obviously the nrl boys coming a massive boost. _ crowd.ive boost. glad to see - crowd. obviously the nrl boys coming a massive boost. glad to see some - crowd. obviously the nrl boys coming a massive boost. glad to see some of| a massive boost. glad to see some of those _ a massive boost. glad to see some of those players will be ready to go. bil those players will be ready to go. big series — those players will be ready to go. big series in something we've all been _ big series in something we've all been looking forward to. can't commit — been looking forward to. can't commit a _ been looking forward to. can't commit a better time and i think for the international stage and for us boys _ the international stage and for us boys who— the international stage and for us boys whojust want the international stage and for us boys who just want to keep rolling. i'm boys who just want to keep rolling. i'm excited — boys who just want to keep rolling. i'm excited to play. what a tonga day? they are an emerging force in the game. they have a few fa

five players from australia's nrl are named, including the compeition�*s top try—scorer, dom young.am farrell, fresh from leading his side to a grand final win at the weekend. it's the first time he's been involved with england for two years. the first test against tonga is at st helens on sunday before games at huddersfield and leeds later this month. britain's lucy charles—barclay set a new course record as she won the ironman world championship in hawaii for the first time. charles—barclay is just the third briton to win the ironman world championship after leanda cave and chrissie wellington. the 30—year—old is also the first woman to lead the event from start to finish. charles—barclay finished just over three minutes ahead of germany's anne haug. it feels incredible to be world champion, especially after the journey i have had, i have been second here four times, that was backin second here four times, that was back in 2017, we lost championships here because of the pandemic and in that time i have also had two pretty bad injuries, so to come back from that and finally get the

i think when i first got on the -- intelligence committee that people at the nrl may have had a picture of me through darts at me and i kept trying to say on satellites let's go commercial. you know let's not simply have the large primes and buildings -- and big flat floating cows in the sky like nobody seen a james bond movie because you realize in the james bond movie they shoot down big massive satellites and not thought that through and we've made that to the point where we've got now -- you know, spacex we need some competitors there as well. i think on the kind of -- on the military traditional dod side there's still a lot of room for improvement. i remember early on in this job and haven't been a business guy or a governor but i'll fix defense procurement and somebody came in with 12 volumes of things when i -- relatively quickly gave up. one of the things were i am going to -- spending time. and is how we put together and again i want to note out here all of the funders on the private sector side in the capital stack from early stage to military stage because we still have the,

wigan warriors forward morgan smithies has left the reigning super league champions tojoin nrl side canberra to the england squad for the third and final test with tonga on saturday. bangladesh are the first side to be knocked out of the cricket world cup. they lost by seven wickets to pakistan, who in turn kept their hopes of reacing the semi finals alive bangladesh won the toss but were all out for 204 in the 46th over. shaheen shah afridi and mohammed wasim each took three wickets. pakistan cantered to their target with 105 balls to spare, openers abdulah shafique and fakhar zaman both smashed quick half centuries. pakistan have to win their remaining games against new zealand and england and hope other results go their way. south africa are back home from france after winning the rugby world cup for a record fourth time. and what a reception for the springboks atjohannesburg airport captain siya kolisi leading the celebrations with the webb ellis cup that they also won four years ago, and also in 1995 and 2007. kolisi dedicated the win to all in south africa, rich and poor. the springbok

made headlines on and off the field, including receiving a fine and suspension from the league, the nrlnd you have to take responsibility for, and look at ways to improve and that is all have done. i think it will stand me in good stead moving forward. some serious pressure. some serious pressure. that pressure is to return warrington to its place amongst the league's best. no trophies since 2019. no grand final appearance since 2018. given his reputation, super league's youngest coach is not one to back down from a challenge. ben croucher, bbc news. i'm 34 years old. an opportunity in front of me here. so i'm just looking forward to that. so i'm just looking forward to that. ben croucher, bbc news. just before we go, a reminder you can watch the ballon d'or awards on the bbc later. argentina's lionel messi the overwhelming favourite to win the men's award for the eighth time. quite a few british names in there too including kane. quite a few british names in there too including kane. live coverage from paris is on bbc iplayer, bbc sport app, website and the red button from quarter to e