Goal successful - FT 38-12.
Australia ended with icing on the cake with a clever grubber from DCE finding Staggs to score.
UNSUCCESSFUL
CHALLENGE SAM: Ruling of knock on against To'o
Tino drops it with the line wide open
Crichton bats it dead.
Bomb bounced out from Samoa... just lacking in some form of execution tonight.
Crichton adds the extras.
Samoa kept on turning up and some lovely skills down the left saw Faalogo tap it onto Taulagi into space. He then found Luciano Leilua who just got the footy down in time.
Cotter puts it down... at least he's in good nick for the wedding tomorrow.
PEN AUS: Slow peel
Faalogo splits them! Big play from Munster and Teddy saves the day
To'o was CRUNCHED by the Hammer.
This is getting messy... like watching the Dallas Cowboys last Monday against the 49ers.
Samoa have to be commended for hanging in the contest - could've blown out
Staggs was held up. Atkins blew the whistle as he did an El Masri 04
PEN AUS: Gordon Chan Kum Tong slow peel.
Seeing the game just fall away with some errors here. Samoa play NZ next week.
Since it was 22-0 it's been just 10-6 since.
Samoa put the ball down here.
One on one strip against Carrigan. Gordon Chan Kum Tong recovers it
No goal.
On the last tackle, Australia shifted it down the left hand side. Grant, Tedesco and Murray combined to find Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow. Grant Atkins conducted a scavenger hunt in the in-goal to find the ball on the ground and pointed to the spot.
Asi kicked early to the knowledge of 1 Samoan and it just goes dead.
To'o breaks down the right hand side, he kicks in field. Tedesco takes no chances.
Collins lost it
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO TRYYYYY
Samoa were dangerous off second phase play to start the second half. Crichton and Sua Faalogo combined on an outside/inside play and Faalogo chipped over Tedesco and got the bounce to score for Samoa.
Grant has been key around the ruck but your seeing Samoa start to hold their own here.
Murray is dumped by To'o. Brutal shots from Samoa.
Samoa creating some nice second phase.
Staggs is CRUNCHED by Taulagi.
Samoa complete well but they need to be disciplined in their defensive approach.
Back underway - Samoa to get use of it in this second half.
Successful. 28-6 at the half
STOP! HAMMER TIME.... Grant recovers the short drop-out who found Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow and there was no one in the area who was gonna catch him.
Asi kicks in behind Cobbo but he gets there and bats it dead.
SIX AGAIN SAM: Slow peel Lindsay Collins.
PENALTY SAM: Scrum broken early.
One of the passes is called forward by the touch judge.
Initial call of knock on but Atkins gets the tip from Henderson that it was a rake.
Lemuelu drops this one.
Edwards drops this one... Penrith fans will go awfully quiet about that one.
Palasia showing some early Titans form in setting Spencer Leniu up to drop it.
Cobbo tried to find Tedesco... but Tedesco put it down. The pass was way behind him and that was bad from the rookie...
Asi broke through but Palasia put it down...
Samoa were correct in their protests. Ash Klein must've had a smoko break and not looked at the replay (just like he didn't spot the Harry Grant knock on... defo not a bitter Roosters fan here by the way).
Munster kicks early and it'll be a line-dropout for now...
SIX AGAIN AUS: Leilua slow peel.
Samoa desperately need to hang on here.
Tago forces the ball just like he forces wild medical treatments on himself. Taulagi can't handle it.
Crichton adds the extras from touch.
Off the back of the onside kick, Luciano Leilua delivered a grubber kick and Murray Taulagi snuck behind Selwyn Cobbo to slam it down and get Samoa a much needed four pointer.
SIX AGAIN SAM: Ruck infringement.
Samoa have gone for the onside kick and have recovered it. Connelly Lemuelu got onto it and they're on the attack,
Staggs kick is successful. 22-0 already. Might have to get out the surrender flags.
Cam Murray soon joined the procession adding to his record scoring in his fifth consecutive test. Australia threw the footy around as Payne Hass dragged defenders for an age, offloading to Hunt who found Munster who got it to Cam Murray who crossed.
Faalogo takes it well. Samoa need to complete sets and GET BACK into the grind.
Staggs' kick is good. 16-0 with 13 gone.
On the last tackle, Australia are running absolutely rampant. Samoa simply have had no footy and are hanging on for dear life. Ben Hunt delivered the crash pass to Tino Fa'asuamaleaui who beat four or five defenders to cross.
SIX AGAIN AUS: Ruck infringement.
Staggs' kick is no good.
TEDDDY TIME! From the scrum win, Australia created some lovely second phase where Cameron Munster combined with James Tedesco who had way too much pace for Izack Tago who could've got him if he had some proper medical treatment to score.
Staggs splits them, tried to find DCE but it was a try saving receipt error from Sualauvi Faalogo.
Junior Paulo puts it down. Samoa under some real pressure here.
Munster kicks early, turning To'o and Faalogo around but it goes into touch.
Kotoni Staggs made no mistakes and it was an early lead for the Kangaroos.
Australia rebounded after a shaky start. From a penalty, it was clever ball playing in the middle with Isaah Yeo and Ben Hunt combining to find Payne Haas who beat desperate Samoa defence to cross for the Kangaroos first try.
PEN AUS: High shot by Keenan Palasia on Dylan Edwards.
Crichton's kick is just too long. Well left by the Aussie captain and superior 1 in James Tedesco.
Australia fighting their own history. Looking to avoid their first loss since May 2015... it's been that long.
Haas spills it! Samoa getting the ball in Australia's end.
Lot of pressure on Deajarn Asi tonight.
Hunt kicks from inside the 40m and they going to test out the young fullback Sualauvi Faalogo
KICKOFF! Atkins blows his whistle and we're underway. Kangaroos running from left to right on your screens with first use.
Grant Atkins is in charge. Phil Henderson and Wyatt Raymond are the touchies. Ash Klein is in the bunker.
International footy continues from Townsville as Australia play Samoa. The Australian side are 1-17 with Nicho Hynes the 18th man; Samoa have a late change with Matamua starting hooker, Chan Kum Tong benched. Hunt is 18th player.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Grant Atkins
Touch Judges: Phil Henderson, Wyatt Raymond
Video Referee: Ashley Klein
AUSTRALIA (M) (38)
Tries: Payne Haas, Kotoni Staggs, James Tedesco, Tino Fa'asuamaleaui, Cameron Murray, Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow (2)
Conversions: Kotoni Staggs (5/7)
SAMOA (M) (12)
Tries: Murray Taulagi, Luciano Leilua
Conversions: Stephen Crichton (2/2)