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after two impressive showings, could be found not guilty.

However, Tom Burgess was not surprised that coach Bennett has made four changes to the side which beat Lebanon 29-10 to give all 24 members of the England squad an opportunity to press for a spot in the finals.

Mark Percival, Kevin Brown, Mike McMeeken and Scott Taylor have been named to make their first appearance of the World Cup, while Alex Walmsley retains his place after impressing Bennett in his Test debut against the Cedars. Other changes see James Roby starting at hooker and Gareth Widdop moving to fullback in the absence of Jonny Lomax, who is recovering from a calf strain.

“It’s a squad effort in this tournament. It’ll take the full squad to win it,” said Burgess.

Having made a blistering start to the match against the Lebanese last weekend, England ran in only one second-half try, as errors and ill-discipline plagued their efforts.

The four-pointer – provided by Burgess’ supporting run in the 56th minute – was a rare bright moment in an otherwise dark and disappointing half for the English.

Looking slightly disjointed from when five-eighth Widdop shifted to full-back to accommodate the services of George Williams off the bench in the 60th minute, England failed to trouble to scorers in the match’s last quarter.

“We spoke about it after the game, the second half probably wasn’t up to our standard. It’s something we’re going to keep working on, to keep growing through the tournament,” Burgess said.

“I don’t think Widdop’s full-back move was the issue, it was more just our passing and our execution. We’d obviously tried a few little combos there, it was good to get a few minutes into George.

“The halves will work with that this week. We probably dropped off a little bit in that second half, we’re