England vs Samoa: International Rugby League Test live scores, blog

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6th May, 2017

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England vs Samoa
2017 Pacific Tests, May 6, 2017
Campbelltown Sports Stadium, Sydney
England		Samoa
30	SCORE	10
5	Tries	2
4	Conversions	1
1	Penalty Goals	0
0	Field Goals	0

Kickoff: 7.30pm AEST
Venue: Campbelltown Stadium
TV: Live, Fox Sports
Betting: England $1.42, Samoa $2.85
Referee: Gerard Sutton

England
1. Stefan Ratchford 2. Jermain McGillvary 3. Kallum Watkins 4. Zak Hardaker 5. Ryan Hall 6. Kevin Brown 7. Luke Gale 8. Sam Burgess 9. Josh Hodgson 10. James Graham 11. Michael Meeken 12. Elliott Whitehead 13. Sean O’Loughlin (c)

Interchange: 14. Chris Hill 15. Chris Heighington 16. Chris McQueen 17. Tom Burgess

Coach: Wayne Bennett

Samoa
1. Peter Mata’utia 2. Ken Maumalo 3. Joey Leilua 4. Tim Lafai 5. Antonio Winterstein 6. Anthony Milford 7. Fa’amanu Brown 8. Sam Kasiano 9. Kaysa Pritchard 10. Junior Paulo 11. Sione Mata’utia 12. Sauaso Sue 13. Josh McGuire

Interchange (one to be omitted): 14. John Asiata 15. Leeson Ah Mau 16. Bunty Afoa 17. Suaia Matagi 18. Herman Ese’ese

Coach: Matt Parrish

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Match result:

England have played disciplined and controlled football to beat Samoa 30-10 in the third match of the Test triple header in Campbelltown.

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Final score
England 30
Samoa 10

Match preview:

England takes on Samoa at Campbelltown Stadium as part of the Representative Round. Join The Roar for live scores, commentary and debate from 7:30pm (AEST).

This is only the third Test ever played between the two nations, with England having won both matches to date. But Samoa gave the Poms a scare in their last match in the 2014 Four Nations tournament, only going down by six points.

There are seven current NRL players in the English squad and all are forwards – the Burgess brothers (Sam and Tom), James Graham, Elliott Whitehead, Chris Heighington, Josh Hodgson and Chris McQueen. McQueen is making his Test debut tonight.

They’ll be joined by experienced campaigner and captain Sean O’Loughlin (Wigan), giving England the stronger pack on paper.

St George playmaker Gareth Widdop is unavailable for England for this Test due to his knee injury.

The Samoan team is full of current NRL players, but they have a comparatively less experienced forward pack.

They’ll need to step up and match England in the middle, and hope the likes of Anthony Milford and Joey Leilua can spark their backline attack.

This is the fifth year of the annual Pacific Rugby League Test round and Samoa has established a winning record.

After losing to Tonga in 2013, they’ve since had three wins, beating Fiji in 2014 and gaining their revenge on Tonga in both 2015 and 2016.

They’ll be looking to continue that winning form tonight against a strong English side.

Prediction
England by 7.

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