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 the premier league table. all of the bottom three had matches today, leicester have moved temporarily off the foot at the table after a goalless draw at home to crystal palace but still the reaction at the compare eggs just suggest expectations are not being met. if brendan rodgers was feeling the pressure, his pre match demeanour did not suggest it. harvey barnes was one exception, going closer than anyone. palace didn t set the stadium alight either. the second half saw greater intensity from the foxes with james madison to the fore. first shooting overfrom barnes cutback, before dragging a shotjust wide minutes later. at the other end, edward reminded us palace was still a threat denied by a save.
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
but across the other side of the world, england are but across the other side of the world, england are certainly but across the other side of the world, england are certainly living up world, england are certainly living up to their tags as favourites for the women s rugby union rugby world cup committed to with that of two for them but for scotland, an agonising defeat to australia leave their chances of staying in the competition hanging by a thread. joe currie reports. england may have won their last 26 matches but games against france are rarely comfortable. usually labelled le crunch, this uk breakfast time clash, redubbed le brunch, started with some bite, the french losing two key players early on before the roses struck. emily scarratt crashing through a resolute defence to touch down, kicking the conversion and a penalty to put her side ahead the break. after the restart, england built, but blundered. and as pressure mounted, tempers flared and spilled over.
this is the area of low pressure responsible for saturday s rain and gusty winds, only slowly pulling away north and eastwards through the evening and overnight. behind it, a quieter spell of weather for much of sunday, before our next system arrives from the southwest. back to tonight, still plenty of showers around, especially for northern ireland, scotland and northern england. further south, still some showers around at first, they ll tend to fade as the night wears on with some clearer spells developing. temperatures in range from 6 9 celsius, so we re frost free, although some rural parts of scotland could fall a few degrees lower. so for much of sunday, it s looking mainly dry with some sunshine. i say for much of sunday because there will be some rain arriving from the southwest through the afternoon and also some showers in the morning across northern ireland, scotland and northern england. they ll soon be out of the way, then dry with plenty of sunshine for the uk before th