2014 Pacific Rugby League Test

The 2014 Pacific Rugby League International was played between Samoa and Fiji. The fixture was a qualifier for the 2014 Four Nations.[1][2][3] Samoa won the test match by 32–16 after being behind 16–12 at half-time. Samoa's Penani Manumalealii won the man of the match award, scoring 3 tries in the match.

2014 (2014) Pacific Rugby League test  ()
Samoa Fiji 32 16
1 2 Total SAM 12 20 32 FIJ 16 0 16
Date	3 May 2014
Stadium	Sportingbet Stadium
Location	Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
Man of the Match	Penani Manumalealii
Referees	Ashley Klein
Attendance	9,063
Broadcast partners
Broadcasters	Fox Sports Australia
Commentators	Matt Russell Greg Alexander Mark Gasnier

Samoa picked 7 debutantes for the test match, while Fiji featured three. All of the Samoan team were National Rugby League based players, while the Fijian side had 10 players from the NRL. Samoa's most capped player was Daniel Vidot who made his 6th appearance for his country, while Fiji's most experienced players were Alipate Noilea, Aaron Groom, and captain Ashton Sims who all made their 10th appearance for their nation.

Match details

Fiji vs Samoa

3 May 2014

Samoa	32 – 16	Fiji
Try: Manumalealii (3) 13' c, 38' c, 44' c Tuimavave 54'c Vidot 64'c Goal: Inu (6/6) 13', 38', 44', 50', 54', 64' Sendoff: Tagataese 78'	Video	Try: Naiqama 16' c Storer 27' c Tuqiri 30' m Goal: Tuqiri (2/3) 17', 28'

Sportingbet Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 9,063 Referee: Ashley Klein Man of the Match: Penani Manumalealii (Samoa)

FB 1 Peter Mata'utia WG 2 Daniel Vidot CE 3 Ricky Leutele CE 4 Krisnan Inu WG 5 Young Tonumaipea FE 6 Reni Maitua HB 7 Penani Manumalealii PR 17 Suaia Matagi HK 9 Michael Sio PR 10 David Fa'alogo (c) SR 11 Leeson Ah Mau SR 12 Dominique Peyroux LK 13 Isaac Liu Substitutions: BE 8 Sam Tagataese BE 15 Dunamis Lui BE 16 Jesse Sene-Lefao BE 18 Carlos Tuimavave Coach: Matt Parish

FB 1 Kevin Naiqama WG 2 Marika Koroibete CE 3 Semi Radradra CE 4 Lote Tuqiri WG 5 Eto Nabuli FE 6 Alipate Noilea HB 7 Aaron Groom PR 8 Ashton Sims (c) HK 9 James Storer PR 10 Kane Evans SR 11 Junior Roqica SR 12 Peni Botiki LL 13 Korbin Sims Substitutions: BE 15 Reagan Campbell-Gillard BE 16 Osea Sadrau BE 17 Atunaisa Turagaiviu BE 18 Petero Civoniceva Coach: Rick Stone

Aftermath

Main article: 2014 Rugby League Four Nations

After the test match, Petero Civoniceva said that "Test matches between emerging nations is a necessity for the game to grow outside of Australia, New Zealand and England".[4]

Due to the win, Samoa had qualified for the 2014 Four Nations.[5] Samoa lost all three matches, losing to England 26–32 at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on the tournament's opening day double header, New Zealand 12–14 at Toll Stadium in Whangarei, and then finally to Australia 18–44 at Win Stadium in Wollongong.

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ANZAC test

Main article: 2014 Anzac Test

The 2014 Anzac Test was a rugby league test match played between Australia and New Zealand at Allianz Stadium in Sydney on 2 May 2014. It was the 15th Anzac Test played between the two nations since the first was played under the Super League banner in 1997. It was also the first Test match played in Sydney since the 2010 Four Nations tournament. A Women's All Stars Match which is the Women's rugby league version of the game was played as the main curtain raiser for the Test, which was won 24-0 by the Women's All Stars.[6]

References

1. "Rugby League Planet". Rugby League Planet. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
2. "Four Nations Rugby League: Fiji to play Samoa for a place in tournament". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
3. "Samoa beat Fiji to advance to Four Nations". Nrl.com. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
4. "We need more Tests: Civoniceva". nrl.com. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
5. "Four Nations Schedule". Triple M. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
6. https://www.nrl.com/womens-all-stars-too-strong-in-historic-clash/tabid/10874/newsid/78109/default.aspx

See also

• 2014 Anzac Test