The Kangaroos are ready to ram home their opening-game supremacy in the Ashes with a vastly improved second-Test performance — even without their luckless leader Isaah Yeo.

There was much sympathy in the camp for the skipper, who had described leading Australia back into Ashes combat after 22 years as the "pinnacle" of his career, only for his big day at Wembley to be ended after just seven minutes with a "bad" head knock.

The collision with England's Dom Young that forced him out will also mean the four-time NRL champ missing out on Sunday morning's (Australian time) second Test at Everton and the chance to lead the Kangaroos to a 14th-straight series win. Loading Twitter content

But under the stand-in captaincy of Harry Grant, Australia is determined to improve on the opening 26-

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