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