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Phil Gould's brutal swipe at England ahead of Rugby League World Cup opener

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Phil Gould's brutal swipe at England ahead of Rugby League World Cup opener

Phil Gould is the general manager of Canterbury Bulldogs and a high-profile NRL pundit. He believes England can't beat Samoa in the Rugby League World Cup opener on Saturday. Richard Frodin and David Cogan are critical of his comments. England are missing a number of their top performers for the tournament. They defeated Fiji 50-0 in their warm-up match ahead of the World cup.

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