Sporting Digest: Rugby League

GREAT BRITAIN have turned down an invitation to play five Test matches in New Zealand during May and June next year, because of existing international commitments.

GREAT BRITAIN YOUNG LIONS (v Combined Hunter Region, Newcastle, Aus, Sunday): N Simpson (Bradford); A Gouldbourne (Hull), J Roper, D Seeds (both Whitehaven), P Hassan (Wigan); P Waring (Manchester), C Murdock (Whitehaven); S Taylor (St Helens), J Clarke (East Leeds), L Parsley (Whitehaven), M Hill (Oldham), P Hepworth (Bradford, capt), H Hill (Whitehaven). Subs: S Maloney (St Helens), D Barker (Wigan), A Cain (Leigh), A Rasburn (Wigan).