England's Gareth Widdop keen to wrap up series at Olympic Stadium

England stand-off Gareth Widdop is hopeful Steve McNamara's side can wrap up a series victory by beating New Zealand at the Olympic Stadium in London on Saturday.

McNamara has named an unchanged squad for the game following the 26-12 victory over the Kiwis in the first Test in Hull last Sunday.

England will be aiming to make up for the disappointment of their last meeting with New Zealand in the capital, the 2013 World Cup semi-final at Wembley, where Shaun Johnson broke their hearts with a last-minute try and goal.

Widdop was also in the side pipped by New Zealand in the 2014 Four Nations Series in Dunedin but insists England will not be distracted by the idea of revenge.

"You can't look too far ahead because your focus goes," he said. "Obviously we've had some disappointments over the last few years and it does hurt.

"But we've got a new opportunity ahead of us now. We've made a good start and hopefully the result does come our way again."

The Sydney-based Widdop will win his 16th cap, playing alongside Wigan youngster George Williams in the half-backs for only the third time.

The pair have have been room-mates at St George's Park in a bid to get to know each other and Widdop says the partnership is coming along nicely.

"You need to have as much time together as possible just to get to know each other," said the Halifax-born St George Illawarra star. "As the halves partnership, you need to be on the same page.

"He's a great young kid and it's been good to spend the last few weeks with him.

"It's always going to take a bit of time when you've only a few weeks to prepare and the more you play together, the better you're going to become. I thought it worked well at the weekend."

New Zealand, too, have kept faith with their rookie half-back pair of Peta Hiku and Tui Lolohea, and Widdop accepts they will also be better for having played alongside each other in both the warm-up game against Leeds and the first Test.

"I thought they were good," he said. "Lolohea is certainly a dangerous ball runner and when they got a lot of momentum in the first half on Sunday, they were hard to stop.

"They'll be better for having another game under their belt, as we will.

"It probably wasn't the prettiest of games in the first half but we got the win and it certainly gives you a lot of confidence moving forward. It's always good to get the first win out of the way."

Officials are hoping for a near-capacity crowd of just short of 50,000 for the first rugby league match to be played at the Olympic Stadium, having already posted the "house full" at Wigan for the third Test on Saturday week.

England's 19-man squad: J Bateman (Wigan), J Burgess (Wigan), T Burgess (South Sydney), M Cooper (St George Illawarra), L Cudjoe (Huddersfield),  L Farrell (Wigan), B Ferres (Huddersfield), J Graham (Canterbury Bulldogs), R Hall (Leeds), Z Hardaker (Leeds), C Hill (Warrington), J Hodgson (Canberra), S O'Loughlin (Wigan, capt); J Roby (St Helens), K Watkins (Leeds), B Westwood (Warrington), E Whitehead (Catalans Dragons), G Widdop (St George Illawarra), G Williams (Wigan).