in a memorable 28 27 win. england are up againstjapan at twickenham, and are 2a 6 with first half tries from freddie steward, marcus smith and guy porter. and after losing to new zealand last week, wales face argentina at 5.30. it is all to play for for england against samoa. england had led at half time but went behind again to a great samoa try the england defence powerless to stop stephen crichton. samoa piled on the pressure tim lafai s second try of the match put them 20 12 ahead, leaving england needing to score twice. but then her farnworth wriggled his
Samoa stunned hosts England to reach the Rugby League World Cup final with a Golden Point victory in extra time after a thrilling semi-final had ended 26-26 on Saturday.
this tournament with just five minutes on the clock tim lafai went over to put samoa ahead. england had a kallum watkins try disallowed before elliot whitehead scored to get them back on terms. tommy makinson added the extras to put them 6 4 ahead. it is samoa who are leading 10 6 at the moment. with nine minutes to go until half time ligi sao powered them back into the lead. that try was converted so samoa lead 10 6. brentford pulled off a shock victory at the etihad to beat manchester city 2 1. ivan toney gave the visitors the lead after 15 minutes but city found the equaliser early in the second half through phil foden. an injury to aymeric laporte meant there was ten minutes of stoppage time, enough for toney to double brentford s lead and secure all three points.
you know. around and they did that, i thought, you know, they changed a bit about how they you know, they changed a bit about how they played, tim lafai on the left edge how they played, tim lafai on the left edge absolutely destroyed us, so fair left edge absolutely destroyed us, so fair play to samoa, it is great for international rugby so fair play to samoa, it is great for international ru-by lea-ue, but for international rugby league, but not so for international rugby league, but not so good for us rugby fans. yes, it really does not so good for us rugby fans. yes, it really does feel not so good for us rugby fans. yes, it really does feel like not so good for us rugby fans. yes, it really does feel like an it really does feel like an opportunity missed for england, they were going so well. yes. opportunity missed for england, they were going so well. were going so well. yes, and even at the end where were going so well. yes, and even at the end where george
Samoa barely broke sweat as they crushed France in a 62-4 Rugby League World Cup win to set up a mouth-watering World Cup quarter-final with Pacific rivals Tonga.