Nick Westby, sports editor for the Yorkshire Post talks over the sporting weekend ahead as Leeds United win over Norwich City land them a spot in the Championship Play Off Semi Final at Wembley next weekend.
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00:00 Hello and welcome back to downtown Rotherham. Sports editor Nick Wesby here with an inside look into the Octopus Sports Weekend supplement.
00:08 We're celebrating Leeds United getting to Wembley in the Championship Playoff final, a momentous occasion at Ellen Road on Thursday night.
00:16 We'll have all the news from that and reaction from Daniel Farke and the players.
00:21 We'll also hear from Michael Duff, the new manager in charge at Huddersfield Town, and we're building up to the final weekend of the Premier League season.
00:29 It's a hugely significant weekend in rugby league. Challenge Cup semi-finals, we've got four teams in action.
00:35 Huddersfield Giants and Hulkingston Rovers in the men's and York Valkyrie and Leeds Rhinos in the women's.
00:41 We'll hear from all those camps. Cricket-wise, Chris Waters is with Yorkshire down at Hove as they look for that elusive first county championship win at Sussex.
00:50 And we're building up to the Pakistan vs England doubleheader at Headingley over the coming days.
00:56 It's the final day of the Dante Festival at York. We'll have all the news and reaction from there.
01:02 Plus, we've got news from the worlds of basketball, ice hockey, Formula One and the USPGA golf in America.
01:08 And our Saturday interview is with Leeds rower Georgie Brasho.
01:12 She was paralysed at the age of 15 and now stands on the verge of qualifying for the Olympic rowing squad.
01:18 Have a fantastic sporting weekend.