Castleford Tigers have appointed Paul Rowley as their new head coach on a three-year contract.

Rowley had been out of work since leaving St Helens in July, halfway through his first season in charge.

The Tigers had been without a head coach following the departure of Australian Ryan Carr in August for personal reasons.

Castleford finished second bottom in Super League with only eight wins from their 27 games, but received an A score in the IMG ratings released last week.

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Stockdale marked his milestone occasion with two tries in Belfast, but not the win he had hoped for.

A week on from a 33-33 draw in Glasgow, Ulster fought back from being 21 points down at half-time but had to settle for another thrilling draw with their Irish rivals.

It means that Richie Murphy’s side are without a win in their opening three United Rugby Championship matches, and Ulster’s head coach had said his side were “playing matches like they are training sessions”.

“You can’t do anything else than be honest and be up front,” Stockdale said.

“There’s no point in sugarcoating anything because that doesn’t help you get better.

“For us, it’s making sure that we’re process-driven and not trying to focus too much on the outcomes.”

Ulster are back in action on Saturday as Richie Murphy’s side travel to Zebre in the Challenge Cup.

Stockdale was key as Ulster reached the final of last season’s competition, where they were convincingly beaten by Montpellier in the sweltering Bilbao heat to miss out on a first trophy in 20 years.

The wing missed the final with a fractured cheek picked up in the win over Exeter Chiefs in the last four, and he says “we’re all still hurting a bit” from defeat in the decider.

“Equally, we saw what we were capable of in the cup last year,” he said.

“It’s just about putting those performances back on the pitch and I don’t see any reason why we can’t push on and do what we did last year, and hopefully more.”

Cristiano Ronaldo scored as Al-Nassr won an AFC Champions League match which was delayed by an hour because of a missile alert.

Ronaldo scored Al-Nassr’s second goal as the Saudi Pro League champions beat Uzbekistan’s Neftchi Fergana 3-1 on Monday.

Kick-off was delayed after Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defence issued a safety warning just 15 minutes before the scheduled start time in Riyadh, the capital city which has been the target of missiles fired from Yemen-based Houthis.

Following attacks on Riyadh’s airport, explosions were heard in the capital on Monday night. The Saudi-led military coalition said a ballistic missile had been intercepted and destroyed.

Future sporting events could be affected by the regional conflict, including Formula 1 races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.

Once Al-Nassr were able to get under way, Ange Postecoglou’s team went ahead through Angelo in the 33rd minute and Ronaldo doubled their lead before half-time.

Uzbekistan champions Neftchi pulled a goal back, but they were reduced to 10 men after 65 minutes and an own goal 13 minutes later sealed a first Group B victory for the hosts.

Ronaldo also scored on Friday when making his return to club football, having left the Portugal national team camp halfway through the Nations League break out of frustration at limited playing opportunities.