England Victorious in French Friendly : Sat Oct 22, 2016 6:24 pm  

England Victorious in French Friendly England travelled to the Parc-des-Sports in Avignon for a, pre-four nations, warm up game, the first under the custodianship of Wayne Bennett. Bennett gave five players their England debuts to herald the start of a new era; St Helens' Mark Percival and Jonny Lomax, Hull FC's Scott Taylor, Castleford's Luke Gale, and Stefan Ratchford of Warrington. Stevie Ward missed out on the seventeen after being a late addition to the squad. This was an important build-up game ahead of the four nations with Australia, New Zealand and Scotland which gets underway next weekend and expectations were high for a big England win against a France side which was essentially the Catalans Dragons. READ MORE ON THIS STORY...

England Victorious in French Friendly England travelled to the Parc-des-Sports in Avignon for a, pre-four nations, warm up game, the first under the custodianship of Wayne Bennett. Bennett gave five players their England debuts to herald the start of a new era; St Helens' Mark Percival and Jonny Lomax, Hull FC's Scott Taylor, Castleford's Luke Gale, and Stefan Ratchford of Warrington. Stevie Ward missed out on the seventeen after being a late addition to the squad. This was an important build-up game ahead of the four nations with Australia, New Zealand and Scotland which gets underway next weekend and expectations were high for a big England win against a France side which was essentially the Catalans Dragons. READ MORE ON THIS STORY...

Re: England Victorious in French Friendly : Sun Oct 23, 2016 10:02 am  

Widdop,Brown,Clarke,Hodgson, stood out with good shifts from Mcgillvary and Taylor.I would have Widdop/Brown in the halves for the game against NZ.Only change in the pack would Be the addition of Sam Burgess and maybe Hill.Percival did nothing wrong at centre but maybe Sargenson or Bateman will replace him.
All in all you could see the "Bennett" influence straight away with the pack taking the lead earning the right to move the ball wide after wearing down the opposition.Future looks bright.Bring on the kiwis.