FORMER Saints skipper James Graham will be one of those players with a big score to settle at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday, 2.30pm.

The last time the flame-haired front rower played in the capital was the heart-breaking last gasp World Cup semi-final defeat by New Zealand at Wembley in 2013.

Graham looked and sounded pretty disconsolate after that game, but he will be fired up for this occasion as England look to clinch the series.

The ex-Crusaders and Blackbrook junior, who now plays for the Canterbury Bulldogs in the NRL, relished the physical confrontation against the Kiwis in Hull.

He got better as Sunday's opening test progressed as England slowly but surely managed to coerce their fiery visitors.

Graham's strong charge, late in the game, gave England the impetus for skipper Sean O'Loughlin to bash his way over for their final try - but more of that will be needed on Saturday.

The Kiwis looked dominant for half an hour, had they not had their try chalked off before the break England would have been staring down the barrel of a 12-point margin going in at half time and would have found that a mountain to climb.

Apart from James Roby, Saints had two other players on international duty at the weekend.

Wingman Regan Grace was on the bench for Wales at Cardiff Arms Park against a French side captained by new Saints signing Theo Fages.

Wales won that one 14-6.