Sydneys back six have the muscle to combat high-flying Hawthorn forward Cyril Rioli, says coach John Longmire.Rioli was outstanding against Port Adelaide last week on return from leave to attend his grandfathers funeral.On top of his spectacular leap, that would have been mark of the year had it been paid, the 26-year-old also kicked three goals in the Hawks 22-point win and had a hand in another.Defender Nick Smith will likely get the job on Rioli when the Swans face the reigning premiers at the SCG in Thursday nights top-of-the-table clash.Smith kept the gun forward to one goal and 11 touches in round nines 14-point win.But Rioli, who will play the match on his 27th birthday, has booted 14 majors in his past five games - a statistic not lost on Longmire.Hes an absolute star, Longmire said.We saw Rioli play a really competitive style last week, he was up and about from the first bounce.Hes one of their many stars - theyve got plenty of them.Hes an important player but we feel as though our back six have done a pretty good job this year. 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On Saturday, it was fitting that Manchester Uniteds most recent dagger into the chest was delivered by Frenchman Yohan Cabaye, a wonderfully gifted central midfielder who put on an outstanding effort for Newcastle at Old Trafford. RALEIGH, N.C. -- Brandon Manning has scored just twice for the Philadelphia Flyers in the first 10 games of the season. Both have been in wins against the Carolina Hurricanes.Manning scored on a short-handed chance at the 8:00 mark of the third period, lifting the Flyers to a 4-3 victory over Carolina on Sunday, snapping a two-game losing streak.We hadnt really been getting our chances, Manning said. (Pierre-Edouard Bellemare) did a great job winning the puck battle and their forwards were kind of sagging below our guys. So I saw an opportunity and Belle made a great play getting me the puck.Claude Giroux had a goal and an assist, giving him points in a league-high nine straight games. Shayne Gostisbehere and Radko Gudas also scored for the Flyers. Wayne Simmonds had two assists, and Michal Neuvirth stopped 26 shots.We got good efforts in all areas of our game, Flyers coach Dave Hakstol said. You have to have that, especially when its a back-to-back night and a 5 oclock start. You have to have contributions from all parts of your lineup and all areas of your game, and thats what we got.Jeff Skinner had a goal and an assist for Carolina, and Justin Faulk and Viktor Stalberg also scored. Victor Rask, who has points in all eight games this season, added an assist. Cam Ward finished with 24 saves.The Flyers beat Carolina for the second time this season. The Hurricanes fell to 6-1-1 in their last eight home games against Philadelphia.There were some positives, Hurricanes coach Bill Peters said. We probably scored enough to win. Three goals should be the magic number in this league as you get going. We had enough there, but were giving up too much and thats not a recipe for success short-term or long-term.Carolina general manager Ron Francis holds the Hurricanes franchise record witth points in his first 11 games in 1984.ddddddddddddPhiladelphia was up 1-0 after outshooting the Hurricanes 13-9 in the first period. Gostisbehere scoring unassisted from the left point on the power play with 2:03 left for his fourth goal and seventh point in six career games against Carolina.Faulk tied it at 1:01 of the second, beating Neuvirth through plenty of traffic from the high slot.However, Gudas put the Flyers up 2-1 at 7:07, beating Ward through traffic from the right point with Giroux on the secondary assist.Weve played a lot of games, Giroux said. We dont have the record we want right now, but were playing better as a team. I take a look at (my statistics) once in a while, but Im more worried about the minuses there. If you want to be a good player youve got to be responsible offensively and defensively, and weve got some work to do in there.Skinner beat Neuvirth from the right doorstep at 10:13 to tie it again. Carolina got the lead with 8:02 to go in the period when Stalberg got the puck by Neuvirths five-hole on a rush.The Flyers tied it again with 2:46 remaining in the second when Giroux scored from the slot.Game notes C Andrej Nestrasil, RW Martin Frk and D Jakub Nakladal were healthy scratches for Carolina. ... C Boyd Gordon and D Nick Schultz were healthy scratches for the Flyers. ... Carolinas Klas Dahlbeck played in his 100th NHL game. ... The Flyers won the teams first meeting, 6-3 at home on Oct. 23. The teams face off three more times this season, here on Jan. 31, and at Philadelphia on March 19 and April 9.UP NEXTFlyers: Host Detroit on Wednesday night.Hurricanes: At Ottawa on Tuesday night to begin a two-game road swing. ' ' '