Game 4 – Cook Islands vs Samoa
Crunch time for the Cook Islands who have just suffered a loss to Fiji and face off Samoa. A kick off by the Cook Islands into Samoa territory to start the game. Relatively steady start by both teams. A structured plan of attack was illustrated by both teams which made it very hard to break past the strong defensive lines. For the first few minutes of the first half, both teams remained scoreless until about 3 minutes into the game. The first successful try was awarded to young No. 7 Bobby Hansen and successfully converted by Turori Matutu. Samoa aggressively started searching for the Cook Islands try line and their patience was rewarded by a try to No 13. Tupu Ulufale. The Cook Islands fought back with an uncoverted try to No 9. Trends Poila. The Cook Islands lead Samoa 10 points to 6 going into half time.
Manu Samoa hit back straight after half time with a try to No 1. Paul Chan-Tung. Samoa crept into the lead after the successful converstion to 12 – 10. Consistent and steady attacking from the Cook Islands was rewarded with a successful try to No 8. Mau George and converted by Turori Matutu to take the score to 16 – 12. Samoa came straight back with a score to No. 6 Tanielu Pasgne. With the chance to take the lead, Samoa were unable to convert the try, leveling the scores 16 -16.
Full time score between Samoa and the Cook Islands being 16 -16.
Last Modified on 29/09/2009 18:10