Samoa pummeled Scotland 38-7 in their opening match of the George 7s. The just got past a scrappy Tunisia side 22-14 after ebing behind 14-12 at the half.

Samoa showed some ominous try-scoring form against Australia, sounding a firm warning to the other teams in George tournament. While the hapless Australians were particularly poor on defence, Samoa were most clinical in their finishing. A late first-half yellow card leveled the playing field somewhat with Australia exploiting the numerical advantage to launch a brief fight-back. A third try from Alafoti Fa'osiliva sealed a Samoan victory though, but only just, as the Australians refused to give up. The final score was 21-20 and Samoa finished top of Pool D. more