Samoa (3) 16 / 25 (12) All Blacks (Final Score)
Samoa and the New Zealand All Blacks did battle in a Test match at
Apia Park, Apia, Samoa at 04:00 SA Time (15:00 Samoa Time, 14:00 NZ Time, 02:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & CSN on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
Samoa:
- Penalties – Tusi Pisi (3)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Alafoti Fa’osiliva (1)
- Conversions – Tim Nanai-Williams (1)
All Blacks:
- Penalties – Dan Carter (6)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – George Moala (1)
- Conversions – Dan Carter (1)
Teams:
Samoa |
New Zealand All Blacks |
8 July at 04:00 SA Time | |
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Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Assistant Referees: Angus Gardner (Australia), Rohan Hoffmann (Australia)
TMO: George Ayoub (Australia)
Samoa penalty, offside by All Blacks No 3, Owen Franks… about on halfway but still a shot at goal for Pisi.
Hits the cross-bar… missed
Colin Slade on for Israel Dagg
Big Samoa maul, they make 20m or so… good stuff!!
Samoa penalty for offside again… and they were, culpably so.
Tusi Pisi slots it.
All Blacks 19 / 9 Samoa
Samoa attacking well around the rucks and breakdowns… and then a knock…
All Blacks scrum, well inside their own half.
Big All Blacks scrum… penalty advantage… and then the penalty eventually, on about the middle spot.
Dan Carter for goal it is.
All Blacks 22 / 9 Samoa
Matt Todd on for Jerome Kaino
20 Min to go in the match.
George Moala drops a ball cold… on the right wing
Samoa penalty on their own 22
Difficult customers, these Samoans… and of course today fired up on their home gound in Apia.
Samoa declared a national holiday for this game…
Hika Elliot and Brad Weber on for the All Blacks, Andy Ellis and Keven Mealamu off.
Samoa steals another breakdown ball, bloody well done!
Tryyyyyyyyyy Samoa, No 6 Alafoti Fa’osiliva!!
All Blacks 22 / 16 Samoa
14 Minutes to go… only 6 points in it…
All Blacks maul it for a change… then a cross-kick out wide to the left by Carter… too hard and directly out.
Luke Romano’s left eye completely swolen closed… hehehe
Forward from Sonny Bill Williams, Samoa scrum.
It is 05:30 in SA… and of course still pitch dark outside here in SA.. in winter of course.
Samoa penalty, on about their own 22.
I expected fierce resistance from Samoa, but the All Blacks to really put them to the sword.. a pleasant surprise this game is proving to be.
Brad Webber trying to spark something from the All Blacks, ball is kicked dead behind though.
7 Minutes to go… the deficit still only 6.
All Blacks scrum penalty, I would think it is a shot at goal… yip, it is!
All Blacks 25 / 16 Smaoa
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