the nrl champions the sydney roosters are the visitors.of the stars of the nrl, joined wigan captain sean 0'loughlin and hugh ferris in the studio to look ahead to the match. we had a lot of success in the history of the club and the fans have experienced it, winning and posing. i think we won it in 2017 so it's there in the memories of the fa ns it's there in the memories of the fans as well as the players. they will buy into itjust as much is as they will be a great supporter of they will be a great supporter of the weekend. you speak to fans who still speak about the time we won it in it in nine. it goes down in history and being there and experiencing it as part of being a wigan supporter. you know the size of your task because of the gentleman sitting next to you. for those of us in the uk who don't get to watch nrl as much as you do in australia, tell us about cooper. for anyone who does not watch nrl, he has dominated the competition for a number of years. the teams he has played and from my point of view, i know it's going to be a

club challenge match between the super league champions and the winners of australia's equivalent the nrl gone, it's 4—14. wigan have won this four times more than any other team. you can listen live on bbc radio five live sports extra. salford red devils‘s unbeaten record in super league was ended by leeds rhinos this afternoon. jack walker scored a hat—trick as the rhinos won 46—14 to move from bottom up to seventh. hull kr beat london broncos 22 points to 12 in the other game. it's the battle of two former champions in snooker‘s welsh open final. and it's australia's neil robertson who has the edge. he began the final session with a five frames to three lead against the english open champion stuart bingham, who looked like winning the opening frame. but robertson produced a break of 65 to recover from 53—0 down and win the frame to make it 6—3. the match is the best of 17 frames. live coverage is on the bbc sport website and bbc red button. double european indoor champion laura muir is one of a record—equalling 48 athletes named by great britain for next month's european indoor champio

prior to arriving in england, he'd been sacked by another nrl team, cronulla sharks, forfailing a drugsthis year's six nations begins this eveing, with a match you can watch live on bbc1 later, as france host wales. but some welsh fans may not make it to paris, due to the poor travel conditions in fact wales's women were unable to leave bristol airport and will fly from heathrow in the morning instead. warren gatland's welshmen have arrived, they finished second in last year's tournament, a full 11 points behind this year's favourites, ireland. but wales go to paris aiming for a tenth test win in a row and that's left him in confident mood. i have been pretty open about it. i think we have a good chance of winning the six nations. given we have home games. we finished second last year, which was ok, it would be great for us to win the six nations. it'll help us for their world cup warm up it'll help us for their world cup warm up games, and it'll help us for their world cup warm up games, and obviously the world cup. australia's top racehorse trainer darren weir faces suspension after b

club challenge match between the super league champions and the winners of australia's equivalent, the nrley need to do some serious work to make it five. they need to do some serious work to make it five. you can listen live on bbc radio 5 live sports extra. england wing chris ashton is out of his side's six nations match with wales this weekend. the sale sharks winger has a calf strain. it's a major blow for ashton, who made his first six nations start since 2013 in the win over france but has now been left out of coach eddie jones' 33—man squad. that is all from the sport centre for now, plenty to come later on. macro let's return out to the collapse of the airline flybmi. and the impact particularly in mcveet on passengers. john carney from sunderland spent £1500 only last week. so you use them a lot. tell us when you bought these flights?” bought them on wednesday. they were booked in advance for the end of april. i travel to norway often on flybmi, or i did, so they will allow me to book the flights on wednesday, when obviously they were pretty far down the line of going into adminis

previously said they would block any return to england for the 29—year—old should he be banned by the nrl sweden where lindsey vonn is competing in the super g for the final time. regarded as one of the greatest women skiers, she announced last week that she's retiring after these championships. as well as the super g she's also competing in the downhill on sunday. it's been an incredible career for the american with a record 82 world cup victories. her one regret has been only winning one 0lympic title back in 2010. vonn, now 3a, says her body is "broken beyond repair". that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories and the news that defending champion ronnie 0'sullivan has lost in the first round at snooker‘s world grand prix in cheltenham everything on there. i will be back in the next hour. see you then. thank you very much. the air accidents investigation branch is working at the site in the english channel where the plane carrying the footballer, emiliano sala, and the pilot, david ibbotson, crashed. they're working to establish how to carry out a recovery oper

prior to arriving in england, he had been sacked by another nrl team, for failing a drugs test threehat hasn't turned their interim manager one bit. united were 11 points away from the champions league spots when he came in, but now sitjust two points below arsenal, much to ole gunnar solskjaer‘s surprise. we are ripe to the challenges. there was the setback of the burnley... the two goals we conceded. maybe they will make us move to the next level, because i think we have given ourselves a chance now to get into the top four may be earlier than we thought. this year's six nations begins this evening with a match sure to whet the appetite for what is to come over the next six weeks as france host wales. warren gatland's welshman finished second in the tournament last time, but were 11 points behind this year's favourites, ireland. they go to paris aiming fora favourites, ireland. they go to paris aiming for a tenth win in a row, and that has left warren gatland in confident mood. i'm open about it, we have a chance to win the six nations. i think we can do it. given that we have home

the dw stadium later, wigan warriors, the super league champions play the best side in australia's nrl times. their last win in in this historic fixture came back in 2017. the last time these two met in the final, it was the roosters who triumphed back in 2014. the buy—in from the boys is unlike any other final. it's a massive opportunity as a player to get to play in a game like this, to get to represent your club and your country to some extent, it's a huge opportunity, so the boys really buy into it. from our point of view, we know it will be a real tough task, real tough game, but it's something we're really looking forward to ourselves with. it gets under way at 7pm at the dw. you can listen to live commentary on radio 5 live sports extra. the big—hitting batsman chris gayle will retire from one—day internationals after this summer's world cup. the announcement was made by cricket west indies a short while ago. the 39—year—old will concentrate on t20s, a format in which he shines, holding the record for the highest individual score, 175 off 66 balls. double european indoor champio