Summary

  • England register their record victory at a Rugby League World Cup, surpassing a 76-4 win over Russia in 2000

  • Dom Young becomes leading try scorer at 2021 World Cup with four first-half tries

  • England had already qualified for quarter-finals and top Group A

  • England's quarter-final to be played at DW Stadium in Wigan on Saturday, 5 November, probably against Papua New Guinea

  • Greece making World Cup debut at this tournament and had already been eliminated after two losses

Live Reporting

Joe Rindl

  1. HT: England 44-4 Greece

    Jamie Peacock
    Former England captain on BBC One

    England have a big lead but we are being really critical and there are some reasons behind that. Sloppy is a consequence of not concentrating.

  2. HT: England 44-4 Greece

    England captain George Williams on BBC One: "It was a little bit scrappy, credit to Greece but we made too many errors and ill-discipline brought them into the game.

    "We probably tried to go side to side too much but we earned the right at the end and have started posting some points."

  3. HT: England 44-4 Greece

    And here is Greece's historic try:

    'The Greeks have a score' - Taukamo gets a try for Greece

  4. HT: England 44-4 Greece

    Greece halfback Lachlan Ilias on BBC One: "For the first 20 we did a really good job and stuck with them. We shot ourselves in the foot in the last 20. Nobody expected us to score. We just have to fix up the second part of the half."

  5. HT: England 44-4 Greece

    Shamoon Hafez
    BBC Sport at Bramall Lane

    The record for most tries in a World Cup match is SIX by the aforementioned Australian Valentine Holmes at the last tournament in 2017 against Fiji.

    Holmes also scored another five in the previous game of that tournament against Samoa.

  6. HT: England 44-4 Greece

    Here's Dom Young's second. He's undroppable at the moment.

    Young gets England's second try against Greece

  7. HT: England 44-4 Greece

    The World Cup record score is Australia 110-4 Russia from the 2000 tournament, by the way.

    Australia's Valentine Holmes has the record for most tries in a single World Cup - 12 in 2017.

    Dom Young has eight now...

  8. HT: England 44-4 Greece

    Kevin Brown
    Former England international half-back on BBC One

    England celebrate a tryGetty Images

    That sloppiness has gone. England now look really slick.

  9. Half-time

    England 44-4 Greece

    And that's the half, one which England have completely dominated.

  10. England 44-4 Greece

    Shamoon Hafez
    BBC Sport at Bramall Lane

    George Williams gets his rewards with a try, you can see how popular the stand-in skipper is, with all his team-mates running in to celebrate with him.

  11. England 44-4 Greece

    Brian Noble
    Ex-Great Britain coach on BBC One

    George Williams deserved that because he has been the nearly man so far. Once he gets into space he's going all the way. That early nervousness has gone.

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    TRY - England 44-4 Greece

    George Williams, goal Marc Sneyd

    An eighth before the break!

    Great play from England as Jack Welsby switches the angle before feeding Chris Hill who breaks the line and sets up George Williams for an easy try.

    It's oh so good for the hosts right now.

  13. England 38-4 Greece

    Dave Woods
    BBC Rugby League correspondent

    Martin Offiah will be twitching. He'll tell you that he once scored 10 tries in a game.

  14. England 38-4 Greece

    Shamoon Hafez
    BBC Sport at Bramall Lane

    This is incredible stuff from Dom Young!

  15. England 38-4 Greece

    Kevin Brown
    Former England international half-back on BBC One

    Dom Young is going to get 10. First half. Four tries. Wow.

    Dom Young completes his hat-trickGetty Images
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    TRY - England 38-4 Greece

    Dom Young, goal Marc Sneyd

    And that's number four!

    Try number eight in just three official internationals for Young who is set up for a much easier score down the right.

    What a tournament he's having.

  17. England 32-4 Greece

    Shamoon Hafez
    BBC Sport at Bramall Lane

    Dom YoungGetty Images

    Hat-trick hero Dom Young, that's his seventh try of the tournament and he now leads the way in the scoring charts.

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    TRY - England 32-4 Greece

    Dom Young, Mar Sneyd

    Dom Young has a hat-trick!

    He's shown us flair, but this is all strength.

    It's route one as Young runs at two defenders, carrying them with him as he drags himself over in the corner.

    Nobody has ever scored five tries in one match for England. Young must be eyeing that record up.

    Young completes first-half hat-trick for England

  19. England 26-4 Greece

    Brian Noble
    Ex-Great Britain coach on BBC One

    When your energy tank is low the last thing you need is George Williams finding Tom Burgess. There is a gap there and a runaway truck coming through it. He is one of those trucks you see on the frozen roads of North America.

  20. England 26-4 Greece

    Shamoon Hafez
    BBC Sport at Bramall Lane

    The combination in the halves between George Williams and Marc Sneyd has been superb so far.

    Both were involved again in the immediate build-up to Tom Burgess' try and there was no stopping the Dewsbury-born player once he got ball in hand.