Wow, who would have thought? Another Big upset, Australia losing 32-23 to Samoa at the Olympic Stadium over the weekend. I'm sure no one saw this coming especially after the Super Rugby win by the Reds, we all thought that they were unstoppable.
To think that a few years ago, in the same game, the Wallabies won 74-7 and were expected to double the dose this time. Everyone thought how could Samoa, who've lost five of their last six Tests, possibly compete against a two-time world champion team of Australians? I guess the Wallabies were just as surprised as everyone is and a lot of people lost a lot of bets.
Samoa fielded a completely new team to the on that finished last in the recent Pacific Nations Cup tournament, while Australia had frontline players on the bench or out injured only a week after Queensland wrapped up the Super 15 title.
Renowned for heavy defense, but often inclined to fade at the end of matches against the top nations, Samoa held it together throughout the 80 minutes against the Wallabies only a week out from the Tri-Nations and just months before the World Cup kicks off in New Zealand.
This just shows that anything is possible, all the rugby games this year are full of surprises and its only just begun.
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