Full Time
83:00
1:30am Sun November 13, 2022
Semi Finals - Emirates Stadium, London - Crowd: 40489
83min

Field Goal: Samoa
Kicked by Stephen Crichton.

CRICHTON HAS DONE IT! SAMOA ARE INTO THE RLWC FINAL!

Samoa lead England 26 - 27 Samoa
82min

Tomkins pass is forward...

81min

Field Goal: Samoa
Attempted by Anthony Milford.

Milford's kick is CHARGED DOWN. Recovered by Farnworth

Tied up at England 26 - 26 Samoa
81min

Dropped by England. First chance for Samoa to SHOOT

80min

Here we go for the first half of Golden Point.

80min

WE'RE OFF TO GOLDEN POINT!

79min

Farnworth loses it. We're off to GP!

79min

Conversion: England
Kicked by Tommy Makinson.

Makinson's kick is GOOD!

Tied up at England 26 - 26 Samoa
78min

Try: England
Scored by Herbie Farnworth. Kick to come.

What are we seeing. Oh my goodness me. They were dead and buried a few minutes ago, but Williams gets past Su'A and Farnworth backs up in support!

Samoa lead England 24 - 26 Samoa
76min

Chanel Harris-Tavita dives on the ball! Samoa take over

75min

ENGLAND GET IT BACK

74min

Conversion: Samoa
Kicked by Stephen Crichton.

It's a six point game.

Samoa lead England 20 - 26 Samoa
73min

Try: Samoa
Scored by Stephen Crichton. Kick to come.

HE'S DONE IT AGAIN. OH MY GOD

Samoa lead England 20 - 24 Samoa
72min

WHERE HAVE WE SEEN THIS BEFORE!

72min

PICKED OFF

71min

Excellent kick return from Tommy Makinson

70min

We're inside the final 10. Let the field goal shoot-out commence!

69min

England lifting in intensity.

66min

Penalty Goal: England
Kicked by Tommy Makinson.

We're locked at 20-20

Tied up at England 20 - 20 Samoa
66min

That was an incredibly soft penalty.

66min

PENALTY ENGLAND: Challenge unsuccessful. It'll be a penalty shot...

66min

CAPTAIN'S CHALLENGE SAMOA: Challenging the ruling of interference.

64min

Conversion: England
Kicked by Tommy Makinson.

Makinson's kick is

Samoa lead England 18 - 20 Samoa
63min

Try: England
Scored by Herbie Farnworth. Kick to come.

TRY for England

Samoa lead England 16 - 20 Samoa
63min

VIDEO REF: Sutton has TRY for Herbie Farnworth

63min

it'll be an ENGLAND penalty for OFFSIDE against Jarome Luai.

63min

VIDEO REF: Sutton has NO TRY. Touch judge Furner was confident with the call. But if it's NO TRY it'll be an ENGLAND penalty for OFFSIDE against Jarome Luai.

61min

Line dropout for England.

61min

Kallum Watkins has been hooked!

60min

So to no-ones surprise Jarome Luai was provoking the opposition. But, good refereeing from Sutton sees a massive caution and play resuming with a seven tackle set.

60min

Ruined from England, Tomkins sends it dead and now it's on for young and old!

60min

This is better attack from the Poms

59min

Samoa complete their set post points.

59min

The crowd are getting behind the hosts here.

58min

Conversion: Samoa
Attempted by Stephen Crichton.

No good.

Samoa lead England 12 - 20 Samoa
56min

Try: Samoa
Scored by Tim Lafai. Kick to come.

Well, they rushed up and it's dire results for England. There's panic at the Emirates. Lafai crosses for his second!

Samoa lead England 12 - 20 Samoa
55min

PENALTY SAMOA: Scrum differential - no penalty goal.

54min

The commentators said he should catch it. Right on cue, he drops it.

53min

Victor Radley is back out there for England.

52min

Clever kick from Samoa, but Tomkins is there with the saving play.

50min

Conversion: Samoa
Kicked by Stephen Crichton.

The try-scorer converts

Samoa lead England 12 - 16 Samoa
49min

Try: Samoa
Scored by Stephen Crichton. Kick to come.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME. SIMPLY THE BEST FROM SAMOA. What a great try. Luai was able to step his way past before linking up with Paulo who got the speculator back to Luai who tipped it onto Stephen Crichton and crosses in the right corner!

Samoa lead England 12 - 14 Samoa
47min

Suaalii just said cya to Farnworth not once but twice IN THE ONE CARRY!

46min

PENALTY SAMOA: Inside 10m. Starting to receive some 'make-up' penalties here.

45min

Conversion: England
Kicked by Tommy Makinson.

Makinson converts and it's 12-10 ENGLAND!

England lead England 12 - 10 Samoa
44min

Try: England
Scored by John Bateman. Kick to come.

Bateman gets there for England

Tied up at England 10 - 10 Samoa
44min

VIDEO REF: Sutton has a try for John Bateman

44min

England on the attack

43min

To'o had to play at it but stone the flaming crow England's not being fluent.

42min

Oh no... They have bombed it there Samoa!

40min

PENALTY SAMOA: Illegal steal

40min

OFF WE GO! One of these nations' World Cup campaigns will come to a close. Will it be the hosts that say bon voyage, or will Samoa lose their grip on a four-point half-time advantage?

40min

Half-Time: Samoa 10 lead England 6

39min

Last minute of the first half!

38min

Great grab from Suaalii and Samoa will now work it out of their own end.

37min

Milford's grubber just has a touch too much in the UK in-goals.

36min

PENALTY SAMOA: Crusher tackle by Morgan Knowles there and he's replaced on report.

35min

Big boost for Samoa with Oregon Kaufusi passing his HIA.

35min

England looking very lackadaisical in their attack thus far.

34min

Milford wasn't held on the last, but he throws it forward. Samoa punching straight through the middle of them.

32min

Conversion: Samoa
Kicked by Stephen Crichton.

Crichton converts and it's a 10-6 lead to Samoa.

Samoa lead England 6 - 10 Samoa
31min

Try: Samoa
Scored by Ligi Sao. Kick to come.

Sao, Sao caught them napping. True to form, England has gone asleep in a major tournament final and Samoa capitalises. Ligi Sao goes out of the dummy half and exposes the English left side.

Samoa lead England 6 - 8 Samoa
30min

Radley gets one over his Roosters team-mate. A great shot on Suaalii.

30min

Welsby's grubber goes dead and Chanel Harris-Tavita goes over the advertising hoardings.

29min

PENALTY ENGLAND: Escort against Tim Lafai.

28min

BBC reports Fa'amanu Brown has failed his HIA (unsurprisingly) and now Oregon Kaufusi is still doing his test.

27min

England complete their set following a score.

25min

Conversion: England
Kicked by Tommy Makinson.

Makinson converts the try. England LEAD 6-4.

England lead England 6 - 4 Samoa
24min

Try: England
Scored by Elliott Whitehead. Kick to come.

Williams splits the defence right up before linking up with Elliott Whitehead and the England side hit back.

Tied up at England 4 - 4 Samoa
23min

PENALTY ENGLAND: Second effort from the Samoan forward there.

22min

We're back 13 v 13. Well done Samoa.

21min

OHHH HERBIE... you had it in your grasp but you bombed a golden chance

20min

PENALTY ENGLAND: Inside 10m

19min

Watkins loses it over the line. Good decision making from Adam Gee.

19min

VIDEO REF: Sutton has a TRY to Kallum Watkins.

18min

Su'A loses the ball as he's barrelled over the sideline by Elliott Whitehead.

17min

England starting to take some momentum here. You just think, if they settle down in their attacking options. The points will come.

16min

Pressure on Luai that time effective. Samoa going nowhere in this set.

15min

PENALTY SAMOA: Offside on the kick chase.

14min

So it's Oregon Kaufusi that has left the ground, as well as Fa'amanu Brown. Chanel Harris-Tavita and Josh Papali'i are on!

14min

There is a Samoan player that has been knocked out on the ground. It looks like Fa'amanu Brown. Horrible scenes here

13min

Pass was intercepted. Unconventionally by Stephen Crichton!

12min

PENALTY ENGLAND: Ball steal by Ligi Sao

12min

Paulo goes for 10! It looked ugly and I believe the referee has made the only decision he could.

12min

PENALTY ENGLAND: Junior Paulo gets it wrong there, lifts above the horizontal...

11min

So as Williams was dragged over the sideline, referee Sutton has ruled a knock on by Milford trying to pick up the loose pass.

10min

SIX MORE ENGLAND: Hand on ball

9min

Just as they got into England territory, Ligi Sao loses it on the left edge.

8min

Samoa complete their set following points as England work it away from their own end.

6min

Conversion: Samoa
Attempted by Stephen Crichton.

Crichton's conversion is unsuccessful and it's 4-0

Samoa lead England 0 - 4 Samoa
5min

Try: Samoa
Scored by Tim Lafai. Kick to come.

Well it just opened up for Samoa. Off the additional set of six, Lafai is able to get on the outside of Kallum Watkins and he beats his team-mate to cross for the first try.

Samoa lead England 0 - 4 Samoa
4min

SIX MORE SAMOA: Ruck infringement.

4min

Good take from Joseph Suaalii and Samoa work it away from their own end.

2min

Now Milford has kicked it out on the full... Nervous start from the Samoans.

1min

Makinson loses it over the line. Great signs though in attack, an early kick fooled the defence though.

PENALTY ENGLAND: Kickoff goes out on the full. Horror start from Samoa.

OFF WE GO!! Gerard Sutton blows his whistle and we are underway here in London! Who will take on Australia and earn their place in the final!

We'll have a remembrance ceremony prior to kickoff as well as the anthems and Samoa will perform the 'Siva Tau' prior to kickoff. Sit back and enjoy this one!!

Gerard Sutton is the referee, Jack Smith (from Super League) and Darian Furner are the touch-judges. Adam Gee is the video referee.

On the team front, England has kept the faith by naming the same side that tore Papua New Guinea to shreds in the quarter-final in Wigan last weekend. While Samoa hasn't been blessed. Martin Taupau was a late withdrawal and Spencer Leniu will play through a shoulder injury to play in this semi final.

It's the second semi-final of the Rugby League World Cup and it's the clash between England and Samoa from Arsenal's Emirates Stadium. Just four weeks ago, England put the cleaners through Samoa in Newcastle, but I suspect the score-line will be incredibly different today between the two sides. The winner takes on Australia following their arm-wrestling win over New Zealand in Leeds yesterday.

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Gerard Sutton

Touch Judges: Jack Smith, Darian Furner

Video Referee: Adam Gee

ENGLAND MEN (26)
Tries: Elliott Whitehead, John Bateman, Herbie Farnworth (2)
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Tommy Makinson (4/4)
Penalty Goals: Tommy Makinson (1/1)

SAMOA MEN (27)
Tries: Tim Lafai (2), Stephen Crichton (2), Ligi Sao
Field Goals: Stephen Crichton (1/1), Anthony Milford (0/1)
Two Point Field Goals: Anthony Milford (0/0)
Conversions: Stephen Crichton (3/5)
Penalty Goals: