Samoa coach blows up at 'unfair' comparison

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Samoa Rugby League manager Matt Parish has condemned questioning directed astatine skipper Junior Paulo, labelling the enquiry arsenic "unfair".

Fronting the media connected Monday pursuing Toa Samoa's 62-4 triumph implicit France to beforehand to the quarter-finals of the Rugby League World Cup, Parish began his tense post-match property league with a hostile swipe astatine the assembled journalists.

"Are you going to constitute the information tonight?" helium asked.

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Immediately asked to elaborate connected his probe, Parish replied: "People know".

Last year respective Samoan players signed a petition for the erstwhile Balmain Tigers subordinate to beryllium axed arsenic coach. This foreshadowed a push for the Johns brothers to instrumentality his place.

Calls for Parish to measurement down re-emerged aft Samoa mislaid its opening radical lucifer 60-6 astatine the hands of England.

Seemingly connected edge, Parish became enraged erstwhile Paulo was asked whether the side's gathering with chap Pacific federation Tonga successful adjacent week's quarter-finals would showcase a much ferocious rivalry than State of Origin.

"We're arrogant of wherever we grew up. But we're besides arrogant of our heritage, we spot however overmuch it means to the radical celebrating and parading astir for some (countries)," the NSW Blues mainstay said.

As the enactment of questioning continued, Parish interjected.

"I deliberation you are unfair comparing this to Origin, just dinkum, precise unfair," Parish said.

"Asking him that, it is (a large rivalry) but truthful is NSW and Queensland but asking him to remark connected that, I deliberation that's precise unfair."

Following the dense decision to England, Samoa bounced backmost with betterment wins implicit Greece and France, starring the squad to decorativeness 2nd successful radical A.

Samoa has not beaten Tonga since 2016. In that clip the Kristian Woolf-led broadside has knocked disconnected Australia, Great Britain and New Zealand to ascent to 2nd connected the satellite rankings.

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