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St. Helens (8) 18

Trys: Feldt 3; Dagnall; Sailor;

Leeds Rhinos (0) 4

A shoddy Leeds Rhinos performance gave St. Helens a well-deserved Super League victory.

Before Deon Cross extended Saints’ lead with a daring over for the game’s first try on the stroke of half-time, Kyle Feldt kicked two penalty goals for the home side in the opening 25 minutes.

Riley Lumb’s try, which was his 10th of the season, was a positive one after the break, and Leeds made improvements.

However, the Rhinos’ momentum was hampered by a string of handling errors in the sweltering heat, and tries from Owen Dagnall and Tristan Sailor provided the winning result for the Saints side that was to suffer from injury.

After falling to their first six games, Leeds are still in third place with 20 points, while St. Helens is just two points behind.

When the sides met last month, Rhinos won 17-4, but in Lancashire they were below par from the beginning.

Harry Newman and James Bentley both committed high tackles, which reflected Brad Arthur’s side’s error-filled first period, which gave Feldt two penalty goals.

The veteran winger’s brilliant tackle by player-of-the-match Harry Robertson prevented Leeds’ only real chance in the first half, which was a Ryan Hall intercept.

And Tristan Sailor released Cross, whose clever show-and-go tricked Hall and gave a clear path to the line when Leeds coughed up possession in their own 20 shortly after.

Rhinos, who had a stronger second half, found much-needed rest at half-time.

After a magnificent Lachie Miller break, the Australian full-back dodged several tackles before moving the ball wide and dotted down, where Lumb did.

With a darting effort, Jarrod O’Connor beat Leeds, and as the game progressed, St. Helens struck back and forth as the momentum grew.

Deft hands from Jonny Lomax and Sailor launched Dagnall into space from the back of a scrum. In two starts, Feldt converted and scored his second try, taking the lead 10-point, off his left foot.

Leeds never really looked like bridging that gap, finishing only 69% of their sets and making 16 errors.

Paasi, Delaney, Stephens, and Burns make the changes.

Miller, Hall, Newman, Handley, Lumb, Croft, Palasia, O’Connor, Oledski, McDonnell, Gannon, and Watkins are Leeds Rhinos.

Interchanges: Smith, Holroyd, Bentley, and Lisone

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Wakefield Trinity (10) 16

Goals: Jowitt 2

Wigan Warriors (0) 10

At Belle Vue, the Wigan Warriors were deposed by an impressive Wakefield Trinity, which put them one step ahead of Super League leaders Hull KR.

Caius Faatili and Josh Griffin scored tries to give Trinity a 10-point lead at half-time after a brief period of pressure.

The sluggish Warriors struggled to find their rhythm, so Trinity stayed ahead with another score from Tom Johnstone despite Adam Keighran’s four-point lead at the start of the second half.

Through Jai Field, Wigan eventually rallied for a late try, but it was insufficient to prevent a third defeat of the campaign.

The outcome put an end to Wigan’s nine-match winning run and put Daryl Powell’s side in the lead.

The champions immediately put pressure on Trinity, who had come into the game after several defeats, and they spent the majority of the first 15 minutes writing their way back near their goal line.

With Mason Lino’s skillful kicking helping to elicit a number of defensive errors from the Warriors, Johnstone was denied at the last by Liam Farrell, who had already contributed to that score, which gave the Wakefield ranks more confidence.

Prior to the interval, Lino’s kick split the Wigan line, and Griffin eagerly seized the chance, with Max Jowitt adding the extras to make it 10-0.

Before Bevan French set up Keighran to gallop through to the right and dive across, Wigan immediately responded with a successful conversion and won two early penalties before Wigan won the victory.

However, Nsemba made a mistake shortly after, and Jake Trueman’s looping pass to winger Johnstone gave Trinity another set of tackles, giving him the 10-point lead.

After Wigan were fined for obstruction, Jowitt missed a routine conversion earlier in the match and was hit again with a penalty kick.

The Warriors, who had won at Huddersfield last weekend and overturned a half-time deficit to win, were unable to influence the outcome because of how they found themselves in a recovery position.

Scott, Hood, Vagana, and Croft are the exchanges.

Field, Eckersley, Keighran, Wardle, Wardle, Marshall, Marshall, French, Smith, Byrne, O’Neill, Thompson, Nsemba, Farrell, and Ellis are the Wigan Warriors.

Havard, Mago, Leeming, and Dupree are the exchanges.

Andy Carroll, a former England and Liverpool striker, has spent one season in Bordeaux’s fourth division.

Bordeaux claimed that Carroll made the decision to “move closer to his children” when he left.

The 36-year-old signed for Bordeaux from Amiens in September and has now scored 11 goals in 21 league games.

Andy “broughs his experience, physical impact, and professionalism to the table every day, in the dressing room, and in significant games,” the club said in a statement.

He has a remarkable and generous personality that the club’s supporters and employees have enjoyed working with off the pitch.

Bordeaux, a six-time Ligue 1 champion, reverted to professional status after being deducted from Ligue 2 to Championnat National 2 due to bankruptcy last year.

In his time playing for West Ham United, Liverpool, and Newcastle United, Carroll scored 54 goals in 248 Premier League games.

The 1888 Cup

British and Irish Lions (10) 24

Aki, penalty try, Beirne Cons: F Smith 2 Pens: F Smith

Argentina (21) 28

In a thrilling Dublin matchup, the British and Irish Lions lost to a slick and pacey Argentina in a deflating finale.

Argentina scored breakaway tries for the Lions in their first game away from Ireland and in their debut under new head coach Andy Farrell. Santiago Cordero, Tomas Albornoz, and Ignacio Mendy scored the winning try.

The South Americans held the South Americans to an 11-point half-time lead thanks to Mendy and Albornoz’s efforts, either side of Bundee Aki’s try for the Lions.

And while the Lions recovered early in the second half with a penalty try and Tadhg Beirne, Cordero quickly ran the counter and scored the winning try 22 minutes in.

The Lions pressed for a winning try in the closing stages, but Argentina held on in a nail-biting climax to claim their first victory over the Lions.

A 28-10 victory for Warren Gatland’s side in their warm-up match against Japan at Murrayfield in 2021 was overshadowed by a shoulder injury that disjointed Alun Wyn Jones’ preparation for the Tests series.

Even though Farrell was spared such grave concerns, he will have plenty to consider on the long flight to Perth on Saturday after a difficult night against the Pumas.

Farrell experimented with combinations, including an all-Northampton half-back pairing of Alex Mitchell and Fin Smith, as well as a power-packed center partnership of Aki and Sione Tuipulotu, and even without the assistance of the majority of the players competing in domestic championships last weekend.

Smith made his Lions debut, for whom the future is undeniably promising, but Albornoz delighted the sporadic blue and white dotted around the stadium by scoring 18 points.

Albornoz scored a penalty in the fourth minute, and Carreras was sent off before the full-back fed Mendy to the end.

Argentina’s first-half efforts were cheery, but after a dismal opening 40 minutes, the Lions’ brows were rubbed furiously.

Luke Cowan-Dickie crossed after a rolling maul, thinking he had immediately conjured a winning try, only to be denied by the television match official as a knock-on.

Farrell’s side stayed in touch with Aki thanks to the characteristically bulldozed try by Aki that he made just before a Tuipulotu score was rejected.

The Lions struggled to find cohesion when the teams came together for the first time, but they did manage to turn things around in the first few minutes of the second half.

A storming Ellis Genge charge set up Beirne’s try to put the Lions up 24-21 before the pack mauled their way to a penalty try before Argentine prop Mayco Vivas was yellow-carded as a result.

However, Argentina held on as a quick-witted replacement back Cordero wrapped up a fiery transition that started with Duhan van der Merwe losing to Isgro in a high-ball battle.

Ronan Kelleher, Pierre Schoeman, Tadhg Furlong, Scott Cummings, Henry Pollock, Tomos Williams, Elliot Daly, Mack Hansen as replacements.

Santiago Carreras, Rodrigo Isgro, Lucio Cinti, Justo Piccardo, Ignacio Mendy, Tomas Albornoz, Gonzalo Garcia, Mayco Vivas, Julian Montoya (capt), Joel Sclavi, Franco Molina, Pedro Rubiolo, Pablo Matera, Juan Martin Gonzalez, Joaquin Oviedo,

Replacements: Santiago Grondona, Joaquin Moro, Simon Benitez Cruz, Matias Moroni, and Santiago Cordero.

Sin-bin: Vivas 45

Referee: New Zealand Referee James Doleman

Nika Amashukeli (Georgia) and Andrea Piardi (Italie) serve as assistant referees.

Juventus are interested in Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho, and Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi has made a fee offer to Bournemouth for Illia Zabarnyi.

Juventus, who are also interested in signing Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho this summer, are interested in Napoli, who are also interested in the 25-year-old England international. Sancho spent last season on loan at Chelsea on a loan last year. (Sky Sports)

A move for Newcastle striker Alexander Isak, 25, is not part of Liverpool’s transfer craze, with a deal not said to be in the works. (Telegraph requires a subscription)

However, Crystal Palace and England defender Marc Guehi, 24, is interested in moving, according to Liverpool boss Arne Slot. (Talksport)

Guehi will only make an Anfield debut if he is undoubtedly a starter. (Sky Sports)

Andre Onana, a goalkeeper between Manchester United and Cameroon, is attracting interest from French champions Monaco, who are looking into the terms of a deal for the 29-year-old. (Sky Sports)

Manchester United will appoint Atalanta’s 24-year-old Italian goalkeeper Marco Carnesecchi to replace Onana if he leaves Old Trafford. (Gianlucadimarzio – Italian)

As Turkish side Galatasaray look into moving the 34-year-old German midfielder, href=”https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/teams/manchester-city” class=”ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0″>Manchester City are open to letting Ilkay Gundogan leave the club this summer. (Guardian)

Bournemouth defender Illia Zabarnyi has been offered a second offer worth more than £70 million, but Champions League champions Paris St-Germain are willing to accept a second offer. (Sky Sports)

Tottenham are currently pursuing a deal with Bournemouth despite pursuing an inquiry into the availability of 25-year-old Ghanaian Antoine Semenyo. (The Athletic is required to subscribe)

Joao Palhinha, 29, was sold to Bayern Munich for £48 million a year later, but Fulham are now considering resuming the role. (Mail)