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Samoan players not eligible to play for Samoa
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<blockquote data-quote="hamo" data-source="post: 133082"><p>Would you put your life on it?</p><p>England is way out of shape. They went downhill after the last WC, and they don't seem to be coming back soon. All Samoa needs is a bit of luck, and to get the ball out of the scrums. England will just kick it away.</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>I agree with you.</p><p></p><p>If we consider recent performances by both teams against SA i think it would be safe to say that this matchup will definitely come down to the wire. </p><p></p><p>SA 55-10 ENG (SA HOME)</p><p></p><p>SA 36-12 ENG? (SA HOME)</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>SA-B 35-8 SAMOA (SA HOME)</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Despite Samoa playing the B team, a lot of things were against them. They just finished three games against FIJ JAB AUS(A) in the southern hemisphere, which means they had to travel a long way to play SA-B at their home grounds- jet lag a factor. </p><p></p><p>Another thing is the Samoan team had the flu during that match which could be cancelled out with England having stomach bug.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Now im not sure if this SA-B team was the same team which travelled to Australia and NZ for the tri nations deciders, but they nearly upset the wallabies and the all blacks experience was telling, better performances than anyone would have imagined.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>I think England's schedule is to play Wales and France a month before the world cup, so these games will be an indicator. Samoa has just come off a 50-3 slaughtering of Tonga, and they head of to the UK to play Leicester, Sale and another English club.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>ENGLAND key players for this matchup - The forwards, Wilko, JasonRobinson</p><p></p><p>SAMOA key players for this MU- Loki Chricton, Alesana Tuilagi, Census Jonstone, Gavin Williams</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="hamo, post: 133082"] Would you put your life on it? England is way out of shape. They went downhill after the last WC, and they don't seem to be coming back soon. All Samoa needs is a bit of luck, and to get the ball out of the scrums. England will just kick it away. [/b][/quote] I agree with you. If we consider recent performances by both teams against SA i think it would be safe to say that this matchup will definitely come down to the wire. SA 55-10 ENG (SA HOME) SA 36-12 ENG? (SA HOME) SA-B 35-8 SAMOA (SA HOME) Despite Samoa playing the B team, a lot of things were against them. They just finished three games against FIJ JAB AUS(A) in the southern hemisphere, which means they had to travel a long way to play SA-B at their home grounds- jet lag a factor. Another thing is the Samoan team had the flu during that match which could be cancelled out with England having stomach bug. Now im not sure if this SA-B team was the same team which travelled to Australia and NZ for the tri nations deciders, but they nearly upset the wallabies and the all blacks experience was telling, better performances than anyone would have imagined. I think England's schedule is to play Wales and France a month before the world cup, so these games will be an indicator. Samoa has just come off a 50-3 slaughtering of Tonga, and they head of to the UK to play Leicester, Sale and another English club. ENGLAND key players for this matchup - The forwards, Wilko, JasonRobinson SAMOA key players for this MU- Loki Chricton, Alesana Tuilagi, Census Jonstone, Gavin Williams [/QUOTE]
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