The Sporting Weekend with Nick Westby on October 20, 2023.
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00:00 Greetings from downtown Roswell, I'm Sports Editor Nick Westby here for an inside look into the Yorkshire Puss Sports Weekend supplement.
00:06 Lights on in the office, biblical weather outside, it's going to be a weekend to wrap up warm if you're on the sidelines anywhere.
00:13 And if not, get yourself a copy of the Yorkshire Puss Sports Weekend ten pages of action-packed sport coming at you.
00:20 Football-wise, we've got an exclusive interview with Leeds United frontman Joel Pirro,
00:24 the Puss Big Games for Sheffield Wednesday as Danny Roll takes charge for the first time, and Sheffield United as the winless Premier League bottom markers welcome Manchester United.
00:34 Rugby union and it's the semi-final stage of the World Cup.
00:37 We hear from Martin Corrie and Steve Borthwick as England prepare to take on South Africa for a place in the final.
00:44 It's also the start of the Championship season.
00:46 We get insight from Steve Bowden, the head coach at Doncaster Knights on the forthcoming Championship season.
00:53 Rugby league, James O'Brien brings us all the news ahead of the first test between England and Tonga in the three-test series over the coming weeks.
01:00 And cricket-wise, it's another test against South Africa, this time for Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, David Milan and the rest in the World Cup out in India.
01:10 We've got a big interview with a rising star in the world of ice hockey from over in Hull.
01:15 We hear from the Sheffield Hatters as they prepare for their new season in the Cannon Medical Arena.
01:20 And our big racing interview is with David O'Meara, the trainer, head of a big weekend at Ascot.
01:26 And finally, our Saturday interview is with a Paris 2024 Olympic medal hopeful, Lois Tolson, on life at the City of Leeds,
01:34 her ambitions for the next Olympics and life with Jack Law.
01:38 Have a fantastic sporting weekend.