this is how rotorua boys' high welcome back one of their own. of the dizzy heights rugby can take you. once the first xv captain, he now has 43 all black caps to his name and will play for the maori all blacks against the lions on saturday. i wouldn't be here today without the school. in the under 15 is, i found my passion for rugby and then i thought, i will do this as a job. with a population ofjust over 4 million people, new zealand really punches above its weight when it comes to rugby. they start them young here, these boys will have begun playing when they are around four years old, and almost all of them grow up dreaming of becoming an all black. so far, nine boys from here have fulfilled that dream, and all along the walls, reminders that the path from rotorua to rugby's elite is a well—trodden one. we are notjust talking about all blacks, i've jsut spotted dylan hartley. funnily enough, he was never an angry man at school, he was a good young man. he contributed well to our xvs programme. the principal would speak very highly of dylan a

this is how rotorua boys' high welcome back one of their own. captain, he now has 43 all black caps to his name and will play for the maori all blacks against the lions on saturday. the whole energy has changed about the country, about them being here, so i'm looking forward to going out there. they are the best in europe. we get to test ourselves against the best opposition in the northern hemisphere. with a population ofjust over 4 million people, new zealand really punches above its weight when it comes to rugby. they start them young here, these boys will have begun playing when they are around four years old, and almost all of them grow up dreaming of becoming an all black. so far, nine boys from here have fulfilled that dream, and all along the walls, reminders that the path from rotorua to rugby's elite is a well—trodden one. we are notjust talking about all blacks, i've jsut spotted dylan hartley. funnily enough, he was never an angry man at school, he was a good young man. he contributed well to our xvs programme. with no room for engla

back in new zealand, before that lions match in rotorua, england's women beat the black ferns. — it was level at halftime but they scored 5 tries in their 29—21 victory. on the back of these results, england will go into the world cup in ireland in august as the number one side in the world. coming across the world to a rugby mad country, it is not an easy place to win. we found out four years ago when they lost all three tests, so tonight was a real showcase of women's rugby, the top sides in the world going hammer and tongs against each other. we are really happy about our performance. at golf‘s us open in wisconsin, the leaders arejust beginning their third rounds. two englishman at the top of the leaderboard. tommy fleetwood and paul casey are there on 7—under, along with brian harman and brooks kopeka and now justin thomas and charlie hoffman in a six—way tie for the lead. amongst those also going well in the early starters, south africa's louis oosthuizen who is 6—under for his round today. that leaves him just one shot off the lead. wigan warriors are into the semi final

the fifth match of their tour of new zealand on saturday when they take on the maori all blacks in rotoruatart to the tour winning two and losing two and our sports correspondent katie gornall can bring us the latest. the lions arrived on wednesday evening ahead of their game against the all blacks on saturday. before that, they have to look over their defeat to the islanders in dunedin. —— highlanders. it has been two wins and two defeats. in both of those losses, they had problems with discipline. the captain described the defeat as unacceptable. warren gatland said it was a step backwards. neiljenkins, the coach, denied defeat would have a psychological blow for the players this close to the test. no matter what happens, in winning or defeat, obviously winning is better to follow on with, but sometimes you have to get up from defeat as well. this is easily the toughest it has ever been. it is not three test matches, it is ten. that is how tough this is. you have seen rugby union and how tough they are. for us, it is about keeping ongoing and opportunity. we don't want to get injuries an

the england fly half is out of this weekend's match against the maori all blacks in rotorua due to as the side. matt wilkinson defeated connor o'leary to win the world surf league fiji pro and move to the top of the 2017 season rankings. in a back and fourth final, wilkinson started strong with an opening score of 8.57. the 28—year—old moves to the top of the wsl tables with the win, edging ahead of hawaii's jothohn florence. the australian also remains top of the wsl rookie of the year race and is the only debutant to make a final this year. the golden state warriors have been celebrating with their fans after reclaiming the nba title after a 4—1 series victory over the cleveland cavaliers. the californian based team won game five at home in oakland on sunday night in what the third successive season they've faced lebron james and the cavaliers in the end of season showpiece. steph curry, what a man, and kevin durant, player of the series, even better! you can get all the latest sports news at our website. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. it lo

leigh halfpenny kicked 20 of those points for warren gatland's side in a very cold rotorua.ayer maro itoje scored the only try for the tourists 15 minutes into the second half. the victory was the lions third of the tour in their five matches. there is nowjust one more warm—up game to come against the chiefs before the opening test. before the game it was confirmed that ross moriarty had left the tour due to a back injury. it comes as coach warren gatland added four wales players to his squad. cory hill, kristian dacey, gareth davies and thomas francis willjoin the set—up this afternoon. it's now two wins from two as scotland head coach for gregor townsend. and they'll remember this one for a while. they've beaten australia in sydney for the first time ever. 24—17 the final score — as alex gulrajani reports. tussles between these two nations have in recent years been tight affairs. 0nly points separated the last two meetings so best to make an impact early. duncan taylor did just that. quick thinking catching the wallabies off—guard. finn russell, one of those heading to joi

now they come to rotorua to face the maori all blacks. in fleed a win., though, against the maori all blacks, this is traditionally seen as the fourth test, ominous news for the lions who've already found the going tough here in new zealand and this is a side packed with experience. they have nineall blacks in their team but it is the back line that's really eye catching. it is not going to be easy for the lions, they are going to be without their fly—half 0wen farrell who was named on the bench but now has a thigh injury and faces a race against time to be fit for the first test. that does put a bit of pressure onjohnny sexton who'll wear the number 10 shirt. but it is going to be a big game for sean 0'brien who has a chance it nail down the number 7 shirt with the tour captain sam warburton on the tour captain sam warburton on the bench. all the ingredients for a really exciting game and for the lions, this could be tour—defining. the all blacks have given the lions a clear warning ahead of next week's first test. they demolished samoa 78—0 in auckland

on saturday, a bruising encounter with the konjuh maori all blacks, rotorua. there is the first testother test match against hurricanes. it is really a tough tour, and i think the team is just finding out that just now, especially head coach, warren gatland. here is what he had to say. we have things we can learn from and things we need to improve on before the next match. we need to keep going for 80 minutes, and the next match. we need to keep going for80 minutes, and it the next match. we need to keep going for 80 minutes, and it was probably be big learning that some of the players got from tonight. there were very fine margins, we missed a penalty that we would normally score every day, and at the other end, they scored a penalty, thatis other end, they scored a penalty, that is the difference between losing by a point and winning by a couple. one of the positives was seeing captain sam warburton play. he was battling a knee injury coming into the tour, and damaged his ankle in the first match. here is his assessment of today's defeat. ifi if i had to look back, i would not limi

leigh halfpenny kicked 20 of those points for warren gatland's side in a chilly looking rotorua.is nowjust one more warm—up game to come against the chiefs before the opening test. before the game it was confirmed that ross moriarty had left the tour due to a back injury. it comes as coach warren gatland added four wales players to his squad. cory hill, kristian dacey, gareth davies and thomas francis willjoin the set—up this afternoon. scottish duo allan dell and finn russell have also been called up. it's a busy day of rugby for the home nations. quite a day for scottish rugby. they beat the wallabies 2a points to 19 to make it two wins from two for scotland head coach gregor townsend. ireland have also been in action, they beat japan 50—22. england play argentina this evening. england's women are the world's number one side this morning after they beat new zealand. the red roses had beaten australia and canada already in the international series. they'll take great confidence from those results in what is a world cup year. lydia thompson, marlie packer and vicky fleetwood adde

leigh halfpenny kicked 20 of those points for warren gatland's side in a very cold rotorua.player maro itoje scored the only try for the tourists fifteen minutes into the second half. this was the lions‘ third win of the tour in their five matches. there is nowjust one more warm—up game to come against the chiefs before the opening test. before the game it was confirmed that ross moriarty had left the tour due to a back injury. it comes as coach warren gatland added four wales players to his squad. cory hill, kristian dacey, gareth davies and thomas francis willjoin the set—up this afternoon. scottish duo allan dell and finn russell have also been called up. it's now two wins from two as scotland head coach for gregor townsend. and they'll remember this one for a while. they've beaten australia in sydney for the first time ever. 2a points to 17 the final score — as alex gulrajani reports. tussles between these two nations have recently been tight affairs. 0nly have recently been tight affairs. only a point separated their last two meetings. best make an impact... early. dunc

more than 7000 people turned out in rotorua, to give it their all.re more than enough to break both the guinness world record and the unofficial masterton tally of 6,200. that is it from me in the team. goodbye for now. hello again. he did not need to catch a long flight to enjoy hot summer weather. temperatures hit 30 did greaves and teddington was hotter than tannery. the hottest weather the uk has had so far this year with the heat widespread across england and wales. northern ireland not too bad either. beautiful skies as well, this was a picture showing the sunshine but it was not sunny everywhere. to the north—west of the uk we have a weather front bringing damp weather today into the western side of scotland, particularly the north—west. a mild start the day if you not been out already. 20 degrees to begin across norwich and london as well. it will rise quickly in the strong sunshine. across scotland and northern ireland, the weatherfront close by means skies to start the day. the damp weather is restricted to the far north west of scotland. f

more than 7000 people turned out in rotorua, to give it their all.on tally of 6,200. incredible. now, this is a pretty incredible achievement, as well. a traditional polynesian canoe has just completed it‘s first ever round—the—world trip without using modern navigation methods. the boat returned to honolulu in hawaii after being on the journey for three years. the crew used the stars, wind and ocean swells to guide it. the same techniques — that brought the first polynesian settlers to hawaii hundreds of years ago. it visited 19 countries in total. earlier i spoke to the voyaging society captain naalehu anthony. he explained how they did it without using modern technology. we have been studying for more than 40 we have been studying for more than a0 yea rs, we have been studying for more than a0 years, now, the art of non— instrument navigation. what that comes from is keen observation. you have stars rising and setting. you have stars rising and setting. you have swirled that come from certain directions, for days at a time, as well as wind pattern

the england fly half is out of saturday's match against the maori all blacks in rotorua.tarting at number ten, but has been forced to pull out with a quad strain. flanker peter o'mahony, captains the side, with tour skipper sam warburton on the bench. maro itoje starts in what is an otherwise, unchanged forward pack, from the one that beat the crusaders last saturday. warren gatland says he's going to keep the all blacks guessing, ahead of their first test next weekend. he was really good coming off the desk the other day, the combination with ten and i2 desk the other day, the combination with ten and 12 was pretty seamless. johnny knows from his last couple of games, their semifinal and the first games, their semifinal and the first game against the barbarians. he was down a little with confidence but he has got his module back at the moment and we wanted to give him a start. to build some momentum. that is always spot for now. as we've been reporting, the prime minister has ordered a full public inquiry into the grenfell tower fire. that announcement came as mps began

record attempt undertaken before the british and irish lions took on the all blacks yesterday in rotoruaiously held by the french. it wasn't just locals taking part, though, a number of lions‘ supporters also joined in. you told us this, kat, they were doing this outside the hotel where the british lions were staying? look at this fellow, he could be an all black in the future, couldn't he? the likelihood is there will be some in the crowd, rugby players and fans, 7000 turning up to watch the maori all blacks and new zealand, such a passionate rugby nation, probably a few all blacks in there. the first test next weekend? yes, a week yesterday, this time next week week yesterday, this time next week we will know how we are shaping up against them. but we will start with golf. tomorrow morning we will have a new major winner, of all 16 players at the top of the us open none have won a major and you would think one of them would hold on. after day three at golf‘s us open, england's tommy fleetwood remains firmly in contention at the top of the leaderboard. he sits just one shot behind the o

starin nad has had to pull out of the matchday squad for the match against the maori all blacks in rotorua at number ten. flanker peter o'mahony will captain the side, with tour skipper sam warburton on the bench. maro itoje starts in what is an otherwise, unchanged forward pack, from the one that beat the crusaders last saturday. warren gatland says he's going to keep the all blacks guessing, as well as all of us, ahead of their first test next weekend. he was really good coming off the bench the other day and the combination of ten and 12 was seamless. jonny himself knows probably his last two games before that were his worst games of rugby. he was down a little bit on confidence. he has got a bit of his mojo back at the moment and we wa nted mojo back at the moment and we wanted to give him a start against them. when i first started playing senior rugby i was very anxious, nervous before games. now i am more controlled and calm and relaxed. i have more balance in terms of that. i think my knowledge of the game has increased. i have a greater appreciation of what it takes to win games fr

record attempt undertaken before the british and irish lions took on the all blacks yesterday in rotoruahaking her head. it was the maori all blacks. not the other all blacks shall we say. it wasn't just locals taking part, though, a number of lions‘ supporters also joined in. that is a good one. i suspect the all blacks were a good deal more intimidating than those guys. the maori all blacks do the scariest harker, did you see it before the match? they were in a line and they had a special spear —— haka. the maori all blacks do it best. that haka was maori all blacks do it best. that ha ka was directed maori all blacks do it best. that haka was directed at the lions team hotel. 7000 people all doing it towards the lions. even the lions fa ns were towards the lions. even the lions fans werejoining towards the lions. even the lions fans were joining in. did they break the world record? they tried to. more lions news coming up because the squad for the next team has been named, we will go through that. but we will start with golf. after day three at golf‘s us open, england's tommy fleetwoo

they'll kick off in a couple of hours in rotorua in their biggest match of the tour so far against the—— yeah. i suppose the world rugby aura that they talk about in new zealand, that they talk about in new zealand, that the maoris bring, how important it is for the country, the players are proud to put thatjersey on and represent, not just the proud to put thatjersey on and represent, notjust the people of new zealand but they are owned tribes and where they are from. new zealand warmed up for the first test next saturday by running in 12 tries against samoa in a 78—0 win in auckland. rather ominously, ten different players crossed the whitewash for the all blacks. england are playing new zealand in theirfinal match of the international women's rugby series. both sides went into the game with two wins each. it is midway through the second half and the red roses are winning 2a— the second half and the red roses are winning24—1li, thanks the second half and the red roses are winning 2a— 1a, thanks to a second—half try. if they can hold on and win, england will replace new zealand as the

half—time in rotorua and the lions lead in what is their toughest test of new zealand so far, taking but the lions have edged ahead at half—time. we will keep you up—to—date throughout the morning on bbc news. finn russell has scored 11 points including this try the scotland. it was a thrilling end to end contest, the victory wrapped up for scotland by hamish watson, second consecutive win for the new coach gregor townsend. ireland in action this morning also beating japan 50—22. england's women are the world's number one side this morning — after they beat new zealand. the red roses had beaten australia and canada already in the international series — they'll take great confidence from these results in what is a world cup year. lydia thompson, marlie packer and vicky fleetwood added second half tries to help seal a 21—29 victory. coming across to a rugby mad country is not an easy place to place. we found out the hard way when we lost all three tests. tonight was a real showcase of women's rugby, the top two sides in the world going hammer and tom against each other and we are and t

the england fly half is out of saturday's match against the maori all blacks in rotorua.rting at number ten, but has been forced to pull out with a quad strain. flanker peter o'mahony, captains the side, with tour skipper sam warburton on the bench. maro itoje starts in what is an otherwise, unchanged forward pack from the one that beat the crusaders last saturday. warren gatland says he's going to keep the all blacks guessing, ahead of their first test next weekend. he was good coming off the bench the other day and the combination of ten and 12 was pretty seamless. johnny knows his last two games were not his best games of rugby. and the first game against the barbarians, he was down in confidence but he's got his mojo back at the moment. so we wa nt got his mojo back at the moment. so we want to give him a start against the maoris. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. john, thank you very much. let's talk to our main story, the situation after that tragic blaze in west london. we can return to ben brown who was by the grenfell tower. we're in the

katie gornalljoins us live from rotorua. lovely to see you. fourth test, such is the calibre and passion of the opposition. that's kind of menace for the lions. two wins and two defeats. warren gatland named what is as close as possible as we think toa is as close as possible as we think to a starting 15 here. remember, 0wen farrell, the starfly to a starting 15 here. remember, 0wen farrell, the star fly half, to a starting 15 here. remember, 0wen farrell, the starfly half, is already out with an injury. sam warburton has been named. jonny sexton is number 1080 hasn't been at his best throughout the tour. a bit of pressure on him. this is huge for the lions. notjust of pressure on him. this is huge for the lions. not just for them of pressure on him. this is huge for the lions. notjust for them but also for morale. a lot of people talking about this game here as potentially... inaudible. a lot of people talking about a few new call ups. they call up for four new welsh players has lots of people talking and it has been fairly controversial? it

welsh players have been recalled to join up to the squad, the teams are about to take to the pitch in rotoruafinn russell and allan dell are going tojoin up with the lions squad too. they've both been in action this morning, helping scotland to their first ever win in sydney. they've beaten australia this morning 24—19. russell scoring 11 of those points, including this try. it was a great end to the contest, the victory wrapped up for scotland by hamish watson. it's a second consecutive win for new head coach gregor townsend. ireland were also in action this morning, beating japan 50—22. england's women are the world's number one side this morning — after they beat new zealand. the red roses had beaten australia and canada already in the international series — they'll take great confidence from these results in what is a world cup year. lydia thompson, marlie packer and vicky fleetwood added second half tries to help seal a 21—29 victory. brilliant from england's and women, the world's number one side now. for the first time since world rankings began in 1986, the world's top three golfers h

, which was achieved before the british and irish lions took on the maori all blacks yesterday in rotorua to perform for five minutes to break the record. it wasn't just locals taking part though — a number of lions supporters also joined in. he could be a star of the future. there he is. he is great! great time and eye action. i am not going to do at! i have the world's smallest tongue. let us move on to the golf! tommy fleetwood right up there on the leaderboard, we do not make it easy. he has never been in that position before and here we are with our microphones in his face, how are you going to feel? how are you going to stay calm? he is quite chilled. all of us want to know what it feels like to be leading the us open, any major. the same with andy murray at wimbledon. you might win, what would it be like? hang on, one match at a time. that is what you should think in golf as well, one shot at a time. ido in golf as well, one shot at a time. i do not know how they shut it out, it must be impossible. yes, good morning. after day three at golf‘s us open, england's tommy fleetwood rema

has been preferred to owen farrell at fly half for the lions‘ clash with the maori all blacks in rotoruaunishing rough, with long grass surrounding many of the fairways. organisers took the unusual step of cutting some of it back, much to rory mcilroy‘s surprise. we have 60 yards from left alone to write line — you have got 156 players of the best in the world, if we can't hit it in that avenue we may as well pack our bags and go home —— right. at no, the us open, supposed to be a tough test and guy leigh can't play within a 50 yard zone, i don't think they have much to complain about. for most players are ruffled, up to their knees but for me i would struggle to see over the top. their knees but for me i would struggle to see over the topm would be over our shoulders, wouldn't it? and the longest course in us open history. it will be fun to watch. i think so. you. sarah will bring you up—to—date with the weather for the week ahead shortly. we now know that at least 12 people have died as a result of the fire in granfell tower. the cause remains unknown but questions are already being as