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    Samoa v Aus A results?

    Anyone know what the result of the Samoa v Aus A game was yesterday?

    the ARU website has the Ireland game results but not the Samoan..

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    i thought the game was today

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    yeah isn't it tonight Foxtel at 7:30?

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    Australia won 20-15 I think.

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    excellent

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    Australia A held off a valiant second-half comeback by Manu Samoa to win their water-logged Pacific Nations Cup rugby match 20-15 and retain their unbeaten record.

    The Australians, including 17 Wallabies in the squad, led 10-3 at half-time and were then forced to defend for long periods of the second spell as the home side came back at them.

    Japan beat Tonga 35-13 and New Zealand Maori accounted for Fiji 11-7 in the weekend's other matches.

    Australia A lead the standings with nine points, one more than the Maori, with Fiji on six and Japan five.

    “We are very happy to get out of Apia with a win,'' Australian A captain Morgan Turinui said.

    “I told the boys before the match ‘expect a tough physical game’ and that was what we got.

    “But we were happy with the result. It was the result we wanted, even though we didn't play the way we wanted to.”

    Manu Samoa coach Tuala Lepale Niko Palamo said his side were the architects of their own downfall.

    “We should have won, but we handed Australia two easy tries,” he said.

    “We also had a lot of missed penalty kicks which could have changed the end of the game.”

    Both sides scored two tries apiece and the difference was in the accuracy of the kicking by Australians Mark Gerrard and replacement Matt Carraro.

    In the wet and mud, both sides resorted to kicking tactics for territory and to force errors.

    Samoa was the first to break, allowing Australian wing Timana Tahu to snap up a loose ball and dash 40 metres to the line.

    Fellow winger Mark Gerrard landed the conversion and a later penalty while fullback Neli Sasulu landed a penalty for Samoa to close out the first half scoring.

    Samoa closed the gap to 8-10 immediately after halftime with a well organised lineout move involving scrumhalf Notise Tauafao and prop Census Hohnston, which led to a try in the corner by hooker Loleni Tafuna'i.

    Australia fought back to open up a 20-8 lead with a try to Turinui, cashing in on another Samoa backline error, plus a conversion by Gerrard and a penalty by his replacement Matt Carraro.

    With time running out, Samoa mounted a series of attacks on the Australian line and prop Muliufi Salanoa eventually penetrated the defence.

    Replacement scrumhalf Vale Mai landed the conversion to close out the scoring.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coach View Post

    “We should have won, but we handed Australia two easy tries,” he said.


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    man i am sick of teams saying that, if you were outscored, you lose, its that simple.

    Unless a team is unfairly awarded a penalty try which results in them winning, i dont see the sense in that phrase.

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    Agreed...why not just say "The opposition is actually just crap, but we weren't really paying attention" - it means the same thing

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    That quote is probably more accurate if said we COULD have won but...

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    thanks guys

    all the official schedules indicated that the game was played on the 14th but telecast was yesterday which i managed to watch, cheers anyway.

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    Congratulations to the boys.

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