Wales certified for the World Cup for the primary time by beating the Netherlands in June and the pinnacle coach is eager to see progress in opposition to England.
“We’ve received a plan that takes us in the direction of the World Cup and this is step one in the direction of seeing if the work we’re placing in is beginning to materialise,” stated Brindle.
“It offers us a greater concept of what we have to do to verify we’re competing on the World Cup in ’26.”
The final time Wales met England, in a corresponding fixture in 2023, they conceded 11 tries in a 60-0 defeat.
Brindle acknowledges England’s “vital” sources have given his reverse quantity Stuart Barrow the possibility to call “a younger squad”.
“There are some very gifted gamers coming by way of. So we all know they’re going to be match. We all know they’re going to be robust. We all know they’re going to be properly coached,” stated Brindle.
“So we all know we’ve received to compete and be at one of the best of our sport to have the ability to go toe-to-toe with them. That’s our problem this weekend.
“We perceive the variations, perceive the sources, and we all know we’re underdogs on this regard. However the final factor for us is that we are able to compete, and that’s what we’re going to do.”
Brindle has set what he hope are reasonable targets for his aspect as they face that problem after being “blissful” with the primary hour of their final encounter.
“In a unique world, I feel that would have been nearer, however total, we achieved our objectives final 12 months, and that helped us qualify for the World Cup, and that was the intention.
“So identical once more. We’ve received some targets we wish to obtain on the sector. Hopefully that may make us be higher subsequent 12 months after which the 12 months past.”
Having been concerned with the England workforce in 2011 and once more six years later, Brindle is eager to focus on the general progress within the girls’s sport.
“Once I first received concerned with England girls because the assistant coach in 2011, the sport wasn’t in nice well being,” he stated.
“After which once more in 2017, after I had a bit extra of a hand in shaping the way forward for girls’s rugby league domestically… half the video games weren’t performed that 12 months and it was an actual problem.
“So going from park pitches to the place we’re at Wembley to the usual that we’re going to see this weekend, it’s huge. I’m glad I’m part of that journey.”