Kallum Watkins maintains England will stay grounded even if everyone else is flying after their stunning World Cup opener.
The Salford centre was among the try-scorers as Shaun Wane’s side utterly demolished star-studded Samoa 60-6. It will go down as one of the nation’s greatest rugby league results. And, after largely being written off, it now has many people thinking they could actually become the first British side since 1972 to taste tournament glory.
Relentless Watkins ran 202m, more than any other player on show at Newcastle’s St James’ Park, against a Samoa team tipped to shake-up the competition. Playing his third World Cup, he said: “It was an amazing result.
