Are you sure?

Hayne will be a certain selection for the Kangaroos.

England v Exiles was "sold" on the basis as being Englands last warm up game before the World Cup. (Can we sue the RFL for mis-selling?). Maybe, just maybe, after that game they realised that:-
a) the game was a training session, not a warm-up and
b) recent performances and games have highlighted just how wrong the coach got his squad selection.

The game against Italy had been agreed months ago, which does make a mockery of the 'last chance to play together before the World Cup' marketing ploy - but in fairness, the RFL need to use every option available to market the exiles game, as shown by the poor attendances for it over the past couple of years.

For what it's worth, Italy is a much better preparation game than the Exiles.

It's not even comparable. Italy are a legit team, the Exiles were a contrived rabble.

How many times will this "legit team" have fielded the line-up likely to take on England, out of interest?

It's probably his fault TBH. Pizza could be involved after all.

I don't know because, surprisingly, I can't see into the future and tell you what the Italy line-up will be. They'll probably have played together about the same amount of times that the England side on the day will have.