World cup qualifiers. It has been a fantastic and penultimate round of group d games. Already tight in the top three. Wales and the republic of ireland are second and third respectively. Both needed to win and they both delivered. Ireland winning 20 at they both delivered. Ireland winning 2 0 at home to moldova and wales seeing off georgia for the first time. So its all down to monday. Wales and ireland separated by the narrowest of channels. A point between them at a match between them still to go. This time the dragon had to win. Without gareth bale this was a test of wales the collective. They created plenty in the first half without getting a goal which would settle the butterflies and with every passing minute it grew more edgy. But in the key moments of this qualifying campaign, new welsh heroes have emerged. Tom lawrence of derby county had never before scored for his country. Qualifying is all about timing. In dublin not even two minutes were on the clock when stephen ward went hurling. In better with a crucial touch was daryl murphy. The striker in a hot streak this season. It took him until his 24th game to score for ireland but he proved he got the hang of it. Effectively all over for moldova. Against the team ranked 156th, goals would surely be on offer. In cardiff on monday everything will matter. There will be some atmosphere im sure about going home now in a final game with all to play for. Thats what we wanted to do. Weve put ourselves in this position. Hopefully we can enjoy that even in that have something to celebrate at the end. This is how the table looks tonight, with the final round of games in group d to go. Wales stay ahead of ireland, just behind serbia who were beaten 3 2 in austria tonight. So mondays game between wales and ireland will be huge, as aaron ramsey was saying. It will be some atmosphere. A second place doesnt guarantee a play. There are only eight day off places and there are nine groups. Englands under 21 have beaten their scottish cou nterpa rts have beaten their scottish counterparts in the european qualifier at the riverside stadium. It finished 3 1. Beside an out of their qualifying group for italy 2019. This was the highlight. Great skills from the spurs midfielder, currently on loan at aston villa. Two more goals were scored. On the tonights rug union action and harlequins on the tonights rug union action and ha rlequins put on the tonights rug union action and harlequins put on and an impressive display. It was an entertaining match, with each team getting a bonus point. Harlequins had a huge halftime lead. Harlequins eventually won 42 26 and were four games in the pro14 with wins over ulster. Just losing out to edinburgh. Glasgow had a win. Cardiff it Newport Gwent dragons. Englands Tommy Fleetwood scored 63 on his second round to claim a share of the halfway lead. He is on 11 under par alongside the defending champion. Rory mcilroys chances of ending this frustrating yearfor him on a win are very slim. He is 11 shots back. Lets get to some cricket. The uncertainty surrounding ben stokes selection for the ashes have added Stephen Quinn to be swapped. Stokes will not be travelling to australia with the tea m be travelling to australia with the team at the end of the month. Today the ecb still awarded him a contract for next season, which comes as no surprise to our cricket correspondent who spoke earlier with my colleague. The state of his relationship hasnt changed. What we do know, and this is a new development, is that he definitely wont travel at the start of the two are at the end of october. He does have a fractured finger. But they have a fractured finger. But they have said that although they havent ruled him out of the ashes, and that decision is still to be taken, he will not travel with the rest of the party at the start of the tour. Steven finn is added to the squad. What does he adds full england . An extra bowler. Without ben stokes, he really is two cricketers in one. So they have at least looked at the bowling side and recognised they need more cover without ben stokes. He has experience, steven finn, he was in australia four years ago. He lost a lot of confidence there. He will be looking to put that right. Theres still a question as to whether or not they added another player to the. Another batsman. I wouldnt necessarily rule that out, as they look at the impact of stokes not being there. More interesting announcements from the ecb today. The one day squad is being investigated will stop is there a problem that . Has something seriously happened within the team . Three have been fined. Jonny ba i rstow, three have been fined. Jonny bairstow, and two others. Theyve each accepted a formal written warning for unprofessional conduct. They say this is unrelated to the investigation of stokes and hales but it does relate to the one Day International series against the west indies. So the players have been fined like this and this discipline merit process has been set up suggests the board feels there is an issue. They are investigating and also handing out punishments. That suggest the board themselves accept that there are issues that need to be addressed. Before heading off on a lawn to, some of the players might go away at the end of october and not come back until april the fifth. It is a very long to and they need to make sure that the two parties discipline from the start. Just days after it appeared birmingham was the only city in line to host the 2022 commonwealth games, the bidding time has now been extended. Bids can now be made until the end of november after the Games Committee said birminghams application was not fully compliant. City was the only bidder before the original deadline last saturday. Formula 1 is injapan this weekend and after Sebastian Vettel went fastest in first practice, p2 was basically washed out by torrential rain. Many drivers struggling with the conditions. Esther van going off the track. Estoban. Lewis hamilton was the quickest, but the pace was well off with the rain. Rugby leagues Super League Season officially comes to an end this weekend when leeds take on castleford in the grand final. Castleford in the grand final. Castleford finished top for the first time in 91 years but they will have to do without their star player zak hardaker for their debut grand final after he was dropped for a breach of club rules. Leeds are seven time winners and their former captain says that experience will be a huge advantage. The experience will play a part. Ive played a few of these myself and you understand the enormity when you walk out of that stadium and come out of the dressing room and hear the noise and the roar. It is spine tingling and exact with a place you want to be as a player. Experience will help. 15 of those players have been there before and want it. Some of them on number of occasions. Castleford has one player who has experienced this. I think that will play a part. It will be an absolutely brilliant game. Really tight to call. You look at it and i cant wait to be there and see it. What advice would you be giving to the players in this final preparation . Enjoy the occasion, enjoy the atmosphere. This is a big sporting event and something that a lot of other sports look out and will be tuning into on saturday night. We cant wait. You talk about the experience and the fact that castleford have never been in the final before, that will have an impact. And the loss of zak hardaker. What kind of impact will that have . It will have a huge impactand that have . It will have a huge impact and its really sad because he is one of the star players. He got beat by sgram athlete last week and it is really disappointing because we always want to see the stars play. A scrum athlete. But it provides an opportunity for somebody else. One of the castleford players who was told they wont be playing this weekend will now be full of excitement and will be raring to go. Interestingly, leeds havent beaten castleford in the last eight games against them, but castleford have never beaten leeds ina castleford have never beaten leeds in a majorfinal, so castleford have never beaten leeds in a major final, so there are so many different stories in and around this game will stop it will be brilliant. Two days of sunshine and now the weather is changing. Weve seen clouds spilling down from the north west. Most of it high card moving into england and wales right now. Thats the reason weve had some spectacular sunsets. Weve got this weather fronts on the scene bringing thicker cloud and rain down from the north west, pushing its way into much of england and wales later on in the night. At the same time as the cloud and rain we have the wind picking up, so that points to a much milder night and we had last night. Those of 9 10 degrees. Looking ahead to the weekend we can expect a good deal of cloud. We can also expect some patchy rain. More particularly on saturday. It should be drier and bright on sunday. Taps more sunshine. We start the day with some damp and dreary weather across the southern half of england. The more persistent rain still affecting the far south west, but the rain moves away from wales and it will brighten up for a time. Same for northern england, but already showers following on and a wet start the northern parts of Northern Ireland. A lot of showers in scotla nd ireland. A lot of showers in scotland as well. Some could be heavy earlier in the day. Some blustery winds as well. The showers in scotland and Northern Ireland should become fewer and lighter. It should become fewer and lighter. It should brighten up, with sunshine for eastern scotland and north east england. This rain moves southwards. This line of rain in the channel doesnt move much. Still affecting the far south west. It brightens up in south wales and central and southern england gets warmer. 16 17, not bad for this time of year. This main weather front brings rain in the south. A cloudy airstream following on. Even around the top of this flat area of high pressure. You will notice the winds on sunday would be as strong. Light winds for the most part. I disguise in eastern scotla nd the most part. I disguise in eastern scotland and eastern england. Still a feud nuisance showers running in on that west north westerly breeze. Temperatures on sunday very similar to saturday. Moving into early next week and again everything coming in from the atlantic. But things are going to gather and move a little more quickly by the time we get to choose date, because the wind will be picking up. Those weatherfronts a lwa ys be picking up. Those weatherfronts always more active in the north west. This is where we have most of the rain. Again in the south east it should be mostly dry. This is bbc news. I am ben bland. The top stories. Millions of american women could lose access to free contraception as President Trump says employers and Insurance Companies can opt out on religious grounds. The president believes the freedom to practise your faith is a fundamental rights, along with all of us. An apology from spain for the violence during the disputed catalan referendum. The government could declare independence as early as next week. A group which campaigns to abolish Nuclear Weapons has been given the noble peace prize. How to combat macho