catalans dragons and st helens. and it didn t disapoint, with an extraordinary finish. catalans scoring three trys in the final five minutes, including this with the final play from sam kasiano, to level the game 30 points each. to golden point with james maloney kicking a long range drop goal to win it by cattle and secured them the league shield for the first time. in the first match of the day, castleford beat salford by 29 18. peter mata utia with the final try. hull are playing leeds right now in the final match of the day. hannah cockroft and aled davies retained their paralympic titles as great britain enjoyed a successful final day in the track and field events at the tokyo paralympics. there was also another gold in para canoe, with laura sugar becoming kl3 champion. it means paralympics gb have now won 122 medals in total, keeping them in second place behind china going into the final day.
Catalans player Joel Tompkins was banned for eight weeks for the same offence last year. Levin-born Edwards was playing against his former club.
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Former Kiwis prop Sam Kasiano (L) plays for the Catalans Dragons in Super League. (File photo). He had two seasons with the Catalans Dragons, starring in their 2018 Challenge Cup win at Wembley, after being cut in his sixth NRL season with the Parramatta Eels for off-field issues. Edwards was also issued with a caution for dangerous conduct in last Thursday s Catalans game, while Kasiano and Dragons teammate Gil Dudson face potential one-match bans for dangerous conduct charges.
Wales coach John Kear has suggested the World Cup go ahead without the Kangaroos and Kiwis if those nations are unable to send teams to England at the end of the year.
It s unlikely that this will come to pass but it s worth the experiment - how strong would the teams be if the Kangaroos and Kiwis were to select Super League-based players, such as James Maloney, Matt Prior, Jackson Hastings, Dean Whare, Shaun Kenny-Dowall and Thomas Leuluai.
Australia overlooked the likes of Ricky Stuart, Laurie Daley, Steve Renouf, Glenn Lazarus and Allan Langer during the Super League war and won the 1995 World Cup against the odds with a team of ARL-aligned players.