WALES head to Coventry on Sunday as favourites to beat England on their own patch to clinch Rugby League's Home Nations Championship and the Triple Crown (kick-off 3pm), writes Gary Baker.

National assistant coach Wayne O'Kell is confident Wales can add to their wins over Ireland and Scotland.

And, with England needing to make up a 28-point gap on Wales to prevent them finishing top of the table, the odds are on O'Kell's men to be celebrating on Sunday night.

Wales beat Ireland 56-12 at Cardiff's Leckwith Stadium in May and went on the road to Glasgow to beat Scotland 34-26 in July.

The confident Welsh coach said: "It's frightening to think how far we can go in Rugby League in Wales."

The national amateur team will be linking up with their professional colleagues later this year for the European Nations Cup and quite a number of Sunday's squad could make it into the big time.

Torfaen Tigers' Damien Hudd was selected for that pro squad last year and is included in the Coventry party along with clubmates Leigh Taylor, Craig Jones and Richard Jenkins, while Owen Jones, of Newport Titans, is also there.

O'Kell added: "With teams like Bridgend, Aberavon and Torfaen, people don't seem to realise that we have an extremely high calibre of player here. They are so skillful.

"We are going to win on Sunday, there is no doubt, and then these players can go on to achieve higher things.

"The England team will have nowhere to go after Sunday. None of them will be getting into European Nations Cup squads.

"But, for our players, they can go higher up the ladder. Stuart Wilkinson (Wales head coach) will be there on Sunday to run the rule over them."

Wales squad: Liam Gadd, Richard Johnston, Darren Ryan, Neil Davies, David Hawkins, Mark Burke, Richard Martin, Jason Massey, Dean Scully, Richard Lewis (all Aberavon Fighting Irish); Craig Jones, Richard Jenkins, Leigh Taylor, Damien Hudd (all Torfaen Tigers); Nathan Strong, Karl Hocking, Paul Morgan (Bridgend Blue Bulls); Peter Moore, Mark Dando (Cardiff Demons); Owen Jones (Newport Titans); Simon Bevan (Swansea Valley Miners); Tom Brown (Gloucester Warriors).