the sam burgess story is already the stuff of legend. and young, burgess 17 years of age,.r professional rugby league playing brothers, all of whom took their talent down under. the south sydney rabbitohs, owned by russell crowe, was where sam excelled. he captained his country, playing alongside his brothers. his, theirs, is a rugby league dynasty that may never be matched. but warrington, they've always had high hopes and now with a new superstar coach, could he be the inspiration to match that aspiration? well, they've already had the perspiration. sam's victory on tv show sas australia, leading to the preseason military boot camp. yeah, three days we did. cold, wet, miserable. as you can imagine. sam said it'll not make you a better rugby player, but it will make you a better team mate. and i think we got better at that. i think when the look back on it, you might see the reasoning for it, but whilst they're in the middle of it, they didn't quite enjoy it. but if it helps it a small bit then it was worth it. but a few sore heads at the end of it. still amidst the highs,

two more games in the opening round of fixtures in superleague taking place this evening, where sam burgesse catalans a 111—8 lead despite being reduced to 12 menjust one minute into the second half. a sensational team move to get his side back into the game but the wolves were unable to muster one last push as the dragons hung on for a 16—10 win. in the other game, the defending champions wigan warriors took full advantage of a first—half sending off to beat castleford tigers 32—11. wigan ran in five tries, liam marshall's second try of the evening putting the cherry on top of a comfortable win. i thought there was a few times where they hadn't particularly got in space unlooked for the past, where the run was the more threatening play. in the second half i thought we did that a bit better. i thought we did that a bit better. i think the tv camera won't do this pitch justice i think the tv camera won't do this pitchjustice in terms i think the tv camera won't do this pitch justice in terms of how sticky it is. it took us awhile to find our rhythm, but like most of the games this week, i th

sam burgess is overseeing his first game as coach of warrington wolves, they're currently losing 1a—a the castleford coaching staff — the warriors then took full advantage with two tries just before the break — bevan french eventually finishing off the second. wigan have just scored another try, they lead 20—a. that is being looked at by the video ref. that is being looked at by the video ref. and that match is the first ever superleague game being broadcast on the bbc. it's on bbc two right now. it's part of a new broadcast deal. the bbc will show a number of live games throughout the season. and there will be highlights on the bbc sport website. it isa it is a try. 2a—a to wigan there now as we catch that much. you can catch it on the bbc sport website for live text updates. gloucester survived a late fightback to make the final of the premiership rugby cup. they scored three tries without reply in the first half against defending campions exeter chiefs at kingsholm. josh hathaway with the pick of them. chiefs responded in the second half, but gloucester held on to win17—1a and will

the sam burgess story is already the stuff of legend. and young burgess 17 years of age... of it. still amidst the highs, it's a career that's overcome plenty. the burgess brothers lost theirfather, also a rugby league player, at a young age to motor neurone disease. much more recently, issues in sam burgess�*s private life have made both front and back pages. i think i've been through some really tough times growing up as a player, as a retired player and as a coach. i'll probably go through some things. but know personally, i've grown as a as a human being since all that. overall, i think it'll make me a better coach. young sam burgess to plunge over. in a twist of sporting fate, the coach that gave him his chance as a player almost 20 years ago will also be the coach he comes up against in his first game in charge. when he was 17 and was a young adolescent trying to turn into a man, he was going through sort of things with his with his family, with his father's illness, with mnd. and to see a young man cope with that situation, to look after his father, not only that, to

but it was defeat for sam burgess in his first game as warrington wolves head coach as his side werea swiatek has won her first title of the wta season. swiatek beat world number four elena rybakina in straight sets to win the qatar open for the third consecutive year. she's the first woman since serena williams in 2015 to win a wta event three successive times. gary wilson will face martin o'donnell in the final of snooker�*s welsh open later on. wilson completed a 147 maximum break in the second frame after missing the opportunity to do so in the opening frame of his semifinal againstjohn higgins, then received a huge ovation from the crowd in llandudno. it's the first maximum break of the tournament. a huge ovation from the crowd there. martin o'donnell reached the final by beating elliott slessor. he hit a terrific break of his own, 126 in the deciding frame to reach his first ranking final, winning 6—5. stay across that final on the bbc sport website and iplayer from 12:45 this afternoon. dwain chambers' return to the british indoor athletics championships at the age of 45 took

rugby league legend sam burgess, meanwhile, is the new warrington coach and takes his team to france uddersfield giants won 16—8 at leigh leopards. edinburgh scored three second—half tries to beat zebre 24—19 and move up to fourth in the united rugby championship table. zebre led 10—3 at the break before the scottish side fought back, dave cherry powering over to seal the comeback late on. now, this try from joe roberts was the only moment ofjoy for scarlets fans in llanelli as they watched their side get thrashed 42—7 by munster. the welsh side remain 14th with just two wins all season. the new netball super league season gets under way in the next few hours. this campaign will be the last in its current format as it prepares to relaunch as a professional league next year. all 10 teams will take to the court later at nottingham's motorpoint arena with defending champions loughborough lightning taking on surrey storm. everyone will say they will win the super league. you don't pay this level if you don't want to win, but i genuinely believe — welcome we got the experience, we've got t