LONDON :England host Australia at Wembley on Saturday in the first of a three-test rugby league series when the list of "first since" references could fill the match-day programme as the hosts seek to overturn decades of Kangaroo dominance.

It is the first "Ashes" series between the sport's original big two for 22 years, when Australia swept to a 3-0 whitewash over the side then competing as Great Britain.

That extended a run of Australian dominance that dates back to 1970 - the last time Great Britain won a series - and was their 13th successive triumph in a contest that began 117 years ago.

Either side of the 2003 series the teams have met in one-off matches, with England/Britain wins coming in the 1995 World Cup and 2006 Tri-Nations, but Australia having the last word on both occasio

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