it's absolutely throwing it down." 0n slightly safer ground at headingley — the home of my club, leeds rhinosng in the tunnel. "this is it, boys, this is it." and we walked out into the sunshine, but it's like a lake. the water covered your boots. i've never played in conditions like that before, it was... frightening at times. 0ne tackle i made, ian brooke broke clear and i were covering the cross and i took him down, and we slid 15 yards. everybody was slipping and sliding. when somebody come in to tackle ya, it were like somebody diving in the two feet end and you were like... trying to get water out of your mouth. but the climax of the watersplash final was still to be told. with the game already deep in injury time, leeds were four points clear. wakefield trinity needed both a try and a conversion to win. and surely, there was no time for either. commentator: 0h, he's gone overfor a try! he's got a try. it's a try! it's been saved at the last minute, try! everyone jumps up and thought "we snatched it". how did it feel when it went in? did you think "we've got this, we've done it"? if you

at headingley, the home of my club, leeds rhinos, ialso down.i also met up with some of that 1968 side. they said boys, this is it, and we walked out into the sunshine... the water was in your boots. i have never played in conditions like that before, it was frightening at times. in brook broke clear and i was covering the cross and i took him down and he slipped 15 yards. everybody was slipping and sliding, when somebody came in to tackle you, it was like somebody diving in and you are like... trying to get water out of your mouth. but the climax of the water splash fine was still to be told, with the game already deep in injury time, leeds were four points clear. wakefield trinity needed both to try and conversion to win. and surely, there was no time for either. he has got a try, it a try! it's a try! everyonejumped up and thought we had smashed it, how did it feel? did you think we have got this, we have done is?“ did it feel? did you think we have got this, we have done is? if you watch the game, i am jumping up and down. i so embarrassed w

leeds rhinos the 2017 super league champions, it is an amazing night and an amazing ten.mph in the grand final but now the hard work starts all over again. even in that short time rugby league looks a different place above the champions the aim remains the same. for us our goal is to be successful asa for us our goal is to be successful as a group. a lot of teams will be challenging for this year. tonight they take on one of last years big disappointments, warrington with a new coach looking to put behind them a season of underachievement. what has happened in the past has happened, well focused on the now and it is exciting times for the clu b and it is exciting times for the club going forward. there has been little rest, the world cup in australia was their showcase, no one catching the eye more than england at huddersfield'sjermaine mcgillvary. mcgillvary and huddersfield start against hull fc you're looking to finally ten years into super league success. we are there and sustaining that and surpassing that is what you are working towards. hull are joined by the neare

leeds rhinos were thoroughly beaten by melbourne storm in the world club challenge. lian nrl. but the rhinos missed out on a record—equalling fourth world club challenge victory losing 38 points to 4 in australia. alex mcleish says becoming scotland manager for a second time is a "tremendous honour". he's been confirmed in thejob 11 years since he left it the first time, and the former rangers and birmingham boss replaces gordon strachan on a deal until 2020. iam i am absolutely ecstatic to be back as the national coach. and of course, it goes without saying, but iam course, it goes without saying, but i am saying it anyway, the goals are to win the nation ‘s league group and to get to the year rose in 2020. no question, and i am up for the challenge. i believe i am the right quy challenge. i believe i am the right guy for thejob. west brom are investigating after four senior players were involved in an "incident" on their training trip to spain this week. the club say the players will be "subject to the full rigours of our internal disciplinary procedures". west brom

defending champions leeds rhinos kicked off with a 16—12 point win over warrington wolves — that's despitee went into labour at the game. tim hague reports. february begins with the start of the super league season. champions league zawiya warrington, neither side was keen to take things easy, but beyond the rough and tumble, leeds let their quality shine through. too good in the first 30 and two tries to the good. it meant warrington needed to get up close and personal to the try and quickly, which they duly did. only for leads to go clear again. ryan hall is one of the world's finalist winners. and he showed exactly with this. warrington dominated afterwords. rowan atkinson and has scored. tom white number ended to make it a 4—point game. there wasn't enough time for the hosts. lead time on. with fiery february under way, you wouldn't bet against the rhinos creating more fireworks this season. kris helgen randomly ran off during the game and we have now found out why. he was heading to hospital to join his wife who had gone into labour. priorities of course change! jacob stockdale, bunde

while defending champions leeds rhinos came from behind to win 20—11 against hull kr and preserve theiro the season. rovers were ten zero up inside half an hour but ajimmy keinhorst hat trick, plus one from adam cuthbertson sealed the victory for leeds. britain's mark cavendish has won stage three of the tour of dubai. the dimension data rider held off attacks from nacer bouhanni and marcel kittel. he's third overall, with two stages to go, behind leader dylan grerner vaygen. britain's adam blythe finished fourth for aqua blue sport. a one off and a true gentleman. some of the tributes to jimmy armfield whose funeral was held today. the former england and blackpool captain died last month at the age of 82. today his funeral cortege passed through bloomfield road the ground he played at for 17 years before a private service at his local church. richard askam reports. a guard of honour at bloomfield road. for a football gentleman and dedicated family man. jimmy armfield leads his men on the field. jimmy armfield was an inspirational captain but it was his warm penalty that defined him. an

leeds rhinos carrying the hopes of british rugby league when they take on the melbourne storm in the ed last week against hull kr and travelled the day after. they have to combat all that travel and get logged. melbourne, nrl champions, and visibly favourites. it's 24 champions, and visibly favourites. it's 2a years since an english cob white penaranda it's 2a years since an english cob white pena randa and it's 2a years since an english cob white penaranda and won the world cup challenge. melbourne have superstars in their ranks. if leeds can pull it off tomorrow, it will be a heck of an achievement. commentary online for that game in the rugby league world club challenge from mainly on the bbc sport website and happy. former ibf world welterweight champion kell brook has admitted today he's suffered with depression since losing his world title and breaking his left eye socket in a bout against errol spencejr in may last year. brook makes his comeback in a couple of weeks' time against sergey rabchenko at sheffield arena. brook had a public work—out today in his home town at the cruc

local side here salford take on wigan tonight, but things kicked off with grand final winners leeds rhinosent was clearly too much for some. warrington captain chris hill, on the left here, had to leave the game early after his wife went into labour — congratulations to them on the birth of their little girl. unfortunately hill was absent as england winger ryan hall provided the highlight with two tries on the night, helping leeds warrington captain chris hill, on the left here, to a 16—12 win on the night. elsewhere hull fc began their campaign with a six—try win over huddersfield. and there is some more live sport to come today, as great britain's men begin their davis cup campaign with a tie against spain in marbella. they'll be without the british number two kyle edmund, who misses out after picking up a hip injury in the semi—final at the australian open. andy murray is a long term injury casualty, and with dan evans suspended it means liam broady and cameron norrie will be flying the flag. broady will take on albert ramos—vinolas, who's ranked 144 places higher. there's no pressure o

even the leeds rhinos took a break from the world club challenge, to celebrate shrove tuesday down undereo shows a robot created by tech firm boston dynamics opening a door for its "friend". the footage of the four—legged spot—mini has been viewed more than 5 million times. it is very polite! time for a look at the weather with ben. i was not sure you are going to get me, that took a while so i think humans might still have the edge. we have seen some humans might still have the edge. we have seen some snow humans might still have the edge. we have seen some snow in the last couple of days and varies more to come over the next 24 hours. this picture shows a beautiful the day for our weather watchers in derbyshire, albeit with a covering of snow over the hills. you can see the weather system that brought the rain and snow for some today, another one sliding in from the west for tomorrow. in between, a clear zone showing up on the satellite picture and within it as we head through the rest after night, temperatures continuing to plunge, quite widespread frost and potentially icy stretches.

he was provisionally suspended prior to the defeat to leeds rhinos.nti—doping conclude that case. he onlyjoined the club injune that case. he onlyjoined the club in june last year on that case. he onlyjoined the club injune last year on a year deal. —— onafourand injune last year on a year deal. —— on a four and a half year deal. scotland head coach gregor townsend has named an unchanged starting line—up for saturday's six nations encounter with england at murrayfield. he keeps faith with the side that beat france but has made three changes to his replacements. britain's mark cavendish has pulled out of the abu dhabi tour during stage one after falling onto the same shoulder he broke in last year's tour de france. cavendish was concussed and sustained whiplash, and had to withdraw after five kilometres. tony bellew and david haye have come face to face again today, ahead of their heavyweight rematch in may. the fight will take place a year after bellew defeated haye with 11th—round stoppage. the original december date was postponed because of an injur

he was provisionally suspended prior to the defeat to leeds rhinos. in pendle in beautiful lancashire, but consider he is up there in the top ten alongside nations that take mountains for granted, they have them forfun mountains for granted, they have them for fun in mountains for granted, they have them forfun in places like norway and austria. let's speak to one of his former coaches, how will he be feeling? ninth at the games. will be pleased overall because anything can happen in the olympics and to think people like marcel hirscher didn't finish, he would have liked to have finish, he would have liked to have finish a bit higher but ninth is brilliant, we're really pleased. in a world cup event last year he managed the podium, second. that was a lwa ys managed the podium, second. that was always a possibility at these games. it was, yes, one podium and he was leading the race in finland, which was the first slalom race of the season but unfortunately made a mistake on the second running of the bottom. anything can happen and on the day it doesn't

leeds rhinos thoroughly defeated by melbourne storm in the world club challenge this morning.amianjohnson has more for you in the next hour. have a good afternoon, many thanks. britain's bus network has shrunk to levels last seen in the late 1980s, that's according to a bbc investigation. rising car use and cuts to public funding are being blamed for a loss of 134—million miles of coverage over the past decade alone. "the campaign for better transport" says the scale of the miles lost is a sign that buses are on course to be cut to the same extent railways were in the 1960s. paul lynch from the bbc shared data unit, which carried out this analysis, joins me now. thank you for being with us. give us more detail about this and the shrinking bus network. let's put this into context first. local councils across the country, when a bus travels, they collect that data and the journey distance, sending that to the department for transport which goes into a huge spreadsheet. the findings have been quite stark. we found big regional differences between london and the rest of the countr

rhinos in melbourne as they conceded seven tries in their 38—4 defeat. tanya arnold reports. evening time in melbourne, time for breakfast back home. the leedslub side in australia, and it started perfectly. sadly, thatis and it started perfectly. sadly, that is where the cheering ended. melbourne started to show their clinical side. a tryjust before half—time was crushing. they went in 18-4 half—time was crushing. they went in 18—4 up. half—time was crushing. they went in 18-4 up. leeds were making a lot of m ista kes 18-4 up. leeds were making a lot of mistakes and melbourne catnap restore my picking up on the mistakes. not much in it for the two sides but discipline. they will hopefully get back in it. melbourne kept on notjenna tries. the scoreboard made it look a very one—sided game but that is a little harsh on leeds. they are a very good side. they completely dominated the nrl last year. some teams lose worse than what we did. they are a good side. that's all from sportsday, don't forget day 8 of the winter olympics starts around midnight. the bbc sport website is a great place to help you plan your night, comprehensive guide to who's