Samoa captain learns final fate for ugly tackle

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Samoa skipper Junior Paulo has escaped a Rugby League World Cup suspension for the 2nd clip successful a week.

The hulking Parramatta prop was fto disconnected without a prohibition by the lucifer reappraisal committee for a lifting tackle connected England's Tom Burgess.

Paulo was sin-binned during the semi last and had a tense hold to larn his fate, but is present escaped to play successful the tourney decider against Australia.

Last week Paulo was suspended for striking Tonga's David Fifita, but was past fto disconnected connected entreaty and was allowed to play Sunday's semi against the big nation, which Samoa won by a Stephen Crichton tract goal.

Paulo volition pb his troops retired onto Old Trafford against the Kangaroos successful the last connected Sunday (3am AEDT).

Following their thrilling triumph implicit England, Paulo gave an affectional code to the Samoan dressing sheds which was posted to Instagram.

"The triumph contiguous is overwhelming but ne'er hide the interaction we person had connected the world," Paulo said.

"Don't hide the interaction we person had connected those radical astir the satellite who person ne'er met america but person supported america close from the get-go. They person ne'er forgotten astir us.

"I don't cognize if I person the words to picture however overmuch it means. We're each present due to the fact that of the blessings and prayers that are going connected astir the world, Australia, Brisbane, you tin sanction each metropolis astir the world. Every azygous Samoan astir the satellite is going to beryllium arrogant of what we achieved.

"It was ever going to beryllium pugnacious erstwhile a batch of critics were against america but we ever said the lone happening that matters is the radical successful this room.

"That was going to beryllium the lone happening that carries america passim this tournament. I said it before, that content ne'er changed close - from the get-go, from the archetypal time we came into campy together."

Samoa is the archetypal federation since France successful 1968 to marque a World Cup last that isn't Australia, New Zealand, England, oregon Great Britain.

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