RESULTS AND FIXTURES
Veteran Rob steps up as Rhinos home in on semi-finals
HUDDERSFIELD coach Rick Stone wants his Giants side to topple the runaway Super League leaders and keep their own top four hopes alive. Stone (left) said: “Castleford have been the stand-out team in the competition – the table reflects that.
“They’re 10 points ahead of the next team so they’re probably 15 to 20 percent better than any other side.
“But there’s some good belief, momentum, and confidence in our side, so it’s as good as time as any.” SALFORD half-back Michael Dobson has played his last game for the club after confirming he will return to Australia at the end of the season.
The former Hull KR, Catalans and Wigan playmaker (right) has been ruled out for the rest of the year with a broken thumb.
Dobson, 31, said: “I’m going to play a little bit semi-professionally back in Australia.
“And I will try to get my foot in the door in coaching and development.” SHAUN WANE believes his fired-up team are ready to make up for their Challenge Cup final disappointment and kick-start their title bid. “They feel anger and I’ve encouraged that,” said the Wigan boss (left). “We’ll turn up in a really committed mood, that’s why I said this is a perfect game for us. “There’s an intense rivalry, Saints have had the week off so they’ll be fit and ready. It’s got the makings of a great game.” FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFYING Group A: Bulgaria 3 Sweden 2, France 4 Holland 0, Luxembourg 1 Belarus 0; B: Hungary 3 Latvia 1, Portugal 5 Faroe Islands 1, Switzerland 3 Andorra 0; H: Belgium 9 Gibraltar 0, Cyprus 3 Bosnia 2, Greece 0 Estonia 0
4TH ODI, Colombo India 375-5 (Kohli 131, Sharma 104) v Sri Lanka 207 India bt Sri Lanka by 168 runs COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION 1, Chelmsford: Essex 159 & 293 v Somerset 164 (Porter 5-40) & 109 (Porter 7-55) Essex bt Somerset by 179 runs Old Trafford: Warwickshire 200 (Jarvis 6-67) & 344 v Lancs 5048 dec (Livingstone 224) & 42-2 Lancs bt Warks by 8 wkts Kia Oval: Middlesex 247 & 214-7 (Simpson 88no) v Surrey 280 Surrey drew with Middlesex DIVISION 2, Riverside: Durham 480-9 dec (Collingwood 177) & 39-1 v Derbyshire 164 & 354 Durham bt Derbyshire by 9 wkts Canterbury: Leicestershire 350 (Hill 85no, Stevens 8-75) & 135-6 v Kent 333 (Northeast 97) Kent drew with Leicestershire Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 213 & 344-9 dec (Wessels 116) v Northamptonshire 141 & 253 Notts bt Northants by 163 runs New Road: Worcestershire 363 & 295-8 dec (Mitchell 130) v Gloucestershire 258) & 211 Worcs bt Gloucs by 189 runs SUPER LEAGUE SUPER 8S LEEDS (24) 38 HULL (14) 26 T: Burrow T: Michaels Singleton Taylor Sutcliffe Washbrook Garbutt Bowden Cuthbertson, Parcell G: Sneyd (5) G: Watkins (7)
SGB PREMIERSHIP King’s Lynn 43 Poole 50, King’s Lynn P Rye House P, Swindon 52 Wolverhampton 40 (7.45 unless stated) FIFA World Cup Qualifying (selected) Group F: Lithuania v Scotland, Malta v England, Slovakia v Slovenia; Group C: San Marino v Northern Ireland Euro U-21 Championship qualifying (selected) Group 4: Holland v England (5), Latvia v Ukraine (3.30) Group 8: Bosnia-Herzegovina v Romania (4), Switzerland v Wales (6) Aviva Premiership (7.45) Gloucester v Exeter Newcastle v Worcester Guinness Pro14 (7.35) Cardiff Blues v Edinburgh Munster v Benetton Treviso Ulster v Cheetahs
Super League Super 8s (8 unless stated) Huddersfield v Castleford Salford v Wakefield St Helens v Wigan