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Melbournes Etihad Stadium will host Australias crunch World Cup qualifier with arch-rivals Japan.Football Federation Australia announced on Wednesday the roofed stadium had won the rights to stage Octobers game, beating bids from other states and preferred to the Melbourne Cricket Ground.The potential to sell out the Docklands venue was cited as the reason to send the biggest match of Australias road to Russia 2018 to the smaller stadium.We fully anticipate we can sell it out and, with good commercial terms on the table, we felt it was the right place to bring this game, FFA chief executive David Gallop said.The Blue Samurai are the biggest roadblock in Australias path to the World Cup in a qualifying group that also includes Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Iraq and Thailand.The Socceroos are likely to start favourites in three qualifying matches before the Japan clash; a home tie with Iraq on September 1 in Perth and away trips to UAE and Saudi Arabia.Gallop said he expected the match against Japan on October 11 to give the Socceroos a real feel for how were going as they attempted to qualify for a fourth-straight World Cup.The fixture also guarantees a bumper week of football at Etihad Stadium, with the first Melbourne A-League derby of the season scheduled for October 15, four days after the Socceroos clash.Victorian premier Daniel Andrews used the occasion to gloat at landing the fixture ahead of Sydney and his NSW counterpart Mike Baird.Theres been one soccer match that every state has been vying to secure ... that game will be played in the sporting capital of our nation, he said.This will be a bad day for (premier Baird) Im sure. C.J. McCollum Blazers Jersey . Burris threw two TD passes, including a key 15-yard fourth-quarter strike to Bakari Grant that effectively countered a Toronto comeback bid and led Hamilton to a 33-19 victory. Bill Walton Blazers Jersey . The quest begins with what is supposed to be an easy one, although Germany has traditionally been a stubborn opponent to Canadian teams at international tournaments. http://www.blazersteamofficial.com/Jusuf-Nurkic-Blazers-Jersey/ .C. -- Rodney Hood connected from all over the court while freshman Jabari Parker was busy swatting shots and scoring in transition. Zach Collins Blazers Jersey . -- Jakob Silfverberg is making himself right at home with the Anaheim Ducks, scoring four goals in his first four games. Terry Porter Jersey . 10 Texas Rangers jersey for one last time. Young formally announced his retirement Friday after returning to Rangers Ballpark, his baseball home for all but the last of his 13 major league seasons. Referees Gerard Sutton and Ben Cummins have been retained for State of Origin III.The duo refereed game one and game two of the series.After resisting efforts from NSW coach Laurie Daley to have them sacked after the Blues game loss, Sutton and Cummins refereed game two in Brisbane last month and will do so again at ANZ Stadium on Wednesday week.NRL referees boss Tony Archer said it was a deserved reward for the games leading whistleblowers.Gerard and Ben have performed well throughout the series and have continued to do so in the premiership, Archer saidd.ddddddddddddThey have been the best and most consistent referees this season and deserve to officiate in the final Origin game.Sutton will serve as the lead referee with Cummins assisting.Bernard Sutton will man the bunker for the final Origin fixture of the year, with Luke Patten and Ashley Klein assisting him.Jeff Younis and Michael Wise will be the touch judges in Sydney on July 13 and Gavin Badger is the standby referee. ' ' '