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Four Nations Rugby League - England name side to face Wales in Four Nations

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England coach Steve McNamara has named his side to face Wales this weekend as they kick off their Four Nations campaign on Saturday.

McNamara has opted to keep faith with the same 17 that beat France 32-18 last Friday as they get ready to take on Iestyn Harris’ Welsh side at Leigh Sports Village.

Castleford Tigers half-back Rangi Chase has kept his place at scrum-half and will once again partner Kevin Sinfield in the halves with the Leeds Rhino legend starting at stand-off.

Sam Tomkins keeps his place at fullback despite being taken off against the French with a slight knock, but he has been passed fit to play.

Coach McNamara said: “It is an opportunity for that group of players to rectify some of the errors we made in the game against France and bring in some consistency.

“There were some great signs in our play last week and we are looking for the key partnerships to gel and prosper.

“The team have worked hard in training all week and there has been a great ethic about our training regime. We have worked on trying to manage the game properly and build sustain pressure on the opposition so we can create momentum and more frequent scoring opportunities.

“We feel Wales will be a step up from France and they will be very strong and physical showing great passion. I want the players to concentrate on our game and be the very best we can be to make sure we win the game and get our campaign off to a strong start.”

England are third favourites to win the Four Nations Series and can be backed at 7/1 with BetFred, while their opponents on Saturday are rank outsiders at 250/1.

For the match itself on Saturday, McNamara’s men are overwhelming odds-on favourites at 1/66 with Victor Chandler  -no-one is expecting any kind of upset at the weekend even if England are not firing on all cylinders. Wales are on offer at 16/1 to cause the upset no-one is waiting for.

England team to face Wales on Saturday:
1 Sam Tomkins 
2 Ryan Hall 
3 Jack Reed
4 Kirk Yeaman
5 Tom Briscoe 
6 Kevin Sinfield 
7 Rangi Chase
8 James Graham 
9 James Roby 
10 Jamie Peacock ©
11 Gareth Ellis 
12 Ben Westwood 
13 Chris Heighington 

Substitutes:
14 Gareth Widdop 
15 Adrian Morley 
16 Jamie Jones-Buchanan 
17 Jon Wilkin 

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