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had its oldest prize. yeah, it s been a long time coming and obviously a number of years before we ve been able to get back here and win it again. so, it was one really tough game today, obviously the heat i think played its part. you could see that in the second half, for both teams, but it s very special for me to call myself the captain of this team and obviously to lift this trophy. this has been rugby league s toughest year, but a thrilling final in the noise is a win in itself. it is st helens who go home singing. joe lynskey, bbc news. tadej pogacar looks set to retain he tour de france title this evening, as the race concludes in paris thats after he kept his substantial lead intact after yesterday s 20th stage. the tradition is that no one challenges the yellow jersey in paris, but there s still chance for mark cavendish to make history on the champs elleyses. as drew savage reports. after 2,054 miles of dominating the tour de france, tadej pogacar finished stage 20 with a l
in the noise is a win in itself. it is st helens who go home singing. to cape town, where the british and irish lions wrapped up their preparations for the south africa tests, with a 49 3 thrashing over the stormers. the lions fell behind to an early penalty but three tries inside the first half flipped it around adam beard ran in unopposed to get the ball rolling before luke cowan dickie and jonny hill got involved in on the action. the visitors have added four tries in the second half, this from louis rees zammit the pick of the bunch, as they won by 46 points. the lions take on south africa in the first match of the series next saturday. wales were well beaten by a strong argentina in their second test match. the visitors dominated throughout. pablo matera crashed over with the final try as it finished 33 11. wales coach wayne pivac had said he was without 27 players for this final game of the season because of injuries and lions commitments in south africa.
into the lead. after 13 years without it, one of the sport s giants had its oldest prize. this has been rugby league s toughest year but a thrilling final in the noise is a win in itself. it is st helens who go home singing. max verstappen won formula one s first sprint qualifying race to take pole for tomorrow s british grand prix. he overtook lewis hamilton at the start and stayed in front of him for all 17 laps of this trial format at silverstone. it means verstappen is now 33 points ahead of hamilton in the drivers championship. and it s half time in the lions final warm up game in south africa and after a slow start they re 21 3 ahead you can find out more on the bbc sport website. but that s it from me. there s more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we re back with the late news at 10:40pm. now on bbc one it s time for the news where you are. goodbye.