prosecutions will start. manchester united and england footballer mason greenwood is charged with attempted rape, engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour and assault. now, on bbc news, it is time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, i m hugh ferris. our headlines. time to revisit pre tournament expectations? england run riot in the opening game of the rugby league world cup. we know what we can do and we can still improve on that performance. no doubt about it in my mind. not quite the rout this time but england are living up to their favourites tag. it s two out of two in the women s rugby union world cup. and boos for brendan rodgers and leicester. but at least they re not bottom of the league any more. also coming up in the programme. a tumble takes away britain s madison medal chances on day four of the track cycling world championships in paris. hello again, welcome to sportsday. england would have hoped to win the opening game of the rugby league world
in this kind of game, points matter, scarratt stretching england s lead and that kick proving to be a wise decision as moments later, france showed their class, putting themselves on the scoreboard and right back in it. a big finish loomed but while the french defence held strong in the closing stages, keeping england at bay, they themselves could not find a way through to close the gap. england rattled but make it two wins out of two. meanwhile there was more world cup heartache for scotland. having led australia 12 0 at the break, they were overrun in the second half, eventually succumbing to another narrow defeat and that leaves them needing to beat new zealand next weekend to have any hope of making the quarterfinals. one other game in that world cup today, usa kept their quarterfinal hopes alive with a 30 points to 17 when overjapan. so, then, back to stjames s park and when overjapan. so, then, back to st james s park and the scene of an
everything from behind, managing everything about, the way those three players came together, glued it altogether, itjust looked outstanding, and if anything, maybe they peaked too soon, the final really now. don t say they have peaked too soon, the best is yet to come. it is important for the tournament that the host put in good performances, get people excited and bums on seats. people were asking me do i think samoa, i don t have them as favourites, i saw enough last week i thought, you know, not only that on the sideline, and watching the players that weren t playing, you could see the hunger in their eyes, they want a piece of that. it creates a unique experience where you start internally competing, you have act togetherness, but everyone knows that their position in the third and the 17th is secure so they have to earn it, so it sharpens as they go on. so, yeah, incredible performance. it fires out this warning
alexsandar mitrovic scored the second equaliserfor the home side on his return from injury. and it finished 2 2. it was a terrible penalty decision. if you note the game. i have been told jeff was holding mitrovic with two hands, so why richard h. with if jeff is holding him, i have no idea. i have seen it, h pulls him over, otherwise you wouldn t fall that way. so, yeah, ithink it s otherwise you wouldn t fall that way. so, yeah, i think it s the terrible decision. way. so, yeah, i think it s the terrible decision. , ., ., terrible decision. everyone saw what ha ened terrible decision. everyone saw what happened in terrible decision. everyone saw what happened in our terrible decision. everyone saw what happened in our game terrible decision. everyone saw what happened in our game against - terrible decision. everyone saw what happened in our game against west | happened in our game against west ham last happened in our game against west ham last week. i think everyone saw it,
to get that result and i thought throughout the game, the first half particularly, we were excellent. the second half we tired towards the end, they put us under a bit of pressure, but generally really pleased with that. the less said about the referee, the better. i am sure it would have been different if it had been at the other end of the pitch. it has taken that to kick us into gear it has taken that to kick us into gear with it has taken that to kick us into gear with the ball. we did get a bit of territory gear with the ball. we did get a bit of territory then, we did get some players of territory then, we did get some players in of territory then, we did get some players in better positions, and got the penalty, obviously it has not gone the penalty, obviously it has not gone our the penalty, obviously it has not gone our way. fulham and bournemouth are the promoted sides who s start to the season might be described as better than expected. they re next to each other