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Hes been banged up and cut open more than hed like, but Fremantle veteran Matthew Pavlich hopes hell still look the goods for his wife by the time his decorated AFL career comes to an end.Pavlich will notch his 350-game milestone in next weeks home clash with Sydney, and he plans to play three more games after that before heading off into retirement.The 34-year-old has been remarkably durable throughout his 17-year AFL career, but his body has paid a heavy price.Nine operations, disc bulges down his spine, and several concussions have all taken their toll.Pavlich has dedicated much of his adult life to making sure his sore body got the line every week.And theres no thought whatsoever of squeezing another AFL season out of himself.I respect my body, so enough is enough, Pavlich said.Theres significant things there Im going to have to take care of (in the future). You pay a price, no doubt.Hopefully (in future years) Im able to run around with the three kids - the third childs not too far away.And hopefully Im able to stay fit enough to still look appealing to my wife.Pavlich will play only home games from this point on - meaning hell miss this weeks clash with the Suns on the Gold Coast, and the round 22 match against GWS.The six-time All-Australian revealed he offered to quit earlier this season after Fremantle crashed to a 0-5 record.But he was talked out of it by coach Ross Lyon and football operations manager Chris Bond.Pavlich is the only WA-based player to have broken through the 300-game barrier.The next best was retired Eagle Dean Cox, who reached 290 games.But Pavlich said his looming 350-game milestone pales in significance compared to North Melbourne midfielder Brent Harvey, who will equal Michael Tucks long-standing games record of 426 matches this weekend.Its a phenomenal effort, Pavlich said.I dont think many people thought Tucks record was achievable.It just proves that someone here (at Fremantle) will beat 350.Theres an Olympics coming up, and records will be broken everywhere.It is a phenomenal effort (by Harvey), and it just goes to show his durability, versatility, and desire to keep doing it.Soccer Jerseys . 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NBA officials ruled the court unplayable in the Bucks final exhibition game on Oct. 25 because players were slipping, and the game was cancelled midway through the first period.TWICKENHAM -- Four of Englands match day squad had not been born the last time they achieved a perfect year back in 1992 and a further three were yet to reach their first birthday. But win against Australia on Saturday and the class of 2016 will have written their own chapter in the national teams 145-year history.Talk of history, nationalism and a supposed ruined legacy have driven the narrative leading into Saturdays Test; Anglo-Australian relations have been strained, stretched and tested. But sideshows, pre-match verbal hostilities and allegations over illegal scrummaging will be parked for two hours on Saturday.England are on the verge of history as they chase the unbeaten year-- their first since 1992 when they won all six Tests -- and Eddie Jones has challenged his team to produce their Nadia Comaneci match, the perfect game.Englands 2016 saw them start with a grand slam, then a one-off Test win against Wales, a 3-0 clean sweep on Australian soil followed and now they are three from three in the November internationals. They hope Saturdays will be lucky number 13 this year under Jones.Jones has attempted to downplay the significance of their run, focusing on the long-term and ultimately the 2019 Rugby World Cup. But given where Jones picked up this England side at the start of the year -- one still wounded by their dismal World Cup performance and the fallout -- it is a remarkable feat.Back in January, Jones faced the press in the small media room in the heart of Twickenham and unveiled his first England squad. There was a post-World Cup cull and he talked of how England must transform their mindset into one of perennial winners. There were no grey areas.On Friday Jones stood in the same room, now with 12 wins under his belt and all manner of one-off gongs to sit alongside the Six Nations trophy in the Twickenham cabinet. But Jones is not retrospective, nor one for drifting into blissful nostalgia.I never really thought about it, Jones said when asked about whether he ever thought theyd go the year unbeaten when he took the job. All I thought about was getting better every day.We wanted to work harder and get the players to aspire to be better. Weve move along that track. If we win tomorrow we still have a long way to go and we know that. We want to be the number one team in the world and to achieve that we need to keep getting better every day.Saturdays Test against the Wallabies should be their hardest game this year. England are without seven frontline players and Australia will be channelling the hurt from their 3-0 series loss in the summer and will have taken notice of this weeks talk over their illegal scrum and what their coach Michael Cheika has had to say about Jones, Glen Ella and general Australian bonhomie.Jones hasnt taken the bait this week -- he even dodgged commenting on getting the clown treatment from one Australian newspaper -- but it has been cantankerous between the two camps this year.ddddddddddddBefore England arrived on Australian soil for their series in the summer, Jones had lit the blue touch paper saying he was expecting a coordinated attack on his side from the local media.The local customs in Brisbane gave him a going over but that was his only set back as he masterfully controlled the agenda, leaving a string of hushed pundits in his wake and Cheika uncharacteristically quiet as England stormed to a 3-0 win.Australian pride had been dented by one of their own but this weekends Test should be a different prospect. In the summer Jones talked of his England side adopting a Bodyline approach, but on Saturday he is expecting Australia to bring their own Jeff Thomson and Dennis Lillee-esque fast-bowlers.Look, to beat them weve got to break them mentally and physically, Jones said. We know theyre going to come out in the first 20 minutes like theres no tomorrow. Weve practised, were equipped to handle it and well win the game in the last 20.Jones is expecting an improved Australia side. He feels Stephen Larkham, the Wallabies backs coach, has learned from his mistakes in June and is happy again in his skin operating with a more Australian style of attack, focused around being flatter on the line and more options off either shoulder.But Cheika says any off-field sideshows this week will have no bearing on Saturdays match and it is down to the players to do the talking. All those fun and games [with Eddie] are over now, Cheika said. The game will be decided by the best team of players on the day.All the other bits are sidelines and weve been concentrating on making sure our players are in the best possible spot to play the best possible rugby on Saturday. The match is right in our sights and the real focus behind the scenes has been on making sure weve got the right tactics, getting the selection right and the other stuff is a bit of a laugh.When the dust settles on Saturdays match, Cheika will have holstered the machine gun Jones says he has unloaded this week and the England coach will be, in his own words, sad because the teams got a great spirit and were going to break up with their next match in February.But for two hours on a frosty, bitterly cold December afternoon everything will be on the line at Twickenham. England will be chasing their slice of history while Australia will be doing their best to ruin the party.Its their last chance of redemption because theyve had a tough year and if they win this Test, they can go home happy, Jones said. If we win this Test then we create history. ' ' '