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Canada stuns Tonga, Samoa wins opener
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September 15, 2011, Thursday
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POLYNESIAN neighbors Samoa and Tonga experienced mixed fortunes yesterday upon the resumption of the Rugby World Cup after two rest days, while England and France lost important players from their squads because of shoulder injuries.
Giant winger Alesana Tuilagi collected a hat-trick among Samoa's six tries in a runaway 49-12 win over Namibia to open its campaign, but it was Canada's seesawing 25-20 victory to inflict Tonga's second loss in five days that provided the event with its most thrilling result so far.
After leading 10-0, Canada conceded 20 of the next 23 points before scoring two late tries to improve to 3-0 against Tonga in World Cup head-to-heads that stretch back to the inaugural 1987 tournament, also staged in New Zealand.
Having lost to New Zealand in Friday's tournament opener, Tonga's hopes of reaching the quarterfinals for the first time look to be over.
Canada has to regroup quickly to play France on Sunday.
Apart from Tuilagi's triple, Samoa scored the first try after just 49 seconds through Kahn Fotuali'i and added another to Paul Williams, while the pack was rewarded for its relentless effort with a penalty try against a six-man Namibia scrum.
Scotland wins
Scotland won its second match in chilly Invercargill, beating Georgia 15-6 in a dour clash featuring few highlights and zero tries.
Scotland flyhalf Dan Parks kicked four penalties and a dropped goal to two penalties from opposite number Merab Kvirikashvili after the rain and swirling wind had mostly abated, making conditions more pleasant for the 10,267 fans in attendance in New Zealand's southernmost city.
A day after losing lock Courtney Lawes to a two-match suspension, England's bid to reach back-to-back World Cup finals received another blow with destructive scrummager Andrew Sheridan's troublesome left shoulder ending his involvement at the tournament.
England team manager Martin Johnson is yet to select a replacement for Sheridan, who has had two operations on his left shoulder and one on his right. "It's really sad for Sheri," Johnson said. "He has been unlucky with injuries."
Another player returning home is France's David Skrela. The backup flyhalf, who has also undergone surgery on both shoulders, was hurt in the team's opening Pool A win against Japan on Saturday.
Giant winger Alesana Tuilagi collected a hat-trick among Samoa's six tries in a runaway 49-12 win over Namibia to open its campaign, but it was Canada's seesawing 25-20 victory to inflict Tonga's second loss in five days that provided the event with its most thrilling result so far.
After leading 10-0, Canada conceded 20 of the next 23 points before scoring two late tries to improve to 3-0 against Tonga in World Cup head-to-heads that stretch back to the inaugural 1987 tournament, also staged in New Zealand.
Having lost to New Zealand in Friday's tournament opener, Tonga's hopes of reaching the quarterfinals for the first time look to be over.
Canada has to regroup quickly to play France on Sunday.
Apart from Tuilagi's triple, Samoa scored the first try after just 49 seconds through Kahn Fotuali'i and added another to Paul Williams, while the pack was rewarded for its relentless effort with a penalty try against a six-man Namibia scrum.
Scotland wins
Scotland won its second match in chilly Invercargill, beating Georgia 15-6 in a dour clash featuring few highlights and zero tries.
Scotland flyhalf Dan Parks kicked four penalties and a dropped goal to two penalties from opposite number Merab Kvirikashvili after the rain and swirling wind had mostly abated, making conditions more pleasant for the 10,267 fans in attendance in New Zealand's southernmost city.
A day after losing lock Courtney Lawes to a two-match suspension, England's bid to reach back-to-back World Cup finals received another blow with destructive scrummager Andrew Sheridan's troublesome left shoulder ending his involvement at the tournament.
England team manager Martin Johnson is yet to select a replacement for Sheridan, who has had two operations on his left shoulder and one on his right. "It's really sad for Sheri," Johnson said. "He has been unlucky with injuries."
Another player returning home is France's David Skrela. The backup flyhalf, who has also undergone surgery on both shoulders, was hurt in the team's opening Pool A win against Japan on Saturday.
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