Rugby League World Cup FINALSSSS

I didn't really expect it, but it was always a possibility.
You have to at least ask the question if Samoa looked at the draw and decided their best path to top 4 was to lose to England in round 1 and play Tonga in the quarters, so didn't really try too hard in round 1.
Almost every game has been easily predictable up till this one today.

Billy said:
If Samoa perform like they should on paper, they'll beat Tonga in a close game and come up against England in a semi.
It could be one of the biggest turnarounds in sporting history if Samoa can overcome England in the semi after going down to them by a massive score in round one.
On paper, the two squads look well matched. It isn't impossible.
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That was a great game to watch.
Massive turn around from Samoa.

Young with a few defensive blunders. And the commentators curse got him with the drop ball. "He'll catch this, he'll catch this, no."
 
Billy said:
I didn't really expect it, but it was always a possibility.
You have to at least ask the question if Samoa looked at the draw and decided their best path to top 4 was to lose to England in round 1 and play Tonga in the quarters, so didn't really try too hard in round 1.
Almost every game has been easily predictable up till this one today.
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But if they'd won they would have played PNG in the quarter like England did last week, then England again in the semi. It was a very weird draw in that the two sides from the same pool ended up meeting in the semi. But England got the advantage of not facing Tonga in the quarter from wining their pool.

Absolutely hopeless from England, they get the whole draw set up in their favour, massive home country advantage, and they can't even make the final. How embarrassing for them.

Pretty obvious Australia vs New Zealand should have been the final, but best of luck to Samoa next week.
 
What a win by Samoa, that origin fitness was really needed towards the end there.

In all seriousness it’s a great result for the Samoa and the pacific islands in general. Backing up from Tonga previously, it’s showing if they band together instead of all flocking to NZ/Australia they can hold their own on the big stage.

For this World Cup itself it obviously would of been better to have a England v Australia final on English soil. Shame that bottling gene is forever in the poms sporting sides.
 
Will be interesting to see how Samoa go, I can see a bit of a blowout win to Aus, but that semi might have also taken a bit out of them. Who knows, but I wouldn't be putting money on Samoa.

How huge would it be if they did win though, I've seen so many cars with Samoan flags flying out the window in Wellington this week, I'm sure that's only going to increase in the coming week! 🇼🇸
 
jamesgould said:
Will be interesting to see how Samoa go, I can see a bit of a blowout win to Aus, but that semi might have also taken a bit out of them. Who knows, but I wouldn't be putting money on Samoa.

How huge would it be if they did win though, I've seen so many cars with Samoan flags flying out the window in Wellington this week, I'm sure that's only going to increase in the coming week! 🇼🇸
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There's been plenty of Samoan & Tongan flags flying on cars over here in Newcastle too. I love the passion & also their collective refreshing brand of entertainment.
 
DATE TIME (AEDT)MATCHSTADIUM
20th Nov2.00amFinal: Australia vs SamoaOld Trafford, Manchester

Well given the semi final and the possible result of the final, I'm still bitter that NZ and Aus somehow ended up playing in a semi - this should have been those two sides in the final. But ... how do we think the final between these two sides will shape up? I can see either a tight tussle where Australia get home, sorta like the semi vs NZ, or a total blow out. Hate to say it, but I don't see a result where Samoa win.

But I'll be awake at 4am NZ time to watch, anyway!
 
Samoa need everything to go their way, that's a bad start for them with a dreadful call from the touch judge. Should have been a 40-20 to Samoa.
 
Well it was a good first ten minutes for Samoa, but Australia tearing them to shreds now. 😬
 
Milford botches it for Samoa ... they really needed a try there to give themselves some reward for their efforts over the last 15 minutes.
 
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