'World class' Addo-Carr stars as Roos run riot

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The Kangaroos person followed up their first-week rugby league satellite cup triumph against Fiji by going adjacent bigger against Scotland - moving successful 15 tries successful an 84-0 thumping successful atrocious conditions successful Coventry.

Josh Addo-Carr starred for the Kangaroos, moving successful 4 tries - including a stunning kick-chase with conscionable minutes near connected the clock.

Already up 80-nil, James Tedesco enactment successful a footwear that went a implicit the caput of Matt Burton, who made a hopeless effort to support the shot successful play, flicking it down him milliseconds earlier his ft landed implicit the interaction line.

Addo-Carr past scooped it up, enactment the footwear done and past then grounded the shot conscionable wrong the dead-ball line.

The effort had the commentary squad successful raptures.

"World class. Simple arsenic that. World class," Robbie Hunter-Paul said successful commentary.

"The conditions are horrendous, this is simply a large acquisition for the young kids retired determination excessively that you bash not springiness up connected immoderate play.

"Matt Burton instrumentality a bow - helium doesn't springiness up connected that footwear play that whitethorn person gone a small spot wrong, helium keeps the shot successful - however he's done that successful these conditions is singular - and past Addo-Carr collects.

"The tenacity helium shows to enactment the footwear successful and conscionable pursuit it and vie and spell 'I'm scoring this try' and that's wherefore (he') the man-of-the-match. World class."

Players from some sides paused for a moments' soundlessness successful representation of Liam Hampson earlier the onslaught began.

Australia kicked off, and Scotland made an mistake instantly - successful taking the kickoff, Scottish No.6 Bailey Hayward stepped implicit the dormant shot enactment aft taking the ball.

The Aussie's weren't instantly capable to capitalise, but it was Addo-Carr who opened the scoring successful conscionable the 5th minute.

And from past on, the Kangaroos did not fto up, similar clockwork scoring astir each 5 minutes.

To spell with Addo-Carr's four, Campbell Graham scored three connected the different wing, Jack Wighton two, and James Tedesco, Burton, Nathan Cleary, Angus Crichton, Isaah Yeo and Ben Hunt each getting their names connected the board.

While helium didn't score, Cameron Munster picked up a hat-trick of effort assists, while Burton, Wighton, Cleary and Hunt each picked up two.

The Kangaroos dominated the crippled successful each imaginable way. The had 67 per cent of the ball, completed astatine 82 per cent to the Scots' 52 per cent, and ran 2310m to Scotland's 636m.

Addo-Carr said the Kangaroos came retired with a program to commencement the lucifer with "good energy".

"It allowed america to people a batch of points, and besides disconnected the backmost of our (defence), we got stuck into them successful their ain extremity and that acceptable america up for the game," helium said.

When asked astir that blistering 4th try, helium flashed the camera a grin and was typically coy.

"It happened truthful quick, I dunno - I conscionable pulled it retired of the chapeau I suppose, it was good."

"When everyone does their job, it makes your occupation a batch easier. All I person to bash is drawback the shot and tally fast, that's it."

He said helium and his teammates were forming a coagulated level from which to physique into the remainder of the campaign.

"That's what we wanted to do. There person been immoderate large Kangaroos sides successful the past. For america boys, we're a young team, it's our archetypal clip unneurotic and we privation to make our ain destiny successful the Kangaroos jersey.

"I deliberation we've acceptable the level for the Australian team.

"Full recognition to the boys. I emotion putting connected this jersey and representing the state that we each love."

Mal Meninga said his Kangaroos squad's defence was "outstanding".

"I'm precise happy. Everyone contributed truly well. Defensively erstwhile again, outstanding.

"We stuck to a plan, played the shot successful their extremity of the field. It was a implicit show from everyone."

The satellite cupful continues time greeting (AEDT) erstwhile Fiji instrumentality connected Italy, England instrumentality connected France and New Zealand instrumentality connected Jamaica.

Australia play their last excavation lucifer against Italy adjacent Sunday morning.

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