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Ultimately, it’s been a disappointing Four Nations campaign for England – but I’ve still no doubt that we can win the World Cup next year.

We had one very good performance against New Zealand , where the team was unlucky not to win, and then played well in patches in victory over Scotland and the loss to Australia that ended our tournament.

The key to being successful in the World Cup is to play for 80 minutes – if we do that, we’re more than capable of beating Australia and New Zealand.

It’s not an effort or commitment problem, it’s elementary mistakes that have cost the side. You can’t come up with errors like missing penalties to touch at this level.

The good thing is that the players are fully aware of that, and it’s down to them now to cut those mistakes out.

I’m also absolutely convinced that Wayne Bennett is the man to help us lift a World Cup.

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He’s set a good foundation this year in terms of what he wants from the players, how he expects them to play and train.

I think it was a bit unrealistic to expect him to oversee immediate success, particularly at international level.

I’m sure he’s exactly the right man to give us the best shot in the World Cup.

Half-back is clearly still an issue, although it’s good all four players have had that exposure of playing and working together.

Kevin Brown will be better for playing against the Aussies, George Williams the same, Gareth Widdop has done it before and Luke Gale knows all about what Wayne wants.

Now two of those must put their hands up and say, “That is going to be my shirt in a England team that wins the World Cup’.

What should also help next year is a mid-season Test against Samoa in Australia.

It gets the team together again and gives us another chance to look at those half-backs – it’s a great step forward.

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