Samoa claim remaining World Cup Finals place

Samoa has qualified for next year's Rugby League World Cup finals with a 38-16 win over Lebanon tonight at Featherstone, Yorkshire.

Samoa: (28) 38 Tries: Vaefaga, Ropati, N. Vagana, F. Puletua, Bauer, Maiava Goals: Paulo (7)

Lebanon: (8) 16 Tries: Tackhi, El-Zbaideh, Chiha, Joseph

This means that in the qualifying matches held over the past month that Scotland, Ireland and now Samoa have gained places in next year's final ten, while Russia, USA, Wales and Lebanon have failed to qualify.

Rugby League World Cup Finalists 2008: Australia New Zealand England France Papua New Guinea Tonga Fiji Scotland Ireland Samoa

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