{"id":338591,"date":"2023-10-14T12:05:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T12:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=338591"},"modified":"2023-10-14T13:00:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T13:00:40","slug":"furore-as-disgraceful-call-denies-special-try","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=338591","title":{"rendered":"Furore as 'disgraceful' call denies 'special' try"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kangaroos<\/a> have outperformed Toa Samoa<\/a> 38-12 in the opening match of the men's Pacific Championships<\/a> in Townsville.<\/p>\n

Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow<\/a> scored a double on debut as Australia emulated last year's Rugby League World Cup final victory over Samoa.<\/p>\n

In a moment of madness, \ufeffC\ufeffanterbury football boss Phil Gould<\/a> was left gobsmacked after Samoa young gun and Storm winger Sualauvi Fa'alogo was denied a stunning try in the 50th minute.<\/p>\n

AS IT HAPPENED:<\/strong> Pacific Championships 2023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Fa'alogo chipped over the top of\ufeff James Tedesco to score as Samoa trailed.<\/p>\n

However, the Bunker soon took a second look before judging that forward Keenan Palasia knocked the ball on in the lead-up to the try.<\/p>\n

Before the Bunker intervened Gould was in awe: "That is special".<\/p>\n

Thus, he was not happy seeing the try scratched off.<\/p>\n

"Have a night off … it's disgraceful, absolutely disgraceful," he told Nine's coverage. \ufeff<\/p>\n

Payne Haas opened the scoring following some crafty work from Ben Hunt downfield.<\/p>\n

Hunt shifted through the middle before finding Isaah Yeo who put Haas through a hole to score.<\/p>\n

\"Big<\/p>\n

Moments later, \ufeffthe Kangaroos were in again through Hunt.<\/p>\n

Off the back of a scrum, Hunt found Cameron Munster who put James Tedesco on the outside of Izack Tago, easing the skipper over.<\/p>\n

Hunt continued to have a hand in tries as the hooker maneuvered the ball to the line to put Tino Fa'asuamaleaui in front of multiple defenders. Fa'asuamaleaui then crashed over.<\/p>\n

Cameron Murray added to Australia's commanding lead before Samoa finally responded through Murray Taulagi in the 18th minute.<\/p>\n

A short side play late in the set found Luciano Leilua in the centres who grubbered close to the line, setting up Taulagi to ground the ball.<\/p>\n

On the brink of half-time, \ufeffTabuai-Fidow bagged his first as a short drop-off from Daly Cherry-Evans was first batted towards Harry Grant before hitting the Dolphins' speed machine.<\/p>\n

Tabuai-Fidow beat several defenders to get clear inside his own 50 metre line. From there, it was all over as he sprinted away and secured a 26-6 lead at the main break. \ufeff<\/p>\n

\"Hammer<\/p>\n

Watch the Kangaroos in the 2023 Pacific Championships on Nine and<\/strong><\/em> 9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Fa'alogo tried to lift his side with a try but was denied before Tabuai-Fidow scored his second.<\/p>\n

Grant \ufeffkept Samoa's defence guessing before an exchange of hands allowed the centre to go over.<\/p>\n

Despite \ufeffbeing off the pace, Samoa scored a thrilling try through Leilua in the 72nd minute.<\/p>\n

A quick sequence down the \ufeffleft-hand side found Taulagi with enough space to beat several defenders before dishing off to Leilua inside.<\/p>\n

\"Pacific<\/p>\n

Leilua then muscled his way past Hunt to score. \ufeff<\/p>\n

Fitting in one last try before the hooter, Kotoni Staggs added a try to his performance on debut.<\/p>\n

A crafty kick from Cherry-Evans in behind Samoa's defence set Staggs up seconds before full-time.<\/p>\n

Staggs finished the match with 14 points, including five conversions from\ufeff seven attempts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Kangaroos have outperformed Toa Samoa 38-12 in the opening match of the men's Pacific Championships in Townsville. Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow scored a double on debut […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":338593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338591"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=338591"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":338598,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338591\/revisions\/338598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/338593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=338591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=338591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=338591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}