England’s one and only mid-season international ended with a new-look side defeating France, but the occasion underlined the major problems international rugby league possesses.
Tucked away on a streaming platform, with no televised coverage and set as a curtain-raiser to a Championship game between Toulouse and Featherstone in the French city, this Test had felt like somewhat of an afterthought for the sport’s organisers in the run-up to it. Those feelings were merely emphasised here.
