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England stunned as Tonga tonking leaves Rugby League World Cup hopes in shreds

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England stunned as Tonga tonking leaves Rugby League World Cup hopes in shreds

Pools B and C: England 12-30 Tonga England women thump Wales 70-6 England’s hopes of reaching the knockout stages of the Rugby League World Cup are hanging by a thread already after succumbing to a shock defeat to Tonga in their opening match.

The pre-tournament talk from England was how they would approach the international game with a clear point of difference in an attempt to beat the world’s best nations.

There was certainly plenty of intent and enterprising attacking play but, for all the discussion of change, the one thing that matters the most has remained the same: the result.

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