Nov 5th, 2018

Nov 5th, 2018

English legend Garry Schofield has slammed Australian rugby league, claiming the Kangaroos are ‘running scared’ in a savage burst.

With the Brits cocky in the wake of last night’s series winning defeat of the Kiwis, former Lions Test centre Schofield has taken aim at the Aussies in his column in the magazine ‘League Express’, claiming they can no longer be ranked the world’s best league playing nation.

“Australia have had this year with no major competition on the back of the 2016 Four Nations and last year’s World Cup,” Schofield wrote.

“But they don’t need a rest for two consecutive years.

“It’s not like we are asking them to travel over here. The Lions will be in the Southern Hemisphere anyway so what’s the problem.

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“At the moment it looks like the Aussies are running scared.

“They won’t even agree to one Test match, although that wouldn’t be enough for me.

“The Aussies lost to New Zealand last month, which means the winner of the Kiwi - Great Britain Test series (Britain) is the world’s next number one Test nation.

“Even if you believe the Aussies are still the best and the defeat to the Kiwis was a blip, then they don’t deserve to be ranked number one if they can’t be bothered to play many games.”