Kiwis score late winner in gripping opener with Samoa

NEW ZEALAND 24 SAMOA 18 TOM SMITH, Go Media Stadium, Auckland, Sunday DYLAN BROWN’S late try clinched the Kiwis’ narrow victory over Samoa in an intense Pacific Cup opener in Auckland. Roared on by a crowd distinctly in their favour and led by Payne Haas in his first Test since defecting from Australia, the underdog Samoans levelled the

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