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<blockquote data-quote="islander" data-source="post: 125650"><p>Anyone else sense a pattern...? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>wat u talkin about?? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Samoa for sure...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>They made a huge impact. After sweeping aside Wales 16-13 in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff" target="_blank">Cardiff</a> and defeating <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina_national_rugby_union_team" target="_blank">Argentina</a> 35-12, and narrowly losing 3-9 to eventual champions <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" target="_blank">Australia</a> in their pool match, Western Samoa, a country with a population of 160,000, found itself in the quarterfinals against <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team" target="_blank">Scotland</a> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murrayfield_Stadium" target="_blank">Murrayfield</a>. The Scots, however won comfortably, 28-6, but the Samoans were clearly the personality team of the tournament.</p><p></p><p>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Rugby_World_Cup" target="_blank">1995 Rugby World Cup</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" target="_blank">South Africa</a> proved that the team belonged in top company. They again reached the quarterfinals after wins over Argentina and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_national_rugby_union_team" target="_blank">Italy</a>, but were beaten 42-14 by the eventual winners <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springboks" target="_blank">South Africa</a>. After the Cup, Manu Samoa made a 13-match tour of England and Scotland, drawing 15-15 with the Scots and going down 9-27 to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_Rugby" target="_blank">England</a>.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Samoa emerged from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Rugby_World_Cup" target="_blank">1999 Rugby World Cup</a> with honour intact after another shock 38-31 victory over host nation <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" target="_blank">Wales</a> in the pool stages. They again lost out to Scotland in the quarter final play-off.</p><p></p><p>Rugby World Cup 2003 pools alongside automatic qualifiers England and South Africa. In one of the games of the tournament they led eventual champions England for most of the game before losing 22-35 in the last ten minutes.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="islander, post: 125650"] Anyone else sense a pattern...? :P [/quote] wat u talkin about?? :P Samoa for sure... They made a huge impact. After sweeping aside Wales 16-13 in [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff"]Cardiff[/url] and defeating [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina_national_rugby_union_team"]Argentina[/url] 35-12, and narrowly losing 3-9 to eventual champions [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team"]Australia[/url] in their pool match, Western Samoa, a country with a population of 160,000, found itself in the quarterfinals against [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team"]Scotland[/url] at [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murrayfield_Stadium"]Murrayfield[/url]. The Scots, however won comfortably, 28-6, but the Samoans were clearly the personality team of the tournament. The [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Rugby_World_Cup"]1995 Rugby World Cup[/url] in [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa"]South Africa[/url] proved that the team belonged in top company. They again reached the quarterfinals after wins over Argentina and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_national_rugby_union_team"]Italy[/url], but were beaten 42-14 by the eventual winners [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springboks"]South Africa[/url]. After the Cup, Manu Samoa made a 13-match tour of England and Scotland, drawing 15-15 with the Scots and going down 9-27 to [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_Rugby"]England[/url]. Samoa emerged from the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Rugby_World_Cup"]1999 Rugby World Cup[/url] with honour intact after another shock 38-31 victory over host nation [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team"]Wales[/url] in the pool stages. They again lost out to Scotland in the quarter final play-off. Rugby World Cup 2003 pools alongside automatic qualifiers England and South Africa. In one of the games of the tournament they led eventual champions England for most of the game before losing 22-35 in the last ten minutes. [/QUOTE]
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