AGAIN!

winners over New Zealand on Saturday to top their group.

“My concern is us right now, getting through today with no injuries before we go on to play Papua New Guinea next week,” he said.

England captain Sean O’Loughlin said: “It was very similar to last week, a good first half and not backing up with a good performance in the second half. It was another good result but the performance was still a little bit off.”

France coach Aurelien Cologni believes England are one of “four or five” teams in with a chance of winning the World Cup.

“I think there are other teams, like Fiji and Tonga, who can have a good finish,” Cologni said. “And I think New Zealand will react too.

“England need to fix a few little things but they will be in that group.

“It’s an open World Cup, it is more than just the top three now.

“There are four or five teams who can push the Kangaroos to the limit and England will be one of them.”

France recovered well after conceding three tries in the first eight minutes but Cologini admitted they have given themselves too much to do.

“I’m really frustrated,” he said. “We started fairly bad, our completion was too poor. The effort was there and we reacted after 15 or 20 minutes but that’s too late.

“We finished very strong, we showed good spirit and I appreciate that. They gave the maximum to the end.”

Australia ran in four second-half tries to cruise to a 34-0 win over Lebanon and maintain their 100 per cent record from the group games.

The Kangaroos led only 10-0 at half-time but cut loose after the break as the largely part-time Cedars began to tire, and will now turn their attention to Samoa in Friday’s first quarter-final in Darwin.