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Wayne Bennett believes there will be no issues with him combining the role of England coach with his position at Brisbane Broncos.Australian rugby leagues most successful coach was installed as the replacement to Steve McNamara earlier this month.It was seen as something of a controversial move not only because McNamara had led England to a series win over New Zealand in the autumn, but because Bennett will remain in charge at Brisbane alongside his role with England. But Bennett, 66, does not feel the dual role will cause any problems and is looking forward to helping the national side build on their success against the Kiwis.They had a wonderful series win against New Zealand but people are talking now about the next level the team can get to, he told Sky Sports News HQ.Thats why Im here - I believe I can get them to the next level; thats my challenge and thats the players challenge. Bennett feels he will be able to comfortably combine the role with his job at Brisbane Broncos Ive coached Australia on three occasions and Im pretty familiar with the workload. There are no interruptions because it is the off-season for Brisbane.I wouldnt have considered the job if I didnt think we stood a chance of being a very competitive team and I look forward to working with them.And he added: I have spoken to some of the squad and I dont think assessing them will be an issue. We get all of the Super League in Australia and we can get any of the games we want over there too.There are 10 of them playing in England and 10 in Australia so Im pretty comfortable with that. Thats why Im here - I believe I can get them to the next level; thats my challenge and thats the players challenge. Wayne Bennett Rugby Football League chief executive Nigel Wood also defended the decision, underlining his belief that Bennett is unquestionably the right man for the role.Its about ability and competence and we believe this is the right appointment to take the team to the next level, he said.Everybodys entitled to an opinion but I think youd have to look very hard to find a more suitable coach than this man on my right. Wayne Bennett exclusive Eddie Hemmings spoke exclusively with Wayne Bennett Meanwhile, Bennett has confirmed Wigan loose forward Sean OLoughlin will remain as the national captain, insisting he will not make changes for changes sake.Im not here to re-invent the wheel. 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Also Wednesday, Gilles Simon (6) of France beat Donald Young of the United States 6-4, 6-3, Ukraines Alexandr Dolgopolov downed Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 6-3, 6-4 and Croatias Ivo Karlovic defeated Dudi Sela of Israel 7-6 (4), 6-2.TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Jonathan Isaac and Dwayne Bacon continue to come through for Florida State.Bacon scored a game-high 18 points and Isaac got his second double-double of the season (14 points, 13 rebounds) as the Seminoles defeated Minnesota 75-67 on Monday in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.I was proud of those guys, Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton said. Dwaynes shot selection was excellent and allowed pace to come to him. Jonathan asserted himself in the second half, especially getting rebounds.The Seminoles (6-1) shot just 34.6 percent from the field in the first half and trailed 33-31 at halftime. They opened the second half by making six of their first eight as part of a 15-5 run over the first five minutes to give them the lead for good.Bacon, who scored 14 points in the second half, had seven points during the run. Later in the half he had a breakaway dunk off an Isaac block to put FSU up 52-39 with 12:44 remaining.In the first half we played their game which was going down slow and not pushing it up the floor, Bacon said. In the second half we just adjusted to play faster, to get stops and move around.The Seminoles would lead by as many as 19 (70-51) with 5:01 remaining before the Golden Gophers (6-1) started to cut into the lead.Bacon has led Florida State in scoring in six of their seven games while Isaac has been the leading rebounder in the past four.They made really good player plays. A couple of the times I turned to our guys and said `thats a good play from a good player. I thought we played really solid defense, Minnesota coach Richard Pitino said.Akeem Springs and Nate Mason led Minnesota with 11 points. The Gophers came into the game shooting 47 percent from the field but was a season-worst 19 of 58 (32.dddddddddddd8 percent).BIG PICTUREMinnesota: The Gophers were seeking their first 7-0 start since 2008-09 but struggled in their first road game of the season. With five newcomers, Pitino saw the game as a good early test before conference play starts later this month.Florida State: The Seminoles snapped an eight-game losing streak in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge and went 2-1 during a stretch of three games in five days. Both of those wins came against Big Ten teams.LETDOWNMinnesotas Amir Coffey, who came into the game leading the team in scoring at 15.8 points per game, was held to a season-low seven points. The freshman guard was 3 of 10 from the field and got into early foul trouble.STAT OF THE NIGHTFlorida State had a decisive 40-18 advantage in points in the paint.Senior center Michael Ojo had 12 points, marking his second double-figure scoring game of the season and third of his career, and sophomore Christ Koumadje had seven points.UP NEXTMinnesota: The Gophers face Vanderbilt on Saturday in a neutral-site game at Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It is the second straight season the Gophers are playing a game in Sioux Falls.Florida State: The Seminoles will take part in the BB&T Classic in Washington, D.C., on Sunday as they will play George Washington.---More AP college basketball at http://collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25---Follow Joe Reedy on Twitter at www.twitter.com/joereedy ' ' '