His pace in the rain was sensational and his discipline once in the

His pace in the rain was sensational and his discipline once in the lead was extreme. In the end the points speak for themselves.”"I certainly enjoyed this one a lot because after the first couple of races I didn’t think wins were going to come that easily,” Coulthard said. “And when you start in fifth place you don’t really expect you’re going to win the race ­ you hope you can ­ but the situation worked out really well.” Well enough to buoy his hopes for the rest of the season, provided he can keep it up.. The Leeds prop, Barrie McDermott, will face a Rugby League disciplinary committee today over the incident in the Silk Cut Challenge Cup semi-final that left St Helens’ Peter Shiels with serious facial injuries and concussion. The Leeds prop, Barrie McDermott, will face a Rugby League disciplinary committee today over the incident in the Silk Cut Challenge Cup semi-final that left St Helens’ Peter Shiels with serious facial injuries and concussion.
McDermott was called up on a charge of deliberately striking an opponent after scrutiny of the match video yesterday and could receive a lengthy suspension for an alleged offence that left the Saints camp furious.A ban for McDermott would leave Leeds’ forward resources dangerously stretched for the match against Hull on Friday.The League is also looking at an incident in the Northern Ford Premiership match at Doncaster which left the Whitehaven winger David Campbell with a jaw broken in two places and teeth knocked out.The Cumbrian side’s coach, Paul Cullen, accused Doncaster’s Neil Bennett, who was placed on report, of being the man responsible and also complained about “intimidating graffiti” on the visitors’ dressing-room walls at Belle Vue.The manager of John Hopoate, the Wests Tigers winger banned for 12 weeks in Australia for sticking his fingers up opponents’ backsides, has hinted that he might try to revive his career in England. Hopoate resigned from the club last week.The Australian national coach, Chris Anderson, has left his club, the Melbourne Storm, and is now set to take over at Cronulla, a job with which the Castleford coach, Stuart Raper has been linked.

Mark Murray takes over at the Storm.Charlton Athletic has offered The Valley as a venue for one of the three Test matches against Australia this autumn.Salford have complained about a lack of liaison from the Rugby Football Union over the departure of one of their players, Neil Baxter, on an Under-19’s tour to Chile. Baxter, who has been tipped for great things by his club colleague, Martin Offiah, was given permission to go on the tour, led by the former Rugby League executive, Joe Lydon, but Salford say that they have been left in the dark over such matters as insurance.. Before the international season started, the match we were all looking forward to was England v France. It would, we thought, decide who won the Six Nations’ Championship or even the Grand Slam. Then France beat Scotland unconvincingly, and lost to Ireland and Wales They were among the also-rans of the competition The undefeated sides were England and Ireland.

It was the encounter between these two, at Dublin, which was clearly the match of the season. Before the international season started, the match we were all looking forward to was England v France. It would, we thought, decide who won the Six Nations’ Championship or even the Grand Slam. Then France beat Scotland unconvincingly, and lost to Ireland and Wales They were among the also-rans of the competition The undefeated sides were England and Ireland.