As they bowed out at the stage england failed to get the most out of their good fortune.
Wayne Bennett’s men had reached the last four thanks to a helping hand in Wales amid a slice of controversy when Lebanon were docked points.
However, New Zealand, who cantered into a 22-6 win in Sydney’s Bankwest Stadium ended their hopes of silverware.
England started the tournament with a remarkable victory over Wales about the opening day but were heading after suffering a jolt 16-13 defeat to Lebanon in their second match on two.
By defeating the to gain their first win of the contest But, Wales came to their rescue along with England bounced back to clinch top place in Pool B.
Then came news that Lebanon had been stripped of those points they accrued in their opening win on the French playing with an under-age Jacob Kiraz.
Lebanon trainer Rick Stone, that said he was unaware of modifications to this minimum-age rule, was forced to leave out both Kiraz and fellow child Jordan Samrani for the rest of the tournament but the Cedars managed to get on the top of England.
Acting captain Gareth Widdop and Sam Tomkins scored attempts for an England, that were forced to watch as their fate was determined by Wales.
John Kear’s men had previously suffered a defeat that was 23-6 Regan Grace scoring their only try, but they had been energised against Lebanon and dominated the match from start to finish.
Mike Butt started captain Elliot Kear and the scoring touched both sides of half-time down to put Wales in control until Lloyd White wrapped up a win.
That enabled Wales to finish the tournament and also the outcome lifted England’s spirits though they fell from Alrix Da Costa.
Ash Handley, Blake Austin and ryan Hall believed to give England a 17-4 interval lead using Elliott Whitehead along with Ryan Sutton touching down in a competition and the latter added another in the second half.
In the event, the turning point came on when winger Jermaine McGillvary had been hauled down short of the line following a fracture along with the Kiwis struck through Ken Maumalo.
There was no way back for England when Jamayne Isaako and Reimis Smith added additional tries either side of half-time and, though McGillvary gathered George Williams’ kick to catch a consolation try, Isaako wrapped up the scoring with his second attempt.
“We made it difficult for ourselves in the tournament but we got to the
Finals,” said half-back Austin.
“We would have liked to have performed a bit better but we move on to Great
Britain.”
Australia, that beat Samoa 25-8 in the semi-finals, proceeded to become the first winners largely from Mitchell Moses in a victory on the Kiwis to a hat-trick of tries.
As New Zealand went on to beat Australia 17-15 in the final, the women of england were outclassed on the next day.
Georgia Wilson scored the only try of England in a 42-4 conquer while Amy Hardcastle was around the mark in a 33-4 reduction.
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