• Crucial bonus point keeps Scots in quarter-final contention
• Samoa wing Ed Fidow sent off after two yellow cards
Before the tournament Scotland slicked their balls with shampoo to help them get ready for just the sort of the muggy conditions they found here in the insufferably humid Kobe Misaki Stadium. Turned out it worked. They were head and shoulders above Samoa, anyway, in game that felt, for long stretches, like watching 30 blokes fight over the last bar of soap in bathhouse. Neither side could hold on to the ball, at all, and the game was littered with handling errors, knock-ons, and turnovers.
Scotland coped far better with it than Samoa did and in the end it was an impressive victory, 34-0, with the crucial bonus-point they needed to stay in contention for the quarter-finals.
Written by Andy Bull at Kobe Misaki Stadium
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/30/scotland-samoa-rugby-world-cup-match-report under the title “Scotland shower points over Samoa in Rugby World Cup walkover”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
