MANCHESTER, England — The Wallaroos started their Girls’s Rugby World Cup marketing campaign in emphatic trend with a document 73-0 win over Samoa on Saturday.
The victory is Australia’s largest in a World Cup.
Whereas they had been heavy favourites going into the conflict, Australia hit the bottom operating in Manchester towards a robust Samoan outfit who had been cheered on by passionate followers all through the match regardless of the blow out.
Hooker Katalina Amosa opened the scoring within the second minute and it was one-way site visitors from there.
Fullback Caitlyn Halse, 18, grew to become the youngest Australian to play at a Girls’s Rugby World Cup and marked the event with two tries.
Desiree Miller put a marker down for the event with a first-half hat trick, the third attempt coming from a superb set play off a scrum that noticed the left winger swing spherical to the suitable to attain.
Emily Chancellor, Eva Karpani and Samantha Wooden additionally added tried within the opening 40 minutes.
Maybe most pleasing for coach Jo Yapp will probably be her aspect’s defensive efforts. Australia had been met with a bodily Samoan aspect however their defence held up effectively as they took a 45-0 lead into the break.
Samoa got here out a lot stronger within the second half and spend their justifiable share of time inside Australian territory. The Wallaroo’s self-discipline on the breakdown damage them however Samoa could not discover a manner by.
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Australia finally discovered their manner up subject once more and Cecilia Smith was rewarded for her work within the midfield as she took her aspect past 50 factors.
Adiana Talakai then scored off the again of a lineout drive and whereas Samoa continued to battle laborious, her second attempt with 5 minutes remaining took Australia previous their earlier document wining margin of 62 factors towards South Africa in 2010.
Halse capped off a outstanding afternoon for herself and her aspect with a second attempt to shut out the match.
