PNG started quickly against both Lebanon and Samoa. They are hunting an early score here too.

Dudley Dotoi flies over in the left corner, but he may just have been forced out of play.

Robbie Hunter-Paul
Former New Zealand international on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

We were talking about how England need to make sure they suck up that intensity coming from Papua New Guinea. That does not mean they have to be passengers in game. They need to take that intensity back at Papua New Guinea, come at them with more fire.

The ball actually popped off the hand of AJ Brimson earlier in the move.

Still scoreless.

Matt Newsum
Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

The pop pass falls to Herbie Farnworth. Will this be chalked off? The referee does say "no try" on field.

England get a penalty under the PNG posts - of course they don't kick, instead playing out to the left.

It ends in Herbie Farnworth going over, but did Junior Nsemba play a forward pass?

PNG, after their great start, cede possession as wing Robert Darby spills a simple ball forward.

Chance for England to build.

Matt Newsum
Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

It's a big chase from Papua New Guinea. Matty Ashton gathered that eight metres from his line but ended up just in front of it! The Kumuls have come out!

Away we go - and immediately England allow the PNG kick off to bounce. Bit of a false start, that.

Earlier, there were very strong winds off the sea in Wollongong. Those look to have died down a bit in the evening.

Maybe we will see less steepling kicks and more ball in hand. Maybe.

The players are out on the field in Wollongong, where the night has fallen very quickly. You can no longer see the sea over the open stand, which was a beautiful view for the women's game earlier.

Robbie Hunter-Paul
Former New Zealand international on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

[Samoa v Tonga] is the one uncontrollable. The conversation with Brian McDermott and the England squad this week must have been about let's control what we can control. What we control is how we perform, how many points we put on the board, and the chips will fall as they may. The focus needs to 100% be putting points on a really tough and drilled Papua New Guinea side.

Steve Sutcliffe
BBC Sport rugby league reporter

England were 38-0 up against Papua New Guinea at half-time in the previous World Cup.

But then added just a further eight points after the break. Today, they will not be able to afford to step off the gas.

Jack de Belin and Edwin Ipape will likely be big misses for PNG but it will be interesting to see how Brian McDermott uses his interchange bench for England with Mikey Lewis, Zach Eckersley and veteran Kallum Watkins among his options, along with Sam Walters, Ethan Havard and Brad O'Neill.

Robbie Hunter-Paul
Former New Zealand international on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

They've gone with size and athleticism. Look at the back rows in Junior Nsemba and Kai Pearce-Paul. Morgan Knowles likes to move teams around - a ball-playing forward, he plays the physical game, he's a constant threat.

But it's got to start with Max King and Luke Thompson. They've got to set that platform. They've got to go through the middle of what will be a physical, aggressive Papua New Guinea pack. They fly at you like missiles.

Jez Litten and Morgan Knowles have been brought into the starting line-up - with Brad O'Neill initially dropping out of the squad before being brought back on to the bench in a late switch yesterday.

Hull KR's Litten comes in at hooker as head coach Brian McDermott chases a big victory in Wollongong to keep alive hopes of reaching the semi-finals.

Dolphins lock Knowles - who became a father for the third time on Wednesday - comes in after missing the opening two matches with a calf injury.

He replaces Victor Radley, who initially dropped to the bench when the matchday line-up was first announced on Tuesday, but is now out of the 19 altogether, as is full-back Jack Welsby and forward Ben Currie, with Kallum Watkins and Zach Eckersley included instead.

England men: AJ Brimson, Dom Young, Hugo Savala, Herbie Farnworth, Matty Ashton, George Williams, Harry Smith, Max King, Jez Litten, Luke Thompson, Junior Nsemba, Kai Pearce-Paul, Morgan Knowles.

Interchange: Mikey Lewis, Sam Walters, Ethan Havard, Brad O'Neill, Zach Eckersley, Kallum Watkins.

Reserve: Ben Currie.

BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

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Robbie Hunter-Paul
Former New Zealand international on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

England only came together a month earlier. They had a good recipe in their opening game against Tonga, 50-60 minutes were England dominance but they weren't able to turn that into points. What we saw last week was much more disciplined.

This is the game where England can see the fruits of their hard work put together. If they're not successful this weekend with their outcome, the competition may have lost something.

In five previous meetings with Papua New Guinea, England have won every game, with three victories at previous World Cups - including at the last tournament when they won 46-6 at Wigan.

From that game, only seven England players remain, with just four currently due to start.

England head coach Brian McDermott spoke to the media yesterday and stressed the need for his team to be patient as they chase the big score they are likely to need today.

The key message for his players: Don't panic if you don't rack up the points early.

"I suppose [it's a case of] whatever timescale it is before the arm wrestles starts to open up the game for each team," he said. "I'm not sure, it could be 15 [minutes], it could be 20, it could be 35, it could be the first half."

Two stats to bear in mind here: When England beat France 82-0 last Saturday, it them 22 minutes 26 seconds to get their first points on the board. And when Samoa beat Papua New Guinea 64-6 last weekend, they scored only 14 of their points in the first half - with six of their 13 tries coming in the final 15 minutes.