Rangi Chase names his England team

Drew Darbyshire
Rangi Chase

2011 Man of Steel winner and former England international Rangi Chase has named his England team for the upcoming Rugby League World Cup.

Chase, 35, won eight caps with England. He represented the side at the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.

The half-back has made more than 200 career appearances across stints in Australia and UK. He enjoyed more than 100 games for Castleford, and is currently contracted with League 1’s Rochdale in 2022.

Chase, who represented Exiles in 2011, has named his England line-up following Shaun Wane’s squad announcement.

The former Salford man has included Hull’s Jake Connor, who was not included in the first England training squad of 2022.

He has also included Jackson Hastings, who represented Great Britain in 2019.

England open the World Cup tournament against Samoa at Newcastle’s St James’ Park. They will also face Greece and France in the group stages.

Rangi Chase names his England squad

Starting XIII: Tomkins, Johnstone, Connor, Percival, Makinson, Williams, Hastings, Walmsley, Leeming, Thompson, Currie, Whitehead, Bateman.

Subs: Lomax, Lees, Knowles, Oledzki.

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Shaun Wane names first England squad of 2022

Head coach Wane named his first England training squad of 2022 earlier this week.

The former Wigan boss has named a 30-man squad. Emerging talents Lewis Dodd and Kai Pearce-Paul have been included. 38-times capped Hull KR winger Ryan Hall has also been named. 

No NRL players have been included.

They will come together for the first time on March 15 at Headingley. England will play Combined Nations All Stars and Fiji respectively in their preparations for the World Cup.

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