On
the 30th of September, Samoa and South Africa played against each other
in the final pool game. Amongst the restless crowd, there were lots of
screaming Samoan fans. It seemed that only Samoan fans turned up to
watch the game. Luckily for them the score was closer than everyone
thought.
The
first try was scored by Brian Habana, who plays for South Africa. He
dived over in the corner for his 40th test rugby try. In the last rugby
world cup Brian Habana equaled with Jonah Lomu for the most Rugby World
Cup tries in a whole tournament. This year he should be looking to
break that record.
The
Refereeing in this game was just shocking. The ref called some
unbelievable calls, like sending Paul Williams off with a red card. John
Smit was also sent off with a yellow card. Unsurprisingly, there were
some rumours that the ref was paid by the South African team to make
them win. The
final score for this game was 9-17 to South Africa. South Africa just
pulled away with the win. Manu Samoa should still have their, heads up
high. The score was closer then what everyone expected. Hopefully the
All Blacks will avenge the Samoans in a game.
I
think this game was very close and the referee for this game made a lot
of bad decisions. The score could have been even closer if he didn’t
make those decisions