Tommy Makinson ran in a record-breaking five tries to leave rampant England fans believing maybe they could win the World Cup.
It’s the first time any player has scored so many tries in one game for the national side. St Helens flier Makinson - recalled for this quarter-final with Papua New Guinea at the expense of England record try-scorer Ryan Hall - fell just one short of Australian Valentine Holmes’ World Cup record of six.
Shaun Wane’s England side had eased through the group stages with routine wins against Samoa, France and Greece. But after Samoa’s no-show, Papua New Guinea - a famously physical and proud outfit who’d beaten Great Britain in 2019 - were supposed to give them their first real examination in Wigan.
