He trusts his men implicitly and when the semifinal reached its climax on Saturday night, with England trailing by one point, he knew France could not match them.
Malone, on for Evans, was unable to land the conversion though to leave Quins trailing by a point, and the replacement then had to go off himself to leave Brown as the third-choice kicker.
Algeria, who contested last year's World Cup finals, lie bottom of Group D with just one point, trailing both surprise leaders Central African Republic and Morocco by three points.