The long drought for Australian Super Rugby teams against New Zealand opposition was ended emphatically on Saturday while the last-place Sunwolves won back-to-back games for the first time ever and the Lions returned to winning ways to revive their stuttering title challenge.The Crusaders are still the overall leaders Graham Glasgow Jersey , though, after beating the luckless Blues for a 10th victory in 12 games.The New South Wales Waratahs ended the 40-match losing streak by Aussie sides against New Zealand teams by convincingly beating the Dunedin-based Highlanders 41-12, with Israel Folau and Taqele Naiyaravoro scoring two tries each at the Sydney Football Stadium.The Waratahs, in first place in the Australian conference, were the last team to beat a New Zealand side before Saturday, nearly two years ago, on May 27, 2016, when they defeated the Chiefs 45-25.”It’s been frustrating to hear that all the time,” Waratahs and Australia captain Michael Hooper said.New Zealand-born flyhalf Hayden Parker kicked a 30-meter dropped goal four minutes after the final siren in Hong Kong to give the Sunwolves a 26-23 win over South Africa’s Stormers and their first back-to-back wins since they joined the tournament in 2016.In the final match of the round, rookie wing Bautista Delguy scored two of the Jaguares’ seven tries in a 54-24 win over the Bulls at Buenos Aires, moving the Argentine side into second place in the South Africa conference.The Durban-based Sharks beat the Chiefs 28-24 with an 18-point haul from flyhalf Robert du Preez, the son of the Sharks coach. 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Arnold, who picked up a yellow in the first half, knew what was coming and was already heading to the tunnel by the time the red card came out.The Lions pounced on their advantage, scoring late tries through replacements Marnus Schoeman, Shaun Reynolds and Lourens Erasmus, earning a bonus point.It ended a three-game losing streak on tour in Australia and New Zealand for the Lions, the runners-up the last two seasons.The defending champion Crusaders of New Zealand stayed atop the overall table with a 32-24 win over the Blues at Auckland.The Waratahs lost their past nine matches against Kiwi rivals, including blowing a 29-0 lead against the Crusaders last week in Christchurch to lose 31-29 and sustain the biggest collapse in the competition’s 22-year history.On Saturday, they were helped when Highlanders winger Tevita Nabura was sent off in the 19th minute for a kick to the head of Cam Clark. After leaping to collect a Waratahs high ball, Nabura lashed out his right foot almost karate-style while midair into Clark’s face.Television match official George Ayoub said it was ”deliberate action by the player in the air to put his foot in front of him” and suggested that New Zealand referee Brendon Pickerill issue a red card. ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Last year Cheap Travis Fulgham Jersey , the Detroit Lions started 3-1 and didn’t make the playoffs — so what happens in September doesn’t have to define the season.The Lions better hope that’s the case, because a loss at Dallas last weekend has them in a hole.“There’s a lot of work in front of us,” first-year coach Matt Patricia said Monday. “I think we’re learning a lot about our team. I think we see a lot of different things on the field. I would say these guys are tough, these guys work extremely hard. They will fight all the way to the end for 60 minutes.”The Lions appeared to be rallying a bit when they beat New England two weekends ago, but Sunday’s 26-24 loss to the Cowboys left them at 1-3.Detroit certainly looks more competitive now than it did in a 31-point loss to the Jets in the opener, but the reality is that the regular season is now 25 percent over, and the Lions are in last place in the NFC North.A huge home game with Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay looms this coming weekend — the first divisional matchup of the season for the Lions.“He is an elite player, I think that goes without saying,” defensive lineman Da’Shawn Hand said. “Everybody knows him, and they’ve got a great team.”It’s still fairly early, but dropping to 1-4 would put Detroit in a tough spot heading into its open date.The Lions have been outscored 59-17 in the third quarter this season. 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We obviously have an offense that can do a good job there at the end of the game of coming back but you don’t want to be in that position.”The Lions struggled to contain Ezekiel Elliott, who ran for 152 yards on 25 carries and had four catches for 88 yards and a touchdown.Meanwhile, Detroit couldn’t build on its encouraging rushing performance against the Patriots . Rookie Kerryon Johnson ran for 55 yards and a touchdown against Dallas, but he had only nine carries.“I think we have a lot of really good running backs and I think we try to use them appropriately. I think Kerryon played a significant amount of the game,” Patricia said.“We had two other running backs, plus we had a couple two-minute drives in there with some other personnel packages and things like that. So, there were quite a few reps in there for Kerryon.”The Lions have allowed 157.8 yards rushing per game, the worst mark in the NFL through Sunday’s games.“We just have to get better. 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