Jamaica score historic first World Cup try

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Jamaica has provided a beardown campaigner for infinitesimal of the Rugby League World Cup - scoring their archetypal effort astatine the contention successful the dying minutes of their clash against New Zealand.

Already down 68-0, a wobbly footwear was enactment up by the Jamaicans, and it was enactment down by Brandon Smith.

In his 300th nonrecreational game, Ben Jones-Bishop scooped up the shot and scored, astir bringing the location down successful the process.

"Have a look astatine the reaction. Hold the beforehand leafage of the Jamaican station - that's your beforehand page," Andrew Voss said successful commentary.

"Jamaica's archetypal ever effort astatine a Rugby league satellite cup, and it goes to 1 of their greats. The antheral who's been determination from time 1 conscionable astir ... adjacent the trainers are celebrating.

"You tin ticker it implicit and implicit and implicit again. That's a large satellite cupful moment."

The icing connected the barroom was the conversion from Kieran Rush. The last people was 68-6.

After the game, Jones-Bishop - who has had an illustrious vocation successful the Super League, including 2 premierships - was fixed a defender of honour arsenic helium walked disconnected the field.

He said it was a surreal infinitesimal to people Jamaica's archetypal try.

"I don't person galore words to beryllium honest. It's a large feeling and I'm blessed the hard enactment we've enactment successful we were rewarded for," helium said.

"I deliberation we deserved thing and I thought successful the archetypal fractional we truly dug successful and showed immoderate bosom and I'm gladsome we came distant with a try."

Despite having already conceded 13 tries to their acold superior opponents, the Jamaican's played with bosom passim the match.

Coach Romeo Monteith said it was thing the squad had talked astir coming into the satellite cup.

"You can't foretell the score, but if you springiness it your each I'll beryllium happy," helium said.

"Tonight I saw they fought for each infinitesimal of the game, and I mean to people that try, I'm truly pleased.

"From time 1 erstwhile we started this project, it's ever been astir doing thing special, I mean conscionable being successful this satellite cupful is peculiar to us, we've been trying for years to get here, 2 failed qualifying attempts, and present we're present it's truly a imagination travel true.

"Each crippled it's conscionable astir them going retired determination and doing their best. Today I saw a assistance successful their show compared to the Ireland crippled - we tried a batch much worldly ... I was conscionable truly pleased with the energy."

And connected the try: "You couldn't person written a amended publication - but for a Jamaican triumph of people - but beauteous of Ben to get that try."

New Zealand manager Michael Maguire said helium was blessed to spot the Jamaican squad execute strongly, fixed his broadside had spent clip with them successful the pb up to the satellite cup.

"It's a existent recognition to the Jamaicans - they've travel unneurotic and we were capable to walk a small spot of clip a mates of weeks agone during our lukewarm up match," helium said.

"So to spot those guys spell retired and execute the mode they did with a passion, I deliberation it'll bash down successful past present scoring that try, bully connected them."

Injuries to Marata Niukore (pec) and Moses Leota (hamstring) volition beryllium the lone concerns for New Zealand. Both volition acquisition scans and volition beryllium assessed from there.

Elsewhere, Fiji smashed Italy 60-4 portion 4 2nd half-tries led England to a 42-18 triumph implicit France.

The 2nd week concludes Monday greeting (AEDT) erstwhile Lebanon instrumentality connected Ireland and Samoa look Greece.

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