, side lined by injury for most of the year and playing his first match since March 8, captained the home side in place of the rested Michael Hooper and managed 58 minutes before making way for fresh legs.
Samoa hit back after the break with Dwayne Polataivao scoring both of their tries but winger Dane Haylett-Petty and centre Matt To’omua crossed in the last 10 minutes to see the hosts safely to victory. Samoa briefly threatened a repeat of the upset they achieved in their last match against the Wallabies in Sydney in 2011 with their resurgence in the second half after the first had ended with an unfortunate injury.
“It was a tough first half, we gave up four tries through mistakes and a quality side like Australia are going to capitalise,” said Manu Samoa skipper Tusi Pisi.
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