Samoa outclass Wallabies by 32-23 in Sydney – Rugby news
Samoa stunned the Wallabies by 32-23 in the season opening test match played in Sydney on July 17. The visiting side, Samoa, scored four tries in the match to overcome the much stronger opponents in front of the Aussie home crowd.
The Wallabies team, which was clearly the favourites for this match, started off the game in poor fashion. Samoa had taken full advantage of the inexperienced Wallabies and ran circles around the young players.
Samoa got the game underway very quickly and nailed the penalty they were awarded just in the third minute of the match. Tusi Pisi opened the account for Samoa which was completed by Alesana Tuilagi in the 11th minute of the match in splendid
fashion.
The follow-up conversion was guided into the Wallabies goals again by Tusi Pisi in the next minute. The Wallabies were left chasing the Samoan side during the match. Samoa continued with their good performance as Paul Williams extended his team’s lead to
15-0 in the 29th minute of the game. Pisi again committed no mistake and scored on the conversion shot in the 30th minute of the first-half. The crowd was moved by the excellent rugby from Samoa, who were heading towards a dramatic victory.
Daniel Leo was the next happening of the match as he was sin-binned two minutes before the interval break. Meanwhile, Digby Ioane put the first score on the board for the Wallabies with a try just seconds away from half time. Matt Giteau did not the miss
the opportunity to score on the conversion shot and ended up the first-half with a seven point’s deficit. Samoa was leading the match with 17-10 at the break.
Kane Thompson and George Pisi scored on try each in the 47th and 55th minute of the match for Samoa. The Australians were clearly late coming back in the match, although they tried to bounce back later on in the second-half. However
they were left l*****g their wounds by 32-23 when the final whistle blew.
The victory of Samoa has pointed out huge holes in the Wallabies’ defence just a few weeks before the Rugby World Cup 2011.
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