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Leeds injury woes, great wins for Hull FC, Salford and Widnes plus Lizzie Jones new fund make this weeks Set of Six. Leeds injury problemsJust two games into the new season and Leeds are in deep trouble with their strength in depth being sorely tested. After being dismantled by Widnes, they now have to prepare for their World Club Challenge battle against North Queensland shorn of their front-line players. Tom Briscoe, Ashton Golding and Carl Ablett are all in doubt for Sundays clash, live on Sky Sports 2, as they join Danny McGuire, Jamie Jones-Buchanan, Stevie Ward and Beau Falloon on the injury list.Jamie Jones is close but it would be silly to rush him back, said Leeds coach Brian McDermott.We will have a look at Beau Falloon but he was going to be in a boot for another 10 days at least so if we do play him it would be a risk. And Stevie Ward is nowhere near.World Club WoesWill it be 3-0 to the NRL teams for the second year in succession? Apart from Leeds and their walking wounded, St Helens were torn apart by Salford ahead of Fridays clash with Sydney Roosters. Saints coach Keiron Cunningham is expecting a response and said that Fridays loss to the Red Devils was not acceptable:Weve got to regroup and get back to the drawing board, he said. Well respond next week. The disappointing thing as coach is I thought I had got some consistency into the place.Rugby league is about energy battles and, if you lose the energy battle, you dig yourself into a hole. You can smell an air of complacency about the place just before the game. I spoke to my staff about it, I was a little bit worried about it but, once theyre ready to cross the line, its a little late.Wigan are the other Super League team and they face Brisbane on Saturday; they may be winning at the moment but coach Shaun Wane knows they need to improve.He said: Its a decent start for us but we understand we need to improve for next week. We played ugly and won.Some of our skill was poor. They controlled the ball and they were allowed to do that, which is disappointing. We had a spell when our completions were about 50 per cent which is not us.Hull FCs flying start Highlights from the match between Catalans Dragons and Hull FC Hull FC have certainly started their 2016 campaign with a bang as they made it two wins from two with an impressive 38-10 win over Catalans Dragons in Perpignan. Some of our Sky Sports pundits have been bigging them up this season and they certainly look to be delivering. As for Catalans, well there is big pressure on them in the south of France. Word from inside the camp is that they had a fractured pre-season with players arriving in dribs and drabs and they have been unable to get some real cohesion going. They will need to get that sorted quickly or it is going to be a long and disappointing season.Salford and Widnes shine All the action from the Super League clash between Salford and St Helens The one year Phil Clarke doesnt tip them for glory, Salford actually look like a useful side! They took Saints to the cleaners on Thursday night much to the delight of owner Dr Marwan Koukash: Ive been waiting three years for a performance like that. I am absolutely delighted. We have a very young side - probably the youngest in Super League and we will only get better over time.Widnes coach Denis Betts was also delighted as he watched his side romp to a 56-12 win over defending Champions Leeds.Its hard not to be so pleased and happy with the performance, said Betts. Highlights of Widnes win over Leeds in the Super League Were two games in so we dont want to get carried away but we came into the game with real confidence of winning and to restrict Leeds to 12 points is a real bonus.Wood defends Bennett appointmentNew England coach Wayne Bennett arrives in England this week as his appointment comes under fire from the likes of St Helens coach Cunningham and Castleford head coach Daryl Powell, who both believe that the job should have been awarded to Leeds boss Brian McDermott.Bennett is here with the Brisbane Broncos who take on Wigan at the DW Stadium on Saturday night in the 2016 World Club series and he isnt likely to step foot in the country again until the Four Nations. However, Rugby Football League chief executive Nigel Wood firmly believes the RFL made the correct appointment, Wayne Bennetts appointment has been defended by the RFL We concluded that Englands chances of success would be enhanced if we asked Wayne to take the role, he said.Wayne is the pre-eminent coach of the modern, possibly any, era. He has a proven track record at club and representative level and is a sincere internationalist.The current group of players is an exciting proposition and they deserve the best in class coaching support to maximise the opportunity to succeed on behalf of the country.We do, however, recognise that the coaching support group should ideally be populated by coaches from the Super League and this is what we will be seeking to achieve with the future appointments. Ultimately it is of course Waynes call as you would expect.Danny Jones Defibrillator Fund launched Danny Jones widow, Lizzie Jones, has launched a fund to raise money towards providing clubs at all levels of the game with a defibrillator at matches Danny Jones widow, Lizzie, has launched a fund to raise money towards providing clubs at all levels of the game with a defibrillator at matches.Danny was a Keighley Cougars and Wales international half-back who collapsed and died from an undiagnosed heart condition while playing against London Skolars in May 2015.Lizzie successfully campaigned for cardiac screening to become mandatory at every Kingstone Press Championship and League 1 club, as it already is in the Super League.She has now joined forces with the RFL Benevolent Fund to raise money to create a fund that will provide assistance to hundreds of community clubs and junior teams across the country to purchase a defibrillator.The campaign has set a fund-raising target of £50,000: to make a donation please visit www.rflbenevolentfund.co.ukGot a view on how the World Club Challenge will go? 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I think Rafa will want to show great respect for Liverpool and the fans, former captain Phil Thompson told Sky Sports. Benitez was pleased with how his side came from a goal down against Man City I hope Newcastle fans understand that and not take it personally as I remember when Gerard Houllier came back and had Aston Villa fans screaming at him because he waved at the Liverpool fans. Rafa is a very professional man and hell want to do the best for Newcastle and keep them up, but Liverpool are naturally still very close to his heart. Benitez calls for Anfield win Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez has told his players to believe they can beat his great former side Benitezs place in Liverpool history is indeed secure. Aside from the Champions League triumph of 2005, he simply got it. Cast as a cold figure - Im not sure hes interested in players as people, Steven Gerrard famously suggested - he nevertheless appreciated the importance of the relationship between manager and fans in a way that others have not. Steven Gerrard and Benitez of Spain with the European Cup in Istanbul in 2005 In 2010, Benitez donated £96,000 to the Hillsborough Family Support Group in the immediate aftermath of his Liverpool exit. The following year, he returned to attend the memorial and in 2013 left a single rose in memory of justice campaigner Anne Williams. They are gestures that will not be forgotten. Nor will his achievements on the pitch.Newcastle fans are a similarly passionate bunch and Benitez will doubtlessly be hoping to forge a similar bond on Tyneside. However, such is the hand that has been dealt him, its tempting to think that keeping this Newcastle team up will require a turnaround almost as unlikely as what happened that night in Turkey 11 years ago. There arent enough good players and thats why they are in this situation. Jamie Carragher I dont think its just an attitude problem, said Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher last month when discussing their plight. I think theres a lack of quality. There arent enough good players and thats why they are in this situation. Its a daunting prospect and the initial signs were not good.Although the Spaniard was able to end a six-game losing streak in the derby against Sunderland, the other three of his first four games as manager were all lost. But there has now been an upturn in fortunes, and the Benitez effect will feel familiar to those at Anfield. Norwich, Sunderland and Newcastles remaining games in the Premier League Firstly, there was the surprisingly convincing 3-0 win over Swansea.dddddddddddd. The gaffer gave the game plan and we implemented that, said midfielder Jonjo Shelvey. Then came a 1-1 draw against Manchester City, ending a miserable sequence of 12 consecutive defeats in the fixture. One goal conceded in two games - and even that effort was clearly offside.Its not a surprise to see Benitez has sorted their defence out, said Thompson. Newcastle arent quite the compact unit just yet but while the current team might not have inspired too much confidence on paper, in practice, they are at least listening. And with Benitez, theres reason to believe thats both a prerequisite for - and a prelude to - improvement. Its not a surprise to see Benitez has sorted their defence out. Phil Thompson Consider the comments. As a young player, it is absolutely fantastic to work with Rafa Benitez, said Chancel Mbemba. His centre-back partner Jamaal Lascelles is learning too. The gaffer has got us doing some excellent training sessions, he explained. He does a lot of tactical stuff which is brilliant. Shelvey has admitted that its like going back to school.At the school of Benitez, hard work is non-negotiable - particularly when hes not in a position to bolster the squad, having only arrived in March. Upping the work rate has been key and Moussa Sissoko embodies the change. Handed the captaincy, he made 72 sprints and covered 11.8 kilometres in the win over Swansea - his best efforts of the season so far. Moussa Sissoko has noticeably improved his work rate since Benitez took over The work rate has improved, said Niall Quinn on co-commentary for Sky Sports on Tuesday night. Everything now looks better. As Carragher alluded to in his remarks last month, whether thats enough to retain Newcastles Premier League status remains to be seen. But it seems that Benitez is part of the solution not the problem.Of course, that shouldnt come as too much of a surprise. Indeed, it has always felt a curious criticism of Benitezs credentials that he lacks the experience of a relegation battle possessed by Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce - as though 15 years of coaching winning teams does not qualify him for the task of trying to win football matches. Newcastles Vurnon Anita says Benitez has organised the team since his arrival He may have won European trophies at both Valencia and Liverpool, but some of Benitezs best nights as a manager in both Spain and England have come with his team in the role of underdog. His enemy is time not tactics. So while games against Crystal Palace and Aston Villa loom, such is Newcastles predicament, they may need something at Anfield too.History is not on his side. Everyone remembers that 4-3 game between the sides 20 years ago this week. Whats less well known is that Newcastle havent won there since. 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