WORLD OF SPORT

ST HELENS took 33 minutes to fire in a rugby league war of attrition at home to

CASTLEFORD on the night they lifted the League Leaders’ Shield. James Roby threw a dummy to free Mark Percival and he sent Regan Grace bursting over for the only score in a 4-0 win. Saints were without full back Lachlan Coote, who had to follow concussion protocol after injury in the Challenge Cup final.

HULL hit back in a seesaw first half to lead

HUDDERSFIELD 12-10 at the interval, but the Giants pulled clear after the break to boost their survival hopes. Huddersfield responded to Jamie Shaul’s early try with strikes from Jermaine McGillvary and Aaron Murphy but Bureta Faraimo gave Hull the edge. Tries by Louis Senior and Matt Frawley got the Giants over the line 22-12. SOUTH AFRICA rugby union star Aphiwe Dyantyi faces a four-year ban after it was confirmed his B sample has tested positive for three performanceenhancing drugs. The 25-year-old winger, voted World Rugby’s breakthrough player of the year in 2018, failed a drugs test last week. If he pleads not guilty, he faces a hearing next month. Dyantyi was left out of the Springboks’ World Cup squad earlier this week. RORY McILROY picked up five shots in his last five holes to fly up the leaderboard and sit just one off the lead heading into the weekend at the Omega European Masters. The Northern Irishman arrived in Switzerland fresh from winning $15million for his FedEx Cup victory on Sunday, but was eight off the lead when he teed it up in round two after Malaysian Gavin Green (64) moved to 11 under. However, McIlroy posted a 63 to sit alongside Ryder Cup team-mate Tommy Fleetwood (65) in second place.