Before the first game kicked a one minute silence was observed in remembrance of the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Samoa.
Game 1 – Samoa Vs Cook Islands
Referee – Jayson Elkins
First try of the game goes to Cook Islands number 14 Spoon Marsters and a conversion by Turori Matutu bringing the score to Cooks 6 and Samoa 0.
Second half kicks off with a try to Cooks number 8 Mau George with a conversion by Turori Matutu taking the Cooks points to 12.
Samoa strikes back with a try by their number 3Tutasi Masoe, this was successfully converted bringing the score to Cooks 12 and Samoa 6. A try was awarded to player number 5 Turori Matutu this was followed by an unsuccessful conversion taking the final score of the game to 16 points to 6. Cook’s will go into the finals to play the winner of the Fiji/Tonga match for the gold medal.
Last Modified on 01/10/2009 04:20