you re watching bbc news. now it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. at the masters, a rain delayed second round concludes, as rory mcilroy misses the cut. haaland s on fire as city keep the pressure on arsenal at the top of the table. and getting the party started early as celtic go 12 points clear, following victory in the old firm derby. also coming up on sportsday. salford red devils get the edge on leigh leopard in a thrill for super league s rivals round. hello there and welcome along to sportsday. all the talking points from the premier league to come but first to the masters, which has been heavily affected by the weather. we saw trees fall on the course at augusta yesterday, as concerns over storms delayed the second round. on day three, the rain is still falling but it s no longer an issue for rory mcilroy whose masters is over. brooks koepka leads the way on round three, on 13 under, jon rahm not far behind. earlier i
hosts made the most of the temporary man advantage with tom briscoe cutting the deficit. but instead of making ground, they lost it. tyler dupree squeezed through for salford. they gave me hope for a remarkable comeback when he made it through an even tighter gap for his second try. in a pulsating finale, ben reynolds added another, but with just 11 seconds left, it was too late to deny the devil s victory. exeter are through to the semi finals of rugby union s champions cup after beating stormers 112 17. tries from tom wyatt, jack nowell and 0lly woodburn gave exeter a 21 point lead at half time. and the emphatic win was sealed with tom cairns going over late on. they play the winner of la rochelle or saracens who play tomorrow. earlier toulouse crushed south africa s sharks with a 54 20 victory. sharks managed to stay in the game
despite beng a man downjosh thewlis went on to score a decisive try for the super league leaders. the victory moves wolves four points clear of second placed wigan warriors. super league s rivals round continued today, with a thrilling eight try encounter between leigh and salford. the latter came out on top of a fiesty encounter winning by 22 points to 20 to move up to sixth in the table. nick parrott was watching. since returning to cb leak in changing their name, the leopards have strived to put on a show, smoke had very clear it when they opened the scoring against the red devils. it was an early blow, but not a significant one. salford hit back three times with raining man of steel, helping them to a ten point lead by the break. they were down, but certainly not out, ryan brierley went from try saving hero for the visitors to a devil heading to the same been for this interference. the
hero sets the stage. finally it s the opening round of the british rallycross championship at lydden hill this weekend, and for the first time, electric cars will line up alongside petrol ones on the grid. the kent circuit is where rallycross was invented in the 1960s and racers say this is the biggest change in regulation since its inception. james dunn reports. it s fast, it s filthy and for the first time ever, it is electric. the harris team is one of those that s gone battery power this season, and there is a very different feel to the opening race. the acceleration on it is phenomenal and instant. the torque is massive it s probably about 1.7 1.8 zero to 60. so it s a quick bit of kit. controlling it is a brave man. the dover based team is sticking to petrol, the new format means an interesting season for them. we haven t had many changes.