A free beer from your mate is usually something youd be happy about.But Ricky Stuart hopes hes the one shouting a cold one on Saturday night, not Craig Bellamy.The NRL coaches will face off for a spot in this years grand final, with Bellamys Melbourne hosting Stuarts Canberra at AAMI Park.Only once before have they gone head-to-head at the helm in a finals match - in 2008, when a Stuart-led Cronulla lost to the Storm 28-0 in a preliminary final at Sydney Football Stadium.But the pair go way back.Back to the late 1980s and early 90s when they both played for the Raiders.Were best of mates, Stuart said.They regularly share texts and phone calls and bag each other out.Not even the ferocity of finals football can turn them into enemies, with the two still chatting throughout this week as they have done all season.Yeah, Ive been talking to Craig, Stuart said.I dont enjoy coaching against him though.I prefer not to coach against friends, but its a bit different this week.Well just go about doing our jobs the best we possibly can for our clubs and we both hope we win.I want to beat Craig, he wants to beat me.But its not about us. We dont have to play. Its about the boys and weve just got to get them prepared as best we possibly can.Few other coaches in the NRL can appreciate, or even understand, the passion Stuart has for his club as much as Bellamy.But, according to Stuart, the Storm mentor is no different and has plenty of purple pride.Were pretty similar personalities Craig and I - although Im a lot happier than Craig, Stuart smiled.No bets have been wagered between the pair, but theres one tradition that will stand regardless who wins.The winner always goes into the other shed and takes a beer, Stuart said.Hes been doing a lot of shouting over the past 10 years, so I hope Im taking a beer into him.RICKY STUART V CRAIG BELLAMY:Games played for Canberra - Stuart: 243 v Bellamy: 149Head-to-head record as coaches: Stuart 5 v Bellamy 10NRL games coached - Stuart: 318 v Bellamy: 366NRL games won as coach - Stuart: 156 (49.1%) v Bellamy: 245 (66.9%)NRL premierships as coach - Stuart: 1 (Sydney Roosters, 2002) v Bellamy 1 (Storm, 2012; stripped of titles in 2007 and 2009 for salary cap breaches) http://www.giantsrookiestore.com/Giants-Nat-Berhe-Jersey/ .Y. - Free agent outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury, fresh off winning the World Series with Boston, reached agreement with the rival New York Yankees on a seven-year contract worth about $153 million, a person familiar with the negotiations said Tuesday night. http://www.giantsrookiestore.com/Giants-Lawrence-Taylor-Jersey/ . 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The Jacksonville Sheriffs Offices began an investigation of officers who responded to the scene.I feel blessed, man, Robinson said Thursday after the teams first training camp practice. It could have been a situation where I couldnt be talking to yall right now. The situation could have been way worse than that. I could have hurt somebody or killed somebody. Im truly blessed that nothing happened to nobody.Its one of those things that open your eyes and say youve got to count your blessing, and I understand that.Robinson said he ended up dozing off at the intersection a little after 4 a.m. after a busy day. The former Michigan star added that he probably should have just stayed in.Police say officers found Robinson asleep in his Chevy Impala while it was sinking in the pond. The 25-year-old player and a female passenger, his cousin, were unhurt. But officers had to tell Robinson multiple times the car was in the pond and persuade him to get out of the car, according to the police report.One officer questioned Robinson and determined he was not impaired. But the report said police did not perform any drug and alcohol tests.They questioned me. They did a lot of questions. They did a lot of tests, Robinson said. I made a mistake. It was a mistake that happened, and Ive got to deal with it. Im a man. Im going to have to face it and do what I have to do.General manager Daave Caldwell and coach Gus Bradley have defended Robinson, saying he did nothing wrong other than being out a little later than he should have.dddddddddddd.I think that is a cautionary tale for a lot of our guys that at 3 or 4 in the morning you leave yourself vulnerable for things to happen, Caldwell said earlier this week.The accident came two weeks after Jaguars linebacker Dan Skuta was arrested in Orlando for allegedly pushing the face of a woman whose head hit a glass window. The battery charge was dismissed July 14 after the state attorneys office determined the case was not suitable for prosecution.It was extremely odd for me because I didnt even know what happened, Skuta said Thursday. I didnt know what I was being accused of, so Im sitting there thinking Im just being attacked by a police officer. I had no idea.Obviously, they thought they had a reason or whatever. It was very odd. I was very confused. I had two people there that saw the whole thing, and I wish that maybe the police officers would have taken the time to talk to them. That would have been very helpful, but that didnt happen.Skuta said legal fees cost him $10,000.Robinson, meanwhile, had little damage to his car.Now, both are trying to repair their reputations and move forward.As far as Dan and Denard go, there are probably not two guys in our locker room that take care of their business as well as those guys do, Caldwell said. I think they are both class acts. They are both high-character guys.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Cheap Jerseys Wholesale Wholesale Jerseys 2020 Wholesale Jerseys China NFL Jerseys Wholesale Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys ' ' '