OLDHAM-born Marc Sneyd, the Salford Red Devils star, is included in Shaun Wane’s 19-man squad for Saturday’s World Cup clash with France at the University of Bolton Stadium.
As expected, Wane includes all seven players from his 24-strong tournament squad who didn’t feature in last Saturday’s convincing 60-6 defeat of Samoa in Newcastle.
As well as Sneyd, in come Wigan Warriors pair John Bateman and Kai Pearce-Paul, Super League Grand Finalists Joe Batchelor (St Helens) and Mikolaj Oledzki (Leeds Rhinos), Salford Red Devils’ Andy Ackers and England’s all-time leading try-scorer Ryan Hall of Hull KR.
England top the Group A table on points difference from France, who enjoyed a 34-12 win over Greece in their opening fixture.
A limited number of tickets for the game (Kick off 5pm) are available via the Rugby League World Cup website.
