Samoa defeated Greece easily 72-4 to restart their World Cup campaign. Premiership-winning Panthers Jarome Luai and Brian To'o tore Greece to pieces.
Eight days after being humiliated by England in a defeat of 60-6, Samoa racked up the points in Doncaster. Luai, who won player of the match honours, assisted in five tries while To'o amassed a staggering 370 run metres and 17 tackle breaks.
Samoa led 42-0 at the break, and the game was effectively over within the first 20 minutes, with Samoa 12-0 by the time Greece touched the ball for the first time.
sparked jubilant Greek celebrations with their only try of the night, but the final quarter-finalists from Group A will now be decided when Samoa play France next Sunday.
Greece gave it their all on the night and never gave up, but they did well in the first year of their world cup.
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