Kangaroos second-rower Anthony Watmough has vowed to use a slur from England's skipper Jamie Peacock as motivation for victory on Sunday morning, stating that ''if they bring it, we're going to take it straight back to them''.

Peacock claimed that New Zealand's forwards had been more physical than the Australians after England's clash with the Kiwis.

Asked if the forwards would use it as motivation, Watmough said: ''Definitely. Benny Hannant and Petero [Civoniceva] bashed them [when the two sides played in Wigan]. They stuck it to them. Why do you think Greg Inglis could do what he did? It was because of them two and Hindy [Nathan Hindmarsh] in the middle.

''They [the English] didn't even look like going through us in that first half at all.

''Physical? I saw him [Peacock] get put on his backside a few times. I think the boys will step up.

''What do you do? Take a backward step? Your credibility as a forward's gone. If they bring it, we're going to take it straight back to them.''

Watmough said Peacock was only attempting to niggle the players off the field.

''We got over them last time, and they're probably just trying to say something to get a raise out of us. We're just going to play the game that we know we can play,'' he said.

''If we play to the ability of our team then we will win.''

Civoniceva said the Kangaroos still had far more to give than the English.

''It will definitely be motivation, but I wouldn't disagree with him [Peacock]. We really haven't played to our potential yet,'' he said.

''I know that as a forward pack we've definitely got a lot more to give. It's all or nothing we've just got to aim up. Hopefully we can give him the physical confrontation that they're after.''

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