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Meanwhile, Paul Cayard, the winner of the first leg, was lying uncomfortably in eighth place.WHITBREAD ROUND THE WORLD RACE (second leg, 4,600 miles, Cape Town to Fremantle, Aus): Latest positions: 1 Swedish Match (Swe) G Krantz 4,029 miles to finish; 2 Innovation Kvaerner (Nor) K Frostad 177 miles behind; 3 Toshiba (US) P Standbridge 208; 4 Chessie Racing (US) M Fischer 217; 5 Merit Cup (Monaco) G Dalton 226; 6 Brunel Sunergy (Neth) H Bouscholte 226; 7 Silk Cut (GB) L Smith 232; 8 EF Language (Swe) P Cayard 244; 9 EF Education (Swe) C Guillou 285.. The Southern Ocean winds were driving him along three knots faster than anyone else.The middle order of Chessie Racing, Merit Cup, Brunel Sunergy and Silk Cut were all still suffering from calm patches. The British skipper Paul Standbridge was also on the move, as Toshiba climbed from eighth to third.
All three leading boats were in the Roaring Forties, with Krantz ready to make the most of his dive to the south – and the 170-mile plus lead it has given him – by turning east. As in the first leg, the great escape from trouble has again been achieved by Norway’s Knut Frostad, who pushed Innovation Kvaerner up from sixth to second place.

Lang is confident of having Bradley Clyde available for the first time in the series as he has now recovered from a calf injury and started training.Great Britain report a clean bill of health and their coach, Andy Goodway, could today name his side, which is likely to be unchanged.The Rugby League is investigating the circumstances of the takeover of Batley, which saw the club’s chairman, Trevor Hobson, ousted at a shareholders’ meeting last week.. A 24-hour shake-up saw the middle order turned upside down, the overall leader tearing his hair out near the back, and Sweden’s Gunnar Krantz sailing even further ahead on the fourth day of the 4,600-mile second leg of the Whitbread Race from Cape Town to Fremantle. The two will now spend time with the Brisbane Broncos, whose coach, Wayne Bennett, is Veivers’ brother-in-law as well as a former Huddersfield player.Most Super League clubs sacked their coaches at some stage last season. “Coaching is not a secure job and I am the latest victim,” said Ferres, who was at Hunslet before taking charge at the McAlpine Stadium last October and leading them to the First Division Premiership at Old Trafford last month. “To say that I am devastated is an understatement.”Australia have declared their controversial forward, Gorden Tallis, off limits to the media during the run-up to the deciding third Test at Elland Road on Sunday.Tallis, the object of criticism after a rugged display at Old Trafford on Saturday, is the one Australian player not available for interviews this week as his coach, John Lang, tries to take the pressure off him.

I won three Grand Slams, so there is nothing you can have against that.”. Huddersfield have begun to behave like a Super League club before even becoming one by sacking their coach, Steve Ferres, and replacing him with Garry Schofield. Huddersfield, fast-tracked into Super League in place of Paris after finishing as runners-up in last season’s First Division, have dismissed Ferres with two years of his contract remaining, saying that they need a full-time coaching staff.
Into the breach comes the former Great Britain captain, Schofield, and his assistant, Phil Veivers, who will both remain on the playing register. “Of course, I don’t want to hear from everybody, `you’re only the No 1 because she’s not playing.’ But I think I have a very good relationship to the other players and they respect me as I am.