Good first half for both Sides , Samoa holding in places. It hasn't all been one way traffic.
NZ starting to work out their combinations , looking a bit sharper with their top side out there, Samoa giving them more problems than the Cook Islands last week , a good test for the Kiwis.

Mose Masoe , Ben Roberts , Anthony Milford , Pita Godinet the pick of the Toa Samoa team

I'm watching this on an internet stream, and there's more atmosphere tonight at the HJ, than there is for a normal home game. Now I know all the fans aren't Warringtonians, but surely we can create a better atmosphere for our own games.

I'm sure the commentator wants to be an honourary Warringtonian

"This is what you call a RL ground, all you people in Australia"
"This is a ground steeped in RL history" well, for 10 seasons, it is

Hilarious from Sonny Bill

Mighty come back Samoa

The Kiwis choked after Mose Came on and he's just too big , too good , a one man forward pack.

Lucky Saints Fans , great effort Samoa , pity they didn't have the personnel to beat the Kiwis

They just needed a few of their big names and it would have been different

Fantastic Crowd , our commentary were raving through the game about the fans.

NZ showed they are beatable , especially if they clock off / lose concentration , on the flip side when they are focused your in trouble.

Good wake up call for NZ.

I loved that, brilliant game, just wish I'd been there, sounded immense on tv.

Some huge hits and a bit on needle, how the game should be.

It should also be noted that the fans helped make that game. We are our strength and a weakness at the same time. We are too critical of ourselves at times but we back the long shot with enthusiasm that times surpasses what we offer our own.

Not a criticism as I'm as guilty as anyone and TBH it makes me more proud than frustrated because I don't think any other nation would do it. We want RL to progress more than the Roos etc. But then we would, wouldn't we.

A massive thank you to that crowd tonight they made our game look amazing. The atmosphere sounded better on the tv than being inside the stadium for the England game yesterday. Hopefully it will continue and we see more full grounds.

THOROUGHLY enjoyed that! Great to watch a brilliant NZ team and wonderful to help support the underdogs. Second half atmosphere was dynamite. Can't wait to get the Virgin box warmed up and watch it all again!

What's the code for half price tickets to the quarter final at HJ?

Wow.


I would love to trawl back through the RLWC sticky at the top of the page and pull up all the posts from months ago saying how cr@p it would be. What an amazing weekend of rugby league!

Brilliant game. Don't think some of the Samoan players have played in a stadium with that atmosphere. Ooooo Samoa...
Pity SBW never scored when he fell over near the end of the game.

Congrats to all..a brilliant advert for the greatest game...and the crowd played a big part in making it such a great occasion. 10/10

Not many will have on either side of the field. Australian games have the atmosphere of a library and most of them the stands are far back from the pitch with 20,000 people spread out in 50,000+ capacity stadia.

It must be amazing to come over here and play in a ground like that with the fans right on top of the field.

Soliola on the crowd- "It was touching. I can't explain it...it was incredible".

Rugby League put on a great show tonight, let's have more of the same!

Best fiver I've ever spent. Some massive hits but no foul play. Greaf advert for the game. SBW no try after all the hard work he did and then slipped on his was funny as was the Samoan player in the first half reaching for the try line from about 10yards out. Did he think he mr tickle?

We was at the game, enjoyed some great banter with the Warrington fans. Samoa really responded to the support, great advert for our game, well done on doing RL proud.

Wire fans embarrassing the sport AGAIN

Loved the game. It will probably go down as one of the best games I've seen live. This is probably due to not having a strong alliance to a team playing. Some top hits and quality points scored.
Loved the banter and the singing. Well done to all involved in making it possible.

I have to say that was a quality exhibition of rugby league. It has given me a better appreciation of the international game and gone some way to change my mind towards this competition vs an Ashes series.

It was a great atmosphere at the HJ as Samoa mounted their come back. So glad I was there for it. Your ground is ideal for RL.

It's been a good opening weekend for the tournament. The OZzurri impressed on Saturday as well.

I was about 20 yards from SBW's cock up, was brilliant going from starting to applaud the try then joining in with a 3k-strong chorus of pointing and laughing. Great game, great atmosphere. Just brilliant all round.

Didn't You join in to "You fell over" along with "Who are ya"

Haha no, I was too busy laughing for the next 5 minutes

Watched on TV and was gripped from start to finish. Atmosphere sounded terrific. Cracking advert for the game and showed that, as fans, we can appreciate commitment and skill no matter what our club or country allegiances. Many sports could learn from what we offer.

Fantastic occasion, some stunning hits and amazing atmosphere. So glad that I went. I hope Samoa come second in their group and return for the quarter final at the HJ as I have tickets for that one too.

Just watched the game back, and was it my imagination or did Nobby sound so much better than he does when working with Dave Woods or Ray French?

Watching the game back last night, I thought the same. Voss is exactly what a commentator should be! Knowlegdable, exciting and funny. Sky should listen to the commentary team from last night and feel VERY ashamed of the product they offer.

Exactly the point I was going to make. Got home from the game and watched it again on Premier. The commentary was outstanding. Can you imagine what would have been said by the Sky Clowns after some of those big hits??? Great work by Premier.