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In an exclusive interview with Sky Sports, Wayne Bennett said there is no greater competition than England against Australia. Sky Sports Eddie Hemmings sat down with the new England coach to discuss his role and ambitions for the national side.Bennett is in the country on club duty with the Brisbane Broncos, but Hemmings pressed him on his international intentions, asking Bennett if the time had arrived for England fans to dream that a new era had arrived. Im not going to buy into your dreams, said Bennett, Im at the cutting edge of it all, and the reality is its going to be a tough gig and its going to be a tough challenge, but Im up for that.I know whats in front of me, thats the part Im not fearing, I dont have any fear in that regard.My only fear is that in some way I dont connect with the players - but I dont see any reason why thats not going to happen - because I cant do it without the players. Players make successful coaches, its not the reverse. Wayne Bennett was unveiled as the England coach on Thursday The Broncos mentor says it was Englands rivalry with Australia that inspired his love of the game.Theres no greater competition in Australia than England versus Australia, in all of our sports. The high profile sports in particular; cricket and rugby league, and I was brought up on that.When I was a little boy growing up, it was all about the great English players and how hard they were to beat and all that type of stuff.And you lost your way for 20 years, it was a great tragedy, but I believe its starting to come back and I believe theres a movement now to take it back to that place.But thats what made me love the game as much as I do. 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They had been shooting for gold all Olympics.But an air ball in the game that mattered most means bronze is now the best the Australian mens basketball team can aim for in Rio.They will play world No.2 Spain for third place after going down 87-61 to Serbia in the semi-finals on Friday night (Saturday morning AEST).The Boomers were a shadow of the team that had stunned many, including the formidable United States, en route to the final four.Coming into the game, Australia were the competitions best shooters.But all they could muster was 14 points to Serbias 35 in the first-half, and hit just 22 shots from 66 attempts for the game.Even worse was their accuracy from the three-point line, sinking only four off 31.It was pathetic, admitted NBA player Joe Ingles.Nothing Australian about it.The Boomers had beaten Serbia by 15 points in the group stage but the entertaining, slick ball movement that has become their trademark went missing.Patty Mills and Brock Motum each scored 13 points, while Ingles added 12 and seven rebounds.The Serbs were resolute in defence and, unlike Australia, had no issue finding the basket.This is really the first time that weve been challenged in this tournament and where things havent gone our way, said coach Anddrej Lemanis.ddddddddddddIts an anomaly.Its a good test of character for us now in terms of how we bounce back from disappointment.I know this group and the pride that they have in the way they play the game and the way they represent Australian basketball on the international stage.That will hurt all of us over the next couple of days and I think well be anxious to get back on court and put this right to some degree.Australia has never won an Olympic medal in mens basketball, having finished fourth on three occasions - in 1988, 1996 and 2000.They face a tough task to break that duck against Spain who were silver medallists at both the Beijing and London Olympics.Were Australian. Were not going to back down, insisted Ingles.Weve got a lot to learn in a short time.At the end of the day, weve still got a chance to do something that no teams ever done from Australia.Were going to leave everything out there on Sunday and take that bronze.The Americans beat Spain 82-76 in the earlier semi-final to set up their third straight gold medal match against Serbia, who are competing at the Olympics for the first time. ' ' '