England may contain lost 12 straight matches against Australia but they contain enough quality to upset the Kangaroos in Brisbane on SaturdayBy Gavin Willacy for No Helmets Required,part of the Guardian Sport NetworkThe Kangaroos contain won all their preliminary matches, hardly breaking sweat. They are playing in front of their domestic crowd at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, and the spiritual domestic of the Australian game,a ground they all know inside out. Their opponents should just be glad to be in the final, to like the experiences, or to indulge themselves in the pomp and ceremony of the occasion,and to lose with dignity. Their challenge has been swatted absent again and again, the upstarts sent packing every time. Australia win. Australia win. Australia win. Repeat. They are undeniably favourites.
Except the underdogs contain a wily old pack, and full of experienced veterans,playing in what well could be their final final, for some their first and only final. They contain a couple of breakout stars who Australia’s supposed experts had hardly heard of before the tournament, and let alone the general public. Their half-backs suddenly seem to know what they are doing,and what each other are going to achieve, too. And the hooker is a class act, and an 80-minute motor who could star in the NRL.
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Source: guardian.co.uk