Rugby World Cup 2015: Samoa vs USA – Live Game Article

Published 20 September 2015 | By grootblousmile

Samoa (14) 25 / 16 (8) USA Eagles (Final Score)

Samoa and the USA Eagles did battle in the 2015 Rugby World Cup at

Brighton Community Centre, Brighton, England at 13:00 SA Time (12:00 BST, 11:00 GMT).

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & CSN on TV in SA.

*******************

Scorers:

Samoa:

Penalties – Tusi Pisi (4), Michael Stanley (1)
Drop Goals – 0
Tries – Tim Nanai-Williams (1), Ofisa Treviranus (1)
Conversions – 0

USA:

Penalties – AJ MacGinty (2)
Drop Goals – 0
Tries – Chris Wyles (1), Chris Baumann (1)
Conversions – 0

Teams:

Samoa	USA Eagles
20 September at 13:00 SA Time
Team: 15 Tim Nanai-Williams, 14 Ken Pisi, 13 Paul Perez, 12 Rey Lee-Lo, 11 Alesana Tuilagi, 10 Tusi Pisi, 9 Kahn Fotuali’i, 8 Ofisa Treviranus (Captain), 7 Jack Lam, 6 Maurie Fa’asavalu, 5 Iosefa Tekori, 4 Teofilo Paulo, 3 Anthony Perenise, 2 Ole Avei, 1 Sakaria Taulafo Replacements: 16 Viliamu Afatia, 17 Motu Matu’u, 18 Census Johnston, 19 Faifili Levave, 20 Alafoti Faosiliva, 21 Vavao Afemai, 22 Mike Stanley, 23 Fa’atoina Autagavaia	Team: 15 Blaine Scully, 14 Takudzwa Ngwenya, 13 Seamus Kelly, 12 Thretton Palamo, 11 Chris Wyles (Captain), 10 AJ MacGinty, 9 Mike Petri, 8 Samu Manoa, 7 Andrew Durutalo, 6 Al McFarland, 5 Greg Peterson, 4 Hayden Smith, 3 Titi Lamositele, 2 Zach Fenoglio, 1 Eric Fry Replacements: 16 Phil Thiel, 17 Oli Kilifi, 18 Chris Baumann, 19 Cam Dolan, 20 Danny Barrett, 21 Shalom Suniula, 22 Folau Niua, 23 Brett Thompson

Predicted weather: Partly cloudy at a high of 17° C with 69% chance of rain.
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Assistant Referees: Jaco Peyper (South Africa), Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)

76 Responses to Rugby World Cup 2015: Samoa vs USA – Live Game Article

1

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 12:32 pm

Helllooooooooooooooo!!
2

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 12:56 pm

Players out on the pitch.

Anthems up next!
3

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 12:57 pm

Star Spangled Banner up 1st
4

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 12:58 pm

Now for the Samoa Anthem…
5

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 1:00 pm

Now we’ll see the Samoa Civi Tau
6

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 1:03 pm

Game ON!

Kick-Off by USA Eagles!

Another Rugby World Cup game on the go…

We’ll handle all 3 games today!
7

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 1:04 pm

Big run by USA No 12, bumping Rey Lee-Lo off… and he’s injured!
8

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 1:07 pm

Samoa scrum penalty
9

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 1:08 pm

Another Samoa penalty… but the USA are aggressive and look sharp!
10

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 1:10 pm

Why is it that a chap like Paul Perez can do NOTHING when here in SA playing for the Kings, but is a great player for Samoa??
11

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 1:12 pm

Samoa penalty again… but the USA hits are hard and uncompromizing!
12

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 1:12 pm

This one is a shot at goal by Tusi Pisi
13

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 1:12 pm

Samoa 3 / 0 USA
14

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 1:15 pm

USA penalty, player ahead of the man at the kick
15

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 1:16 pm

Clever grubber kick by McGinty of the USA, out 5m from the Samoa line
16

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 1:17 pm

Risky deeep throw by Samoa into the lineout, but they get it and get out of trouble to the 22m line
17

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 1:17 pm

Not straight into the lineout by USA, scrum… Samoa ball
18

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 1:21 pm

Pisi for goal again…. short
19

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 1:22 pm

Kaaaak uppie by Tim Nanai-Williams
20

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 1:23 pm

Late tackle on McGinty?

TMO

Nah, there was absolutely nothing in it, just stood his ground!
21

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 1:24 pm

Come talk here fellas… Kickers, Nortels!
22

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 1:25 pm

No lack of committment here in this game, so far
23

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 1:26 pm

Try Tim Nanai-Williams… Samoa!
24

nortie on 20 September 2015 at 1:26 pm

Nanai Williams!!!!

Jeez, can we beat this Samoa side?

They look exciting
25

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 1:27 pm

Samoa 8 / 0 USA
26

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 1:28 pm

24 @ nortie:
Was a well-manufactured try…
27

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 1:29 pm

Knock by Samoa, but they looked dangerous again
28

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 1:29 pm

A Samoan down, receiving a lot of attention
29

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 1:30 pm

It is Treviranus receiving attention
30

grootblousmile on 20 September 2015 at 1:32 pm

Pisi kicks out directly, lineout on about halfway

Rugby World Cup 2015: Samoa vs USA – Live Game Article

Samoa (14) 25 / 16 (8) USA Eagles (Final Score)

Samoa

USA Eagles

76 Responses to Rugby World Cup 2015: Samoa vs USA – Live Game Article

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

Users Online