Herbie Farnworth has warned Samoa that England will fire into them even harder than they did against Papua New Guinea.
The Brisbane Broncos centre continued his excellent tournament with another classy display in the 54-4 rout of the Kumuls. They face Samoa in Saturday’s semi-final - four weeks after thrashing the same opponents 60-6 in the group stages. But Samoa have improved vastly since then, illustrated by yesterday’s shock 20-18 quarter-final win over Tonga.
Farnworth said: “Either way - Tonga or Samoa - we knew it’d be a tough game. But for us, our job doesn’t change. We just have to focus on ourselves. We’ll come out firing just like we did against PNG. We’ll make it a real fast, tough game. And us English fellas will back ourselves. We know we can get better. We’re just looking forward to playing a World Cup semi-final for England.”
