England v Greece: George Williams named captain for Rugby League World Cup match

Williams (right) captained England in their warm-up clash with Fiji

George Williams has been named England captain for their final World Cup Group A game against Greece at Bramall Lane on Saturday, with Sam Tomkins rested.

Head coach Shaun Wane is set to make changes after his side qualified for the quarter-finals with impressive victories over Samoa and France.

Second rows Joe Batchelor and Kai Pearce-Paul, the only players yet to feature, will make their debuts.

Centre Kallum Watkins was injured in the 42-18 win over France last week.

As well as Tomkins, hooker Michael McIlorum, centre Herbie Farnworth and second rower Elliott Whitehead are also rested.

The St Helens trio of Tom Makinson, Morgan Knowles and Matty Lees all return after sitting out the France game, along with Mike McMeeken (Catalans) and Mike Cooper (Wigan).

Loose forward Victor Radley, who qualifies to play for England through his Sheffield-born father, is also included to play in the city this weekend.

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Greece are bottom of the group following two defeats, conceding 106 points.

"We had a really tough week before the French game," said Wane. "This week we've laid off the players a bit, they've had less metres on their legs so they will be very fresh.

"I want them to go out and express themselves - that's been the message from day one.

"They're good players, I give them a rough game plan but I want them to play and don't feel anchored down by a game plan."

Greece will be without experienced forward Billy Magoulias after he flew back to Australia to be with his partner during the birth of their first child.

The loss of Magoulias is offset by the return of captain Jordan Meads, who missed his team's 72-4 defeat by Samoa last Sunday through illness.

Coach Steve Georgallis has named four Greek domestic players in his 19-man squad, with three of them - Ioannis Rousoglou, Ioannis Nake and Konstantinos Katsidonis - set to make their World Cup debuts.

"I flagged before the tournament how important our domestic players are and the role they played in getting us here through the qualification process," Georgallis said.

"Losing Billy is a blow but we have Jordan back and the players have responded well to every challenge they have been set."

England squad: Williams (capt), Makinson, Hall, Welsby, Burgess, Thompson, Bateman, Radley, Young, Knowles, Lees, Cooper, Hill, Ackers, McMeeken, Sneyd, Batchelor, Oledzki, Pearce-Paul.

Greece squad: Bastas, Constantinou, Flocas, Ilias, Kambos, Katsidonis, Mamouzelos, Meads (capt), Mitsias, Mougios, Nake, Niniakas, Rousoglou, Sell, Sue-Tin, Taukamo, Tuliatu, Vrahnos, Zampetides

Referee: Belinda Sharpe

Video referee: Ben Thaler