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Kangaroos braced for boos in RLWC final

Australia's Valentine Holmes (l) expects loud support for Samoa in the Rugby League World Cup final. (Richard Sellers/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Comparing his side's all-conquering campaign to the All Blacks, Australia winger Valentine Holmes says the Kangaroos can expect to be the pantomime villains in their Rugby League World Cup final meeting with Samoa.

England's 27-26 defeat at the hands of the Samoans gives the Pacific nation the chance to do what many had thought unthinkable and knock off the Kangaroos on the biggest stage of all.

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