Nine years ago England lost to Italy in a World Cup warm-up game at the AJ Bell Stadium in Salford.
England went down 14-15 with Italy's Josh Mantellato inflicting the killer blow, driving a field-goal straight through the posts two minutes from time.
It was a shock result and as our then League Express reporter Neil Barraclough wrote at the Already a subscriber? Log in here
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