 On a day of record-breaking, England's comeback man Chris Hill made his own but insisted: 'I don't have to prove anything.' The veteran Huddersfield prop surpassed former front-row colleague James Graham in becoming his country's most capped World Cup player with 14. Ruthless England ran in 17 tries against minnows Greece as they rattled up their biggest ever tournament win, eclipsing the 76-4 rout of Russia in 2000. It means they topped Group A and are now likely to face Papua New Guinea in Saturday's quarter-final at Wigan. But Hill was a shock inclusion in Shaun Wane's World Cup squad with many people believing his international days were over. He turns 35 on Thursday and had not been involved in any of Wane's line-ups before this autumn. Hill also missed a big chunk of the season with a serious calf injury suffered in Huddersfield's Challenge Cup final loss against Wigan. England's four-try hero Dom Young stunned by his own World Cup success However, the hard-grafting 2017 World Cup finalist has featured impressively in all three wins, keeping the likes of Leeds' Dream Team prop Mikolaj Oledzki on the sidelines. Asked if he'd proved his critics wrong, he replied: 'I don't need to prove anything to anyone. 'I'll prove it to myself. I'll prove it to Shaun. Waney had faith to bring me into this squad. I've not done it for a couple of years. I know I'm good enough to be here. If I wasn't, I wouldn't do it. It was a bit of a shock (call-up). But you can never turn down playing for England. It doesn't matter if you're 21 or 38. You're a long time retired. These are the best days of your life.' Sensational winger Dom Young continued his brilliant World Cup, scoring four){kind=link}
The selection of the veteran front-row, 34, brought some criticism but he’s proved a crucial part of England’s success so far, showing up yet again in the 94-4 rout of Greece ahead of expected quarter-final with Papua New Guinea
On a day of record-breaking, England’s comeback man Chris Hill made his own but insisted: “I don’t have to prove anything.”
The veteran Huddersfield prop surpassed former front-row colleague James Graham in becoming his country’s most capped World Cup player with 14. Ruthless England ran in 17 tries against minnows Greece as they rattled up their biggest ever tournament win, eclipsing the 76-4 rout of Russia in 2000. It means they topped Group A and are now likely to face Papua New Guinea in Saturday’s quarter-final at Wigan.
But Hill was a shock inclusion in Shaun Wane’s World Cup squad with many people believing his international days were over. He turns 35 on Thursday and had not been involved in any of Wane’s line-ups before this autumn. Hill also missed a big chunk of the season with a serious calf injury suffered in Huddersfield’s Challenge Cup final loss against Wigan.
However, the hard-grafting 2017 World Cup finalist has featured impressively in all three wins, keeping the likes of Leeds’ Dream Team prop Mikolaj Oledzki on the sidelines. Asked if he’d proved his critics wrong, he replied: “I don’t need to prove anything to anyone.