captain danny brough and 2 other scotland players have been sent home from the rugby league world cupthey were too drunk to board a flight following their heavy defeat to new zealand. brough remained in christchurch with sam brooks and johnny walker while the squad flew to cairns for next week's final group game with samoa. it's brough‘s third world cup as scotland captain and the huddersfield stand—off is their most capped player. the scotland management say they support the airline's decision and have told the trio that they will play no further part in the tournament. two other home nations were in action n today. wales can't reach the knockout stages now after their record world cup defeat, thrashed 72—6 by fiji ireland have a very slim chance of qualifying for the knockout stage after losing 111—6 to papua new guinea, they were comprehensively better than us. i thought they played a really good game of rugby league and you have to congratulate fiji because in the first half they made one error and that was the last tackle play where they ran it. people playing football like that

captain danny brough is one of three players thrown out of scotland's rugby league campaign aftere theyophy forjustin rose. this time the turkish 0pen. hello, plenty to come on the programme but let's start with the premier league where the top five in the table were all in action today, and there was yet another win for leaders manchester city.

captain danny brough is one of three players who's been released from scotland's rugby league world cupeing deemed too drunk to board a flight. brough remained in christchurch with sam brooks and johnny walker while the squad flew to cairns for next week's final group game with samoa. the three players are believed to have continued drinking after the rest of the squad had finished and the airline refused to allow them onto the flight. the scotland management supported the airline's decision and informed the english—born trio they would play no further part in the tournament. well on the field it hasn't been a good day for the home nations....|reland lost 14—6 to papua new guinea, while wales were suffered their second hammering of the tournament — they were beaten fiji 72—6 by fiji. james anderson has shown he's in form as england's men warm up for the first ashes test against australia later this month. england's record wicket taker claimed four wickets as the 2—day match against a western australia 11 ended in an draw. henry moeran reports. these have been two competitive days of cri

scotland had a week to forget when three players including captain danny brough were sent home for being australia needed to beat samoa to make the quarterfinals. the bravehearts within touching distance of the last eight by half—time. leading 14—6,... a different half and samoa were a different side. pace and power pulled the score back to 14—14. scotland needed to land either this penalty or this drop goal to keep their tournament alive. commentator: and that might be their world cup! had a chance to win the game and then another with the drop goal but we can be proud. not proud of the first two games but prouder of this last performance. we owed it to ourselves and the fans. samoa will face australia in the last eight after the tournament hosts continued their serene progress against lebanon. closer than many expected but the kangaroos crossed six times to win 34—0. no shock in sydney but across the tasman sea tonga did pull off a surprise. the pre—tournament decision of eight players eligible for both teams to choose red instead of black now looks a good bet. in a feisty atmosphere t

the players concerned are captain danny brough, sam brooks and johnny walker.ntinued drinking after the rest of the squad had finished, and the airline decided not to let them on—the—fly. they will play no further part in the tournament. well on the field it hasn't been a good day for the home ireland lost 14—6 to papua new guinea, while wales were suffered their second hammering of the tournament — they were beaten fiji 72—6 by fiji. they were better than us, comprehensively better, and i thought they played a really good game of rugby league. you have to congratulate fiji. in the first—half, they made one error, the last plate. people playing football like that against you — as big, strong, fast and skilful as they are — you are in bother. and we were. james anderson has shown his form as england's men warm up for the first ashes test against australia later this month. england's record wicket taker claimed four wickets as the 2—day match against a western australia 11 ended in an draw. henry moeran reports. these have been two competitive days of cricket at

the players concerned are captain danny brough, sam brooks and johnny walker — there are no further details adhere to the highest standards of behaviour. they will remain in christchurch while the rest of the team are in cairns in australia for their match against samoa next weekend. well on the field it hasn't been a good day for the home nations. ireland lost 14—6 to papua new guinea, while wales followed up their heavcy defeat to papua new guinea with an even heavier one to fiji. the latest score is 72—6 to fiji, with just a few minutes of the match remaining. there were comprehensively better than ours. i thought they played a great —— played a good game of ability. if people are playing football like that against you, as big, strong, fast and skilful as they are... to cricket now and both england's men and women are in live action this morning. joe root‘s side are continuing their ashes preparations with their first warm up match against a western australia 11... the 2—day match has just endedd in a draw with western australia bowled out for 342. james anderson took four wickets, with

the scotland captain danny brough has been sent home from the rugby league world cup along with two ofefeat for wales. they lost 72—6 against fiji and can't now qualify. papua new guinea scored a late try to seal a gripping 111—6 world cup win over ireland in port moresby. justin rose has won back—to—back tournaments. he clinched the turkish open by a single stroke today with a birdie putt on the last. he is closing in on fellow englishman tommy fleetwood at the top of the rankings, with just two tournaments left to play this season. the bbc sport website has details of the english men and women's cricket teams. you can also catch up with every girl scored this weekend. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we are back with the late news at ten o'clock. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. 5th this is bbc news. ——this is bbc news. the hollywood actress michelle pfeiffer has spoken for the first time about the sexual abuse scandal in hollywood. a series of revelations have followed the publication of allegations against the film producer