England v Greece: George Williams named captain for Rugby League World Cup match

Williams (right) captained England successful their warm-up clash with Fiji

George Williams has been named England skipper for their last World Cup Group A crippled against Greece astatine Bramall Lane connected Saturday, with Sam Tomkins rested.

Second rows Joe Batchelor and Kai Pearce-Paul, the lone players yet to feature, volition marque their debuts.

Centre Kallum Watkins was injured successful the 42-18 triumph implicit France past week.

As good arsenic Tomkins, hooker Michael McIlorum, centre Herbie Farnworth and 2nd rower Elliott Whitehead are besides rested.

The St Helens trio of Tom Makinson, Morgan Knowles and Matty Lees each instrumentality aft sitting retired the France game, on with Mike McMeeken (Catalans) and Mike Cooper (Wigan).

Loose guardant Victor Radley, who qualifies to play for England done his Sheffield-born father, is besides included to play in the metropolis this weekend.

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Greece are bottommost of the radical pursuing 2 defeats, conceding 106 points.

"We had a truly pugnacious week earlier the French game," said Wane. "This week we've laid disconnected the players a bit, they've had little metres connected their legs truthful they volition beryllium precise fresh.

"I privation them to spell retired and explicit themselves - that's been the connection from time one.

"They're bully players, I springiness them a unsmooth crippled program but I privation them to play and don't consciousness anchored down by a crippled plan."

England squad to look Greece: Williams (capt), Makinson, Hall, Welsby, Burgess, Thompson, Bateman, Radley, Young, Knowles, Lees, Cooper, Hill, Ackers, McMeekan, Sneyd, Batchelor, Oledzki, Pearce-Paul.