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Waisea Nayacalevu (centre top) of Fiji gets tackled by Alofa Alofa of Samoa during a World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup match at Bonney Field in Sacramento, California. (AFP)
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Flyhalf Michael Stanley converted a penalty in the final moments as Samoa stormed back to tie Fiji 30-30 at the Pacific Nations Cup on Friday.
Anthony Perenise, Paul Perez and TJ Ioane each scored second-half tries for Samoa, who beat the USA 21-16 in their opening game last Saturday.
In the other contests Friday, the USA held on to beat Japan 23-18 and Tonga stopped Canada 28-18.
Fullback Metuisela Talebula and Leone Nakarawa scored tries as Fiji wasted no time getting on the board before leading 17-10 at halftime.
Gabiriele Lovobalavu scored Fiji’s fourth try early in the second half and, after flyhalf Ben Volavola converted to make it 27-10, it looked like the Fijians were off to the races.
But the Samoans roared back and were able to level the score at 27-27 with five minutes left in regulation time.
Volavola kicked a penalty three minutes later and Fiji were back on top by three points. That set the stage for Stanley’s penalty goal just before the final whistle to make it 30-all. Samoa’s next game is Wednesday against winless Canada, while Fiji face Japan on the same day.
The USA recovered from an opening-round loss to Samoa with a confidence-building victory over Japan at Bonney Field in Sacramento, California. AJ MacGinty nailed two penalty goals just three minutes apart to tie the contest 18-18 in the 65th minute. The Americans then took a decisive 23-18 lead in the 68th minute as the line forced its way in for the try.
The USA got a break in the dying moments when New Zealand-born Japanese player Michael Broadhurst was slapped with a yellow card which snuffed out a late scoring chance.
The Americans played Friday without veteran flanker and ex-captain Todd Clever, who was released from the team for “multiple conduct violations.”
In a night game at Vancouver’s Swangard Stadium, Tonga earned their first win of the tournament as they overcame a slow start to beat Canada.
Sonatane Takulua scored two tries as Tonga rebounded from a first-round 30-22 loss to Fiji.
Aaron Carpenter mustered two tries for Canada, who led 15-10 at the half.
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