According to Jack Brown, Saturday’s rematch in Marseille will be “game on” after England’s defeat to France earlier this month served as a “wake-up call”.
On November 5, in their first meeting since the World Cup final of the previous year, France defeated the wheelchair rugby league world champions 43-34 in Leeds.
This month’s doubleheader’s second leg kicks off at 14:00 GMT in the Palais des Sports de Marseille.
According to Brown, “We won’t let the occasion get the better of us,” as stated to BBC Sport.
“We’ll be a lot more switched on and putting the World Cup to bed really.”
Three weeks ago, in front of over 2,300 spectators at the First Direct Arena, England’s defence broke down, allowing France to score 30 points in the first half without reply.
According to Jack Brown, Saturday’s rematch in Marseille will be “game on” after England’s defeat to France earlier this month served as a “wake-up call”.
On November 5, in their first meeting since the World Cup final of the previous year, France defeated the wheelchair rugby league world champions 43-34 in Leeds.
This month’s doubleheader’s second leg kicks off at 14:00 GMT in the Palais des Sports de Marseille.
According to Brown, “We won’t let the occasion get the better of us,” as stated to BBC Sport.
“We’ll be a lot more switched on and putting the World Cup to bed really.”
Three weeks ago, in front of over 2,300 spectators at the First Direct Arena, England’s defence broke down, allowing France to score 30 points in the first half without reply.
Australia-based Brown, who made his debut for his country in 2005, claims that France’s strategy took England off guard in that match, resulting in “a lot of uncharacteristic errors” from the hosts.
“We didn’t exactly hit all of the marks that we wanted to in terms of our tactics and our usual playing style on the day,” he continued.
Furthermore, France had a fantastic game. In actuality, they played a lot more football in line with our style. We weren’t expecting them to play exactly like us, and our aggressive defence didn’t go down well with us.
It’s game on now that the wake-up call has been given. We now understand their goals and what
“We considered the World Cup to be the ultimate goal. We didn’t think we’d be able to get the money, support, or backing to put anything on like that again because there was so much planning that went into it and it was such a great show to watch,” he said.”However, the First Direct Arena appeared amazing, with more than 2,000 attendees and 500,000 viewers on television. There is a strong desire to watch the game, and it’s fantastic that the BBC and the Rugby Football League (RFL) are supporting us to continue. We can only increase the number of people participating in the sport if we can continue pushing and riding that wave.
