Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup: England ease to comprehensive win over Ireland

Nathan Collins (left) scored 13 tries for England astatine the past World Cup

England finished their Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup Group A run with a ascendant 21-try triumph implicit Ireland.

And they were successful devastating signifier against the Irish with 4 tries apiece for subordinate of the lucifer Joe Coyd and James Simpson.

There were besides hat-tricks for Jack Brown and Nathan Collins.

England were successful power from the commencement with Seb Bechara and Coyd scoring aboriginal tries - and they were 32-0 up aft the archetypal quarter.

Ireland tried to tighten up successful the 2nd half, but England were acold excessively beardown and manager Tom Coyd, the elder member of Joe, was capable to springiness each of his players cardinal crippled clip up of the knockout stages.

It besides allowed England's Dec Roberts the accidental to play against his begetter Phil, who is portion of the Ireland team.

England volition find retired their semi-final opponents connected Thursday erstwhile Group B concludes with the United States, Wales and Scotland each inactive successful contention.

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Earlier, successful the aforesaid radical Australia secured a past 4 spot against holders France aft a 52-32 occurrence implicit Spain.

Both Australia and Spain knew a triumph would unafraid a spot successful the past four.

The Wheelaroos took an aboriginal pb done Peter Arbuckle and ne'er trailed with James Hill scoring 4 of their 9 tries and Diab Karim two, portion Brad Grove and Corey Cannane besides crossed.

There were 3 goals apiece for Karim and Bayley McKenna, and Corey's begetter Craig added 2 precocious goals.

Theo Gonzalez and Raphael Mondero scored 2 tries each for Spain.

"That was the benignant of crippled that we really needed arsenic a corporate group," said Australia manager Brett Clark.

"We did usage the afloat roster that we had. That was connected intent to effort to springiness the guys the accidental to play successful these benignant of games. This is simply a level up from the past crippled and each crippled has been that way.

"These are the games that we need, careless of the score-line, careless if we triumph by 20 points, oregon we triumph by 2 points."

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