Heggie inspires England to victory against Spain
England's Jack Heggie won his first cap since 2014
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Jack Heggie produced a superb display on his international comeback as he helped England's wheelchair rugby league team to a 58-28 victory over Spain.
England held a narrow 24-22 advantage at the half-time interval in Nantes after two tries apiece for Heggie and Joe Coyd.
However, Chris Haynes and Jason Owen gave England the upper hand before the impressive Heggie and Coyd finished the job.
Heggie, making his first England appearance for 10 years, ended up with 28 points courtesy of three tries and eight goals from as many attempts while Coyd finished with four tries.
"Spain have showed that they can be another competitive team in Europe," said England coach Tom Coyd, elder brother of Joe.
"They asked us a lot of questions, and it’s to the credit of our guys that they had the answers in that second half."
England are action again on Saturday against France in Saint Lo at 16:00 GMT.
England: Wayne Boardman, Joe Coyd, Jack Heggie, Adam Rigby (captain), Chris Haynes.
Interchange: Jason Owen, Tristan Norfolk, Nathan Holmes, Jack Brown.
Tries: Heggie 3, Coyd 4, Haynes 2, Owen. Goals: Heggie 8, Owen.
Spain: Methieu Monedero, Anthony Martin, Joel Lacombe (captain), Yannick Martin, Will Seron.
Interchange: Pascal Ambrosino, Eric Perez.
Tries: Lacombe 2, Martin 3. Goals: Seron 3, Martin.