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St Leger, Yorkshire CCC and the Premier League and Championship is back - The Sporting Weekend with Nick Westby
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00:00 from downtown Doncaster. I'm here at the racecourse for the St. Ledger Festival.
00:04 It's day two of the four-day extravaganza. We've got a big interview with Tom Markham
00:09 who is the jockey of Desert Hero in Saturday's main race, the classic, the St.
00:14 Ledger, which is one of the biggest races on the calendar. Also a sports weekend
00:19 football-wise. We're looking ahead to big weekends for Leeds United at Millwall
00:23 and Sheffield United in the Premier League as they visit Tottenham Hotspur.
00:27 There's also two big Yorkshire derbies. There's Huddersfield welcome Rotherham United
00:30 and Bradford City host Harrogate Town. Elsewhere it's the Rugby Union World Cup.
00:36 We hear from Steve Borthwick, head of England's game against Japan, and James
00:40 Simpson Daniel on the form of George Ford. Plus in Rugby Union we hear from
00:45 Doncaster Knights head coach Steve Burden on how they're staying sustainable in
00:49 their bid to reach the Premiership. It's the penultimate weekend of the Super
00:54 League season. By the time you see this Wakefield Trinity might have been
00:57 relegated already at Leeds Leopards on Friday evening. Cricket-wise we've got a
01:02 big interview with Otis Gibson as he speaks about Matty Reavis and the form
01:06 the young Yorkshire all-rounder is in at the moment. And we get an update on the
01:10 investment coming into Yorkshire from Stephen Vaughan. Have a fantastic sporting weekend.

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