Young players dream about the sort of month Stuart Fielden has just had, but he's not the sort to swagger around Odsal thinking all the hard work is done.

Selection for the 24-man England World Cup squad and the Super League Dream Team confirmed his standing as one of the outstanding young talents in the British game.

But far from resting on his laurels, the 21-year-old sees tonight's do-or-die clash with Leeds Rhinos as another chance to prove himself on the big stage.

"The England call-up is absolutely brilliant, and hopefully I can pull on an England jersey against Australia," he says. "But in my own mind I am only halfway there.

"Being picked in the 24 is brilliant, but I still don't know whether I am going to be in the 17, or even whether I am going to be fit.

"I am very patriotic, though, and just to pull on a shirt in one of the three group games would be brilliant.

"The play-offs are what counts at the moment, but the incentive is even greater this season because if you perform well now it gives you a great chance to be in the 17 for the opener against Australia.

"The recognition is a part of sport and it is obviously nice to be noticed in the press, but it all comes from playing well for Bradford, and that is what I need to keep on doing."

The team comes first tonight, though, and Fielden isn't ready to see his Bulls kit folded away for another year.

"It is going to be a tough game with no get-out-of-jail card available for the losers," he says. "It's either win and go on or lose and you are out."

With so much at stake and the potential for another tight finish, the spectre of those last-second defeats at Wigan and St Helens could loom large in some minds.

But Fielden remains positive.

"I played in both those games and you can't describe the way you feel," he says.

"You can't really prepare for that situation happening again. It might be in the back of the players' minds, it might not. But it should make us stronger.

"I know it has happened twice, but I don't think that necessarily dictates it is a pattern and a weakness we have. I don't think anyone could write a script like that.

"We just have to move on. We realise we have not been playing to our ability or the way Matt (Elliott) wants us to.

"We hope to get back on track this weekend and then start thinking about Wigan and St Helens and getting back to the Grand Final, which we all know we should have won last season."