Tuesday 25 October 2016 13:52, UK
James Graham has praised the influence of England's new head coach Wayne Bennett, and says he is 'excited' to play alongside Sam Burgess.
The forward played in last Saturday's 40-6 victory over France in Avignon, with Graham explaining that Bennett is "not over-complicating matters".
The Canterbury Bulldogs skipper said: "He's really impressed me and everybody that he's spoken to.
"He keeps things quite simple and instils a lot of confidence and belief into his players.
"Defensively we were pretty good against France and our attack got better as the game wore on.
"Moving forward, we'd look to improve but I'm pretty pleased with how we went about Saturday's game against a really committed French outfit."
Although Graham captained England against the French, this role will go to Burgess who was suspended at the weekend.
He added: "I'm really pleased for him. To be handed the captaincy is massive and I can't wait to stand alongside him and follow his lead because he's an outstanding leader.
I'm genuinely excited to be playing with him again. It's been a long time.
"I'm genuinely excited to be playing with him again. It's been a long time. I'm really happy he's not running against me like he does at Souths.
"He's one of the best forwards in the world and has been for a long time and to have him playing with us, helping us try to achieve our goals, is massive."
