
England forward John Bateman admits the World Cup quarter-final against Papua New Guinea offers a chance for redemption for Great Britain’s humiliating defeat in 2019.
Bateman is one of six members of Shaun Wane’s 24-man squad desperate to erase the memory of Britain’s shock 28-10 loss to the Kumuls in Port Moresby, which completed a clean sweep of defeats for the reformed Lions under then coach Wayne Bennett.