England's Lionesses have had a tough old afternoon in Sydney, going down 38-0 to holders Australia Jillaroos.

One win and one defeat from two so far. Report to come on BBC Sport.

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No shortage of people tuning in....

Paul Sanderson: Didn't know whether to stay up and drink beer, or get up early and drink coffee. Coffee it is. Come on England! #bbcrl, external#RLWC2017, external

scott: Up at this time to watch England Vs PNG in the RL World Cup!! Come on England #bbcrl, external

Stuart Barlow: up and watching im a bit excited more than I would be waiting for a football match #england, external

Kevin Sinfield
Former England and Leeds captain on BBC Two

"Papua New Guinea have been outstanding and it's a dangerous game.

"It will be different for them being in Melbourne rather than Port Moresby but they will pose England problems."

Matt (unnecessary characters follow actual name): stayed up, may or not be under the influence but can’t wait for it to start, just hope it’s exciting enough to keep me awake!

Jack Spring: London Broncos fan watching the coverage from Nashville, early start for you, nice evening entertainment for me...

Pete Lewis: All the presenters look like they’ve literally just woken up! Get the coffee on boys!

saints&wigan banter: This ungodly hr we must be mad but hope for a 80 mins good performance to hopefully take us into semis png are a quality side in this world cup

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Papua New Guinea have been one of the stand-out teams in the competition, comprehensively beating Wales and the USA, and edging out a plucky Ireland in the group stages.

They scored 24 tries in their opening three matches, conceding just two in reply.

Much of their success has been built on a lively back-three, including Castleford-bound Garry Lo and Gold Coast Titans full-back David Mead, and a powerful pack which is anchored by influential veteran Paul Aiton.

Victory against England would put them into the semi-finals, and send a rugby league-crazy nation even more barmy.

Jon Wilkin
Former England international on BBC Two

Those pacific islands are really strong, and today from Papua New Guinea I expect chaos - they thrive in chaos. And the key for the game in England is to really control that and keep structure.

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England's last meeting with Papua New Guinea at a World Cup came in 2008, when they overcame a huge scare from the Kumuls to take the group stage points in a 32-22 victory.

The survivors from that game - James Roby and James Graham - will be wary of the threat posed by the passionate Pacific islanders.

Paul Aiton is the only member of that PNG team to still feature.

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England head coach Wayne Bennett is almost in a talkative mood before kick-off.

"Sam is ready to go," he says.

"He's worked really hard on his injury and he's 100% fit."

That's about all you're getting.

Callum Brannon: Done all nighter so please @England_RL, external get the win

Adele: I hope @England_RL, external appreciate I’m up come on #ENGvPNG, external#RLWC2017, external#bbcrl, external@DaveWoodsSport, external

...can stumble upon a winning formula sometimes.

Who'd have thought injury to Jonny Lomax would have given coach Wayne Bennett the key to unlocking England's attacking rhythm?

In Lomax's absence, Bennett put Dally M half-back of the year Gareth Widdop back to full-back, a position he hadn't played in for England for a good six years. He was a revelation.

Kevin Brown came into the stand-off shirt and added, which rubbed off on Luke Gale at scrum-half.

England found their mojo. It was clearly good enough in Bennett's eyes to earn them a second bite here against Papua New Guinea.

BBC Radio 5 live

If you can't get access to a TV or your broadband bandwidth isn't quite so generous (we've all been there), why not dip into a bit of radio commentary?

Former Great Britain and Wales stand-off Iestyn Harris is with Stuart Pyke for BBC Radio 5 live commentary from 05:00 GMT.

BBC Two

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BBC rugby league correspondent Dave Woods is with Brian Noble and Ian Millward in commentary, while the panel of Kevin Sinfield, Jon Wilkin and Jonathan Davies join Mark Chapman in the studio.

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England are as expected with Sam Burgess in the back-row, Kevin Brown and Luke Gale in the halves and Gareth Widdop retained at half-back.

The PNG Hunters halves partnership of Ase and Watson Boas is restored for this game, as Lachlan Lam - son of the legendary Adrian Lam - drops out of the side.

England: Widdop; McGillvary, Watkins, Bateman, Hall; Brown, Gale; Hill, Hodgson, Graham, S. Burgess, Whitehead, O'Loughlin

Replacements: Walmsley, T. Burgess, Currie, Roby

Papua New Guinea: Mead; Olam, Ottio, MacDonald, Lo; A. Boas, W. Boas; Meninga, Segeyaro, Page, Martin, Minoga, Aiton

Replacements: Baptiste, Amean, Albert, Griffin

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The aim is simple.

England know what they must do to reach the 2017 Rugby League World Cup final.

They know who stands in their way.

Papua New Guinea first, and if they overcome that test, Tonga lie in wait in the semi-finals.

Pressure is on.