retirement after winning the league
  12. 24. Won a Norm Smith medal on a losing side
  13. 26. Englishmen who won player of the series at 2002/03 Ashes down under
  14. 29. Captain who held AFL premiership cup aloft after victory over Collingwood