England V Australia: Rugby League Ashes First Test – Live Updates

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“I looked astatine my kids and had tears successful my eyes.”

A beautiful portion present astir Leeds and England prop Mikolaj Oledzki, whose family arrived present from Gdansk erstwhile he was a child, and what it intends to beryllium successful nan squad for this series.

Some reflections connected what lies up to get you successful nan temper earlier nan match.

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Teams

England: Jack Welsby, Dom Young, Herbie Farnworth, Jake Wardle, Tom Johnstone, George Williams (c), Mikey Lewis, Ethan Havard, Daryl Clark, Matty Lees, John Bateman, Kai Pearce-Paul, Morgan Knowles.

Interchanges: Jez Litten, Alex Walmsley, Owen Trout, Mike McMeeken

Australia: Reece Walsh, Mark Nawaqanitawase, Kotoni Staggs, Gehamat Shibasaki, Josh Addo-Carr, Cameron Munster, Nathan Cleary, Patrick Carrigan, Harry Grant, Tino Fa’asuamaleaui, Angus Crichton, Hudson Young, Isaah Yeo (c).

Interchanges: Tom Dearden, Lindsay Collins, Reuben Cotter, Keaon Koloamatangi.

Preamble

Welcome to nan opening trial of nan 2025 Ashes series.

In rugby league, Ashes tests are for illustration buses, travel on arsenic they do successful threes very infrequently. Today is nan commencement of nan latest trio of matches aft a 22 twelvemonth hold since nan fabulously sponsored “THINK! Don’t Drink And Drive!” bid of 2003.

Buses tin besides mercilessly tally complete groups of people, and Australia person made a wont of releasing nan brakes connected their sizeable heft to smash guidance from these islands for 52 years. The Kangaroos person won each 13 bid since nan past British triumph successful 1973 and travel into this year’s installment arsenic favourites to do nan same.

A Great Britain squad made up of a mostly of English players mislaid nan 2003 bid to a whitewash contempt starring each 3 tests successful nan 2nd half; this was earlier nan Australian people did capable precocious successful each crippled to grounds an wide battering successful that year’s sports almanac. The Kangaroos stay formidable 2 decades on, but England besides person a greater number of players appearing play successful nan NRL down nether than astatine immoderate clip previously, including nan awesome Herbie Farnworth. The mystique and panic of nan greenish and golden juggernaut arriving connected these shores is not what it erstwhile was.

Even pinch that, turning nan autobus astir and claiming triumph aft half a period of trying remains a immense situation for Shaun Wane’s England.