Thomas Leuluai will send his Wigan team-mate Sam Tomkins a good-luck message before Saturday's Gillette Four Nations match - and then try to ruin his big day.

The Warriors half-back partners will be on opposite sides at Huddersfield's Galpharm Stadium when England take on New Zealand in the final Four Nations group match, with a place in the Elland Road final at stake. Leuluai, who is being used by the Kiwis as a hooker, wished his club-mate the best of luck before England's match against Australia at Wigan's DW Stadium last Saturday and Tomkins responded with an impressive performance in their second-half fightback as they went down 26-16.

"I talked to him before the game and he was pretty confident," said the Kiwi. "I texted him in the week to see how he was doing and wish him good luck."

Leuluai added: "I'll do the same this time. He's a good fella. Obviously I hope we win but I hope he has a good game too."

While England paid the price for a slow start against the Kangaroos, the Kiwis cruised to a 62-12 win over France in Toulouse and are favourites to set up a repeat of the World Cup final.

However, Leuluai is warning his team-mates to expect further improvement from England after they prevented Australia from scoring in the second half at Wigan.

"It was always going to come down to a do-or-die match with England," he said. "It's going to be a difficult game.

"They came back well in the second half against Australia so I suppose they'll take a lot of confidence from that.

"We played pretty good in the first match but started a bit slow against France.

"We've still got some improvement in us, which is a good thing. You don't want to be hitting your form too early. We've still got things to work on."