RWCR2 Samoa vs Chile - Sat 16th - 14.00 BST

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[Ymx]

Samoa

1 James Lay
2 Seilala Lam
3 Michael Alaalatoa
4 Chris Vui
5 Theo McFarland
6 Taleni Seu
7 Fritz Lee
8 Steven Luatua
9 Jonathan Taumateine
10 Christian Leali'ifano
11 Nigel Ah Wong
12 Tumua Manu
13 Ulupano Seuteni
14 Danny Toala
15 Duncan Paia'aua

Substitutes
16 Sama Malolo
17 Jordan Lay
18 Paul Alo-Emile
19 Samuel Slade
20 Jordan Taufua
21 Ere Enari
22 Lima Sopoaga
23 Ed Fidow

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Chile

1 Javier Carrasco
2 Tomas Dussaillant
3 Matias Dittus
4 Pablo Huete
5 Santiago Pedrero
6 Martin Sigren
7 Clemente Saavedra
8 Raimundo Martinez
9 Marcelo Torrealba
10 Rodrigo Fernandez
11 Jose Ignacio Larenas
12 Matias Garafulic
13 Domingo Saavedra
14 Santiago Videla
15 Inaki Ayarza

Substitutes
16 Diego Escobar
17 Salvador Lues
18 Esteban Inostroza
19 Javier Eissmann
20 Alfonso Escobar
21 Ignacio Silva
22 Benjamin Videla
23 Pablo Casas

[Ymx]

2 dudes named Escobar on the bench.

Do NOT mess with or injure them !!

[Slick]

Could be good this one

[sturginho]

What a player the Chilean 10 is

[Oxbow]

Chile are my new favourite team.

[sockwithaticket]

Incredibly thick from Samoa 13.

[geordie_6]

Incredibly thick from Samoa 13.

It almost felt petulant, like he did it because he bought the dummy.

[Slick]

Incredibly thick from Samoa 13.

I actually thought there was a shoulder to head later on in that move - on the 10 or 9. Player was very low but thought they might have looked

[Slick]

Incredibly thick from Samoa 13.

It almost felt petulant, like he did it because he bought the dummy.

Fair enough

[Slick]

Would this fucking commentator fucking shut up. He’s so irritating every time

[sturginho]

Would this fucking commentator fucking shut up. He’s so irritating every time

So irritating

[sturginho]

Talk about the pitch cutting up!

[Bloutoria]

Bit of a yawn-fest.

[Slick]

Bit of a yawn-fest.

I’m quite enjoying it. Chile throwing it about a bit, all good

[sturginho]

Samoa are struggling to put two passes together at the moment

[ASMO]

Chile 9 andc10 could easily get a championship or pro deaux club after thrm

[Slick]

Samoa are struggling to put two passes together at the moment

Yeah, they are very disappointing so far.

Amazed at the number of Chileans in the crowd, very impressive

[Slick]

Chile 9 andc10 could easily get a championship or pro deaux club after thrm

From this and the last game the 9 might aim higher than that

[sockwithaticket]

Samoa are struggling to put two passes together at the moment

Yeah, they are very disappointing so far.

Amazed at the number of Chileans in the crowd, very impressive

I think some people have been massively overhyping them and Tonga because of the 'stars' they've allegedly gained from other nations with the eligiblity changes.

Samoa are still a tier 2 nation that rarely do much of note against better teams, it's not too much of a surprise that they're struggling against another tier 2 nation, one that very much seems to be on the rise. Unlike, say, Namibia and the Africas qualification, Americas qualification is actually pretty tough now. The teams who come through it are no pushovers.

[Oxbow]

That try should be struck off for the absolutely shocking barnet.

[TheNatalShark]

Some brain dead isolated option taking by Chile 9 in the last few minutes of 1st and start of second half, cost them tries

[sockwithaticket]

Commentators boring on about 'we must include [insert tier 2 team] more with the global game'

1. The Northern Hemsiphere do play tier 2 teams pretty regularly (or did before the new world league bullshit).
2. There aren't that many tier 1 nations to go around.
3. Playing higher ranked nations has a negligible impact on improvement (see Italy). It's all about the structures and size of professional player base.

[TheNatalShark]

Commentators boring on about 'we must include [insert tier 2 team] more with the global game'

1. The Northern Hemsiphere do play tier 2 teams pretty regularly (or did before the new world league bullshit).
2. There aren't that many tier 1 nations to go around.
3. Playing higher ranked nations has a negligible impact on improvement (see Italy). It's all about the structures and size of professional player base.

It's also up to Samoa to put in effort get their own games, commentators particularly whining about "world rugby" need to do X. Like Georgia in the 2010s whining because things weren't being handed to them on a plate

[TheNatalShark]

Chile constantly putting 3/4 players in rucks when Samoa aren't even pretending to compete

[Insane_Homer]

FFS nothing in that.move on

[Insane_Homer]

Wtf...???

We'll up with a final in a months time, with 7 v 9

If you're going to penalise that clearout, then you have to enforce players at tackle ruck with head/shoulders lower than their hips too...

[Slick]

Wtf...???

We'll up with a final in a months time, with 7 v 9

If you're going to penalise that clearout, then you have to enforce players at tackle ruck with head/shoulders lower than their hips too...

People who dont watch much rugby must wonder what the fuck is going on in this game, it’s all very, very silly. And also, all WR own making, what have they down to our game

[sockwithaticket]

A lot of cards in that game. Think the final score flatters Samoa a bit. Aside from a brief flurry immediately before and after half time, they spent a lot of that match not doing much.