Australia Run Riot With 11 Tries In Rugby World Cup Win Over Samoa

Australia made ray activity of Samoa pinch a flawless capacity successful Salford, registering their grounds separator of triumph successful a Women’s World Cup crippled to move apical of Group A aft nan opening information of fixtures.

With nan title expanding from 12 teams to 16, it was possibly expected location would beryllium immoderate one-sided results. This was categorically 1 of those arsenic nan Wallaroos began their run pinch a ascendant triumph to tee up what will almost surely beryllium a winner-takes-all conflict pinch USA adjacent Saturday successful York to suffice pinch England.

They scored 11 tries, including 7 successful a blistering first-half capacity to not only surpass their grounds 62-0 triumph complete South Africa, successful nan 2010 tournament, but move up of England connected points difference. Samoa showed plentifulness of spirit, but they were good beaten connected their first World Cup quality since 2014.

The penning was connected nan wall from nan first infinitesimal for Samoa, erstwhile Harmony Vatau kicked retired connected nan afloat from wrong her ain 22. From nan resulting lineout they illustrated their superiority arsenic Katalina Amosa drove over, pinch Sammy Wood converting. It group nan reside for what would follow.

Five minutes later, immoderate good handling freed Miller to people successful nan area earlier Caitlyn Halse collapsed from heavy to people Australia’s third. The Wallaroos secured their prize constituent wrong 15 minutes arsenic Emily Chancellor powered complete earlier Eva Karpani was nan latest beneficiary of different beardown maul to make it 33-0.

Miller scored her 2nd aft different awesome portion of play allowed nan winger a elemental decorativeness successful nan corner, but arsenic half-time approached Samoa did statesman to show signs of betterment pinch nan ball, but errors would proceed to beryllium their undoing. Those errors were allowing Australia to widen their lead almost each clip they precocious into Samoan territory.

Samoa’s Jayjay Taylor (right) tackles Australia’s centre Cecilia Smith astatine nan Salford Community Stadium. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

Their seventh effort came erstwhile Miller completed her hat-trick arsenic she mixed pinch chap winger, Maya Stewart. The biggest roars of that first half came whenever Samoa pushed difficult for their first points successful Australian territory, but by nan break they had been incapable to breach nan Wallaroos’ line.

To Samoa’s immense credit, they were overmuch much resolute aft half-time. While they had immoderate chances to people their first points and came up short, they were proving a overmuch sterner trial aft nan interval.

The first Australia effort of nan 2nd half arrived connected 53 minutes erstwhile centre Cecilia Smith brought up their half century. It would return different 15 minutes for them to people again pinch Samoa showing immoderate magnificent tone earlier Australia’s maul proved excessively ascendant again, this clip Adiana Talakai scoring.

The grounds effort arrived 4 minutes from time. After Melina Grace Salale was sent disconnected for a vulnerable tackle, Talakia forced her measurement complete for her 2nd and nan Wallaroos’ 10th earlier Halse scored her 2nd successful nan last minute.