SAMOA outstripped England’s scoreline against Samoa as week two of the World Cup kicked off at CommBank Stadium.
With the crowd building up throughout for the men’s clash between Tonga and Lebanon, the Welsh once again found the opposition a bit too hot in a 76-0 loss.
The question of how Samoa would fair against England will be answered next Friday at WIN Stadium but based on tonight’s result, Frank Pritchard’s side will be favourites.
England beat Wales 70-6 at HBF Park last Saturday.
In a match which Wales were not expected to win, Samoa edged ahead of England’s halftime total after the siren for oranges, Ivana Lolesio scoring after a blockbusting run from Amber Hall
Beaten 40-0 by Australia on the opening weekend, Fetu Samoa took eight minutes to score their first try via prop Laikha Clarke.
Centre Tyra Ekepati had a brace by halftime. She finished with a hat-trick, Destiny Mino-Sinapati and Mercedez Taulelei-Siala each registering braces.
SAMOA 76 (Ekepati 3 Mino-Sinapati 2 Taulelei-Siala 2 Clarke Hall Lolesio Isa’ako Tagoai Crichton Ropati Papali’i tries Piliae-Rasabale 10 goals) beat WALES 0 at CommBank Stadium.
Teams:
SAMOA: Destiny Mino-Sinapati (Gold Coast); Mercedez Taulelei-Siala (Newcastle), Monica Tagoai (Canterbury), Tyra Ekepati (St George Illawarra), Freedom Crichton Ropati (Parramatta); Evania Isa’ako (capt, Gold Coast), Pauline Piliae-Rasabale (Gold Coast); Annetta Nuuausala (Warriors), Mary-Jane Taito (Canterbury), Laikha Clarke (Gold Coast), Leilani Wilson (Canterbury), Ivana Lolesio (Gold Coast), Tavarna Papalii (Brisbane).
Reserves: Jetaya Faifua (Wests Tigers), Fanua Rimoni (Gold Coast), Amber Hall (Sydney Roosters), Christabelle Onesemo-Tuilaepa (Warriors), Jaydika Tafua (Cronulla), Christian Pio (Wests Tigers), Jasmine Fogavini (Gold Coast), Evelyn Roberts (Canterbury).
WALES: Leanne Burnell (Cardiff Demons); Zoe Heeley (Cardiff Demons), Jade Mullen (London Broncos), Hannah Bluck (Cardiff Demons), Siân Williams (North Queensland); Amberley Ruck (Cardiff Demons), Tayla Preston (Canterbury); Agnes Wood (York Valkyrie), Jasmine Gibbons (Cardiff Demons), Emily Hughes (London Broncos), Georgia Cussons (Huddersfield), Paige Travis (St Helens), Bethan Dainton (capt, Wigan).
Reserves: Carys Marsh (Wigan), Kathryn Salter (London Broncos), Erin Williams (Cardiff Demons), Gracie Hobbs (Huddersfield), Katie Carr (Cardiff Demons), Ffion Lewis (London Broncos), Lucia Davies (Cardiff Demons), Frances Layton (Cardiff Demons).
Referee: Rochelle Tamarua.
