{"id":264459,"date":"2025-11-05T14:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/264459\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T14:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:29:08","slug":"four-nrl-sides-tipped-to-comfortably-beat-england-pundit-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/264459\/","title":{"rendered":"Four NRL sides tipped to &#8216;comfortably&#8217; beat England, pundit claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australian rugby league pundit Greg Alexander feels as many as four NRL sides would \u2018comfortably\u2019 beat England, describing their attack as \u2018horrid\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>His comments follow Australia clinching an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series thanks to a 14-4 win over England at Everton\u2019s Hill Dickinson Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the Kangaroos could claim a series whitewash with a victory at Headingley this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Please, they\u2019d beat them comfortably\u2019<\/p>\n<p>England\u2019s performances across the first two Tests of the series have already been slammed down under, with a number of pundits expecting another Australia win this weekend as well, but now Alexander, who represented both Australia and New South Wales in his playing days, thinks NRL clubs could beat this current England side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCall it how it is, we are going to win three-nil and we were always going to win three-nil,\u201d Queensland great Corey Parker said on SEN Breakfast with Vossy and Brandy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if you played the Broncos, Panthers, Canberra, the Melbourne Storm\u2026 would they beat the English side?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To which Alexander quickly replied: \u201cPlease, they\u2019d beat them comfortably, yes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Australian win over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loverugbyleague.com\/club\/england\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">England<\/a> \u2013 England\u2019s attack was horrid. It was sideways, they ran over the sideline. Australia were just better.<\/p>\n<p>He later admitted that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loverugbyleague.com\/club\/australia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kangaroos<\/a> could also taste defeat against the aforementioned NRL sides, too, based purely on their performance on Merseyside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn their form yesterday (Saturday), yes, they would,\u201d he said when quizzed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought we defended well as a team because we were under pressure early, we didn\u2019t have much ball,\u201d he said. \u201cHowever, our ball control was shocking. We made too many errors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Cameron Munster was the best player for Australia, but I would\u2019ve given him a six or a seven out of 10. 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