Bennett behind US return
THE dust had barely settled at Mile High Stadium but England coach Wayne Bennett could not be clearer – the fight for the Denver Test to continue starts now.
Moments after England came back from a 12-0 deficit to overwhelm New Zealand 36-18 in front of 19,320 fans in the historic US Test, Bennett defended the fixture. “It starts now,” Bennett said.
“It starts today. I’m proud of our game and anywhere in the world I can take it, I’d take it.
“There was not one player that didn’t want to be here.
“The game needs to recognise the importance (of the Test). If we don’t have a global product, we’re not going to have a product in 20 years.
“We’ve got a great product.
‘‘I don’t know why we’re embarrassed about it.
“Other codes don’t have the product we have and they put themselves out there.
“I hope so many people watched this game in America today and they’re looking on their TV guides to see when the next game of rugby league is on so they can watch it again.
“This is the best presentation we’ve ever done.”