Greece captain Jordan Meads returns to the side for the match against England at Bramall Lane on Saturday while Billy Magoulias has flown back to Australia to be with his partner during the birth of his first child.

Coach Steve Georgallis has named four Greek domestic players with Ioannis Rousoglou (Aris Eagles), Ioannis (Johny) Nake and Konstantinos Katsidonis making 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.

“We understand the enormity of the task against England however we won’t be shying away from our jobs or taking a backward step.”

Greece will play England at Bramall Lane on Saturday 29 October at 2:30pm.

2 Siteni TAUKAMO

4 Nick MOUGIOS 

25 Adam VRAHNOS

3 Terry CONSTANTINOU

5 Jonny MITSIAS

6 Lachlan ILIAS

7 Jordan MEADS ©

8 Robert TULIATU

9 Peter MAMOUZELOS

22 Ioannis ROUSOGLOU

11 Michell ZAMPETIDES 

14 Jake KAMBOS

12 Nic FLOCAS

20 Ioannis NAKE

16 Sebastian SELL

21 Konstantinos KATSIDONIS 

17 Theodoris NIANIAKAS

19 Liam SUE-TIN