England 42 Ireland 0: James Graham back in the fold

“It was frustrating missing last week but I wasn’t selected. I was still ­cheering the boys on”

James Graham

Coach McNamara is right to clamp down on players who break his rules but fans need to be told what is ­happening.

Whatever is going on behind the scenes, there was little wrong with England’s ­crushing demolition of the Wolfhounds.

Ryan Hall grabbed one of the easiest hat-tricks of his career to become England’s leading try scorer on 17.

And Tom Briscoe, who is fighting for the right-wing spot with Josh Charnley, ­impressed with two tries.

Brett Ferres also touched down in an 11-minute ­five-try purple patch that killed off Mark Aston’s underdogs.

Ireland went in 30-0 down at half-time but did well to restrict England to just two further tries from Kallum Watkins and Rangi Chase.

England now need to beat Fiji in their remaining group game to secure second spot but Graham is refusing to look any further.

He said: “There is no point in ­saying we can win the World Cup. We’ve just got to focus on Fiji.”

Ireland boss Aston, whose side ­cannot qualify for the quarter-finals, said: “We got battered against Fiji, we got battered by England and we’ll get battered again by Australia.”

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England 42 Ireland 0: James Graham back in the fold