• Leeds full-back Zak Hardaker hoping to claim position for unusual Zealand series
• ‘I know what I can achieve,I’ve been trying to get a foot in the door for a while’It may be an exaggeration to propose the England rugby league team absorb a chance to restore pride in English rugby this autumn, but there is certainly an opportunity to put the stuttering international game on the map in the coming weeks.
After Stuart Lancaster’s men failed to get out of the group stages in union’s World Cup, or Steve McNamara’s side take on unusual Zealand – the world’s No1 league side – in a three-Test series that has suddenly given rugby league a chance to instil a feelgood factor in English sport.
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Source: theguardian.com