Samoa were terrible until their first try, now they are full of confidence.

Agreed.
While the commentary team were praising our defence as outstanding, I personally don't think it was anything more than decent. Samoa were offering nothing at all but they've now got their tails up and have started the offloads which we're struggling to handle.

Nicely worked try there though and hopefully that boosts our confidence and shows if we can complete a set we will get points.

England's ball retention is shocking, so is the BBC with commentary about 5 secs ahead of the play!!

If the Burgess twins could offload they would be even better.

Think George is a very good player, not so keen on Tom.
England are dire. Samoa are not good at all their passing in the first 15 was dire not got a decent spine at all. The Aussies or kiwi would have been well up on England by now

Play up the middle and rely on a quick play the ball, and Clark will rip these guys apart.

Better end to the half, just shows. Retain the ball and get to the end of our sets.

It is a butterfly?!?

tom burgess and hill have been pretty good here since they came on - given the team some good momentum, as well as retaining the ball

Ball retention by England is shocking. Only 13 out of 19 sets completed, while Samoa completed 18 out of 19. Thus England only had 43 percent of possession.

If they can hold the ball England will win. But can they win by 20? If the English do retain the ball it is all up to Widdop and Smith to set up the English backs.

Nicely worked, forward though?

If they bring on Matty Smith towards the end as Samoa start to fade it should take a load off Widdop's shoulders.

S.

Samoa fans have gone quiet.

Not for long though

Oh dear! So called international players falling for a wild dummy!!

Wow. That would have been embarrassing for a schoolboy team.