Queensland and Australian great Corey Parker admits he would struggle to maintain his composure if faced with the same Samoan war cry England endured on Sunday (AEDT). Prior to Samoa’s rugby league Test against the English in Wigan, the tourists produced their Siva Tau war cry. They took it right up to England, literally, butting heads with some of their opponents, who were camped on their own side of the halfway line.
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The Samoans had a bunch of NRL regulars in their line-up, with St George Illawarra forward Luciano Leilua leading the ceremony, which also featured Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Jeremiah Nanai and Izack Tago. The key contest, however, which you can see in the video player above, was Manly hooker Gordon Chan Kum Tong getting right in the face of England’s Mikey Lewis. Towards the end of the intense exchange, Lewis can be seen mouthing “let’s go”.
England won a fiery encounter 34-18, scoring six tries to three, and skipper George Williams said afterwards he relished the pre-match build-up. “It was just a stand-off, to be honest,” he said. “Standing on that halfway line and fronting up .
.. we see that as our territory and we didn’t want to let them come over it for the start of the game.
“I think that’s where it (the niggle) starts, doesn’t it? I think it’s a mindset of both teams and then it probably boi.
