England battled to a 34-14 victory over France of their wheelchair rugby league worldwide in Marseille.
Nathan Collins scored twice with Lewis King, Rob Hawkins and Jack Brown additionally going over on the Palais des Sports activities.
In a fiery encounter, France captain Florian Guttadoro was sin-binned within the second half for grabbing Rob Hawkins’ wheel as he broke for the goalline.
Head coach Tom Coyd stated it was the “excellent” response to a 43-34 defeat by France in Leeds earlier this month.
“The gamers are adapting to the exterior strain that grows every time that we take to the sector,” he stated. “We’ve got such a presence and there is expectations placed on us by issues each on and off the pitch.
“I feel the gamers learnt quite a bit from the gravity of the occasion once we performed at Leeds, and we handled the event significantly better immediately.”
It is just the second time France have misplaced at dwelling, the primary additionally coming towards England in 2019.
The perimeters, the highest two on this planet, have dominated the game with France successful the 2013 and 2017 World Cups earlier than England’s 28-24 victory in Manchester final yr.
