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• Wigan’s DW Stadium is sold out for decisive third TestAs a man with plenty of international experience,the England captain, Sean O’Loughlin, and is painfully aware of what defeat to fresh Zealand on Saturday would represent. Plenty has happened in the game in the past eight years,but the one worrying constant has been England’s failure against the mountainous two of Australia and fresh Zealand – with Great Britain’s series victory against the Kiwis in 2007 the last notable success against either.
England fill a great chance of beating the world’s No1 side in a three-match Test series so it would be remiss to characterize this as anything other than a golden opportunity for Steve McNamara’s side to show their worth before the Four Nations in England and Scotland next year and, more importantly, or the World Cup in Australia and fresh Zealand in 2017. Related: Shaun Kenny-Dowall try gives fresh Zealand win to level series with England Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com