The Rock tells millions about Samoa's RLWC feat

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The Samoan Rugby League World Cup broadside has received an inspiring connection of enactment from Hollywood, with Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson posting a lengthy video connection connected Instagram page.

On the eve of their historical clash against the Kangaroos, Johnson - whose parent is Samoan - said helium had been contacted by fans and players astir the team's success.

The broadside created past erstwhile they downed England successful aureate constituent to publication their spot successful the final past Sunday greeting (AEDT), and successful doing truthful became the archetypal broadside extracurricular Australia, England/Great Britain, France and New Zealand to marque the last of a Rugby League World Cup.

Johnson said his clip successful the WWE meant helium knew what it felt similar to execute with millions of pairs of eyes watching.

"I americium delivering this connection with boundless emotion and boundless reverence and respect and boundless pridefulness for my boys, my Usos, the Toa Samoa rugby (league) team," helium told his 348 cardinal followers.

"They are making past and I could not beryllium much arrogant of them. We could not beryllium much arrogant of them," helium said.

"I cognize you person truthful overmuch connected your caput close now. Pressure, pressure, pressure, the unit to deliver, the unit to perform.

"You person the satellite watching and you person truthful overmuch connected your shoulders. Right present you are arrogant grandson's, arrogant sons, arrogant husbands, arrogant fathers, arrogant teammates arrogant brothers, arrogant Usos.

"I recognize what it's similar to person pressure. I recognize what it's similar to bash worldly wherever the satellite is watching."

Although the word has made its mode into communal vernacular successful the younger population, Uso is simply a Samoan connection traditionally utilized by men towards different men to picture them arsenic a brother, but not their biologic brothers.

In the video, which goes for much than 5 minutes, Johnson talks astir increasing up and learning astir Samoan civilization from his parent and grandfather.

He said the Samoan squad volition beryllium creating their ain bequest erstwhile they instrumentality to the tract connected Sunday greeting (AEDT) successful Manchester.

"All your ancestors, our ancestors are watching. History is watching, but our ancestors are ever watching," The Rock continued.

"Your DNA is conscionable afloat of Samoan pridefulness and culture. Think astir that bequest and the bequest that you guys wanted ... you've already made history. You've arrived.

"If I was determination with you guys connected Saturday, I'd enactment connected a Toa Samoa jersey and I'd instrumentality the field. I'd astir apt get my arse kicked, but that's OK.

"My Usos, I emotion you, I'm truthful arrogant of you. Take that field, marque past and win."

The last volition footwear disconnected astatine 3am (AEDT) Sunday.

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