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Jess Skinner\u2019s side weren\u2019t at their best but still cruised to a 40-0 victory, with Australia winning their four Tests since the England match by a combined 150-12.<\/p>\n
England thumped Wales 70-6 in Perth on Saturday, which makes you wonder what the score will be when they face the Aussies next week. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe haven\u2019t really focused on them too much, we\u2019ve been taking it one game at a time,\u201d Jillaroos captain Isabelle Kelly replied when asked about England. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to playing them. They\u2019ve got a lot of girls that have gone and played now with England from the NRLW, and I think that\u2019s certainly going to strengthen their side. <\/p>\n
\u201cAfter we look at where we can be better after (the Samoa) game, we\u2019ll assess that and go from there. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just another challenge for us, and focusing on ourselves more so than them is probably what we normally do here. We\u2019re excited for the challenge and we know they\u2019re going to be up for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Jillaroos’ World Cup opener was a tv ratings success. Pic: NRLSource: Supplied<\/p>\n
Superstar fullback Tamika Upton scored five tries in the win over England, while strike centre Jess Sergis came off the bench and still finished with a hat-trick at Allegiant Stadium. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a little bit weird,\u201d Sergis said. <\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t actually think we reflected on that game because it was quite fast and we were in and out in Vegas. But it will definitely be something we reflect on this week moving forward. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think England are going to be a different team. They\u2019ve got Jasmin Strange and Georgia Roche there, so we can\u2019t take them lightly.<\/p>\n
\u201dEngland would have been more of a challenge had Jocelyn Kelleher decided to represent the country where her mum was born, but the Roosters playmaker waited patiently and was rewarded with a stunning debut for Australia.<\/p>\n
Fiji make statement against Cook Islands | 02:32<\/p>\n
The five-eighth tormented Samoa with her right boot and was named player of the match.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am so proud of \u2018Joc\u2019,\u201d Sergis said. <\/p>\n
\u201cShe was in the squad last year and never got her opportunity to play, and she\u2019s always just been itching. I know this has been a big goal of hers.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was there when she got the call that she was in the squad, just to see how much excitement she had with that. Now to debut and be player of the match, I think she\u2019ll just be over the moon.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019ll probably doubt herself and still say she didn\u2019t play her best, but that\u2019s the beauty of a World Cup campaign \u2013 we\u2019ve got weeks to build and get better. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very proud of how she played and controlled us around the field, and she\u2019s only going to get better from here.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014 Martin Gabor (NCA NewsWire)<\/p>\n
Why Ali missed out on Jillaroos spot | 01:28<\/p>\n
NRLW TEEN RELEASED AFTER AVOIDING JAIL<\/p>\n
The St George Illawarra Dragons have confirmed the release of teenage NRLW talent Seriah Palepale after she avoided jail for leading police on a 200km\/hour chase before crashing into a telegraph pole.<\/p>\n
It comes after she was sentenced last week to a 16-month intensive corrections order and handed a two-year driving suspension with 120 hours of community services in Campbelltown Local Court.<\/p>\n
Making her NRLW debut in Round 9 against the Warriors, the former Australian Schoolgirls representative was listed to play before the weekend she was charged before being stood down in September.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe St George Illawarra Dragons have granted Seriah Palepale an immediate release from her NRLW playing contract on compassionate grounds,\u201d a club statement read.<\/p>\n
\u201cPalepale requested the release following recent personal circumstances, and the club agreed it was in both parties\u2019 best interests to part ways.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Dragons acknowledge the seriousness of the matters that were recently before the court.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe club will continue to provide Palepale with appropriate support during this period and wish her well moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
AN NRLW player spent last night behind bars after allegedly taking police on a 200km\/h chase that only ended when she crashed into a telegraph pole. St George Illawarra prop Seriah Palepale was listed to play this weekend but has since been stood down after being charged with four criminal offences over the wild chase that allegedly unfolded in South West Sydney on Thursday night. The 19-year-old, who is an L Plater, was listed to face Campbelltown Local Court on Friday on four charges just days after playing her first NRLW game. Pictured: Dragons WebsiteSource: Supplied Source Known<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jillaroos are expecting a far more competitive showing from England this week after the all-conquering Aussies embarrassed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":933492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,85],"class_list":["post-933491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=933491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=933491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=933491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}