Kangaroos star Reagan Campbell-Gillard believes he may must strike a “gentlemen’s agreement” with Samoa skipper Junior Paulo forward of the World Cup closing.
Campbell-Gillard and Paulo are teammates at NRL stage, however will go up towards one another within the closing, which shall be performed at Old Trafford, Manchester, Sunday 3am AEDT.
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Paulo has impressed a considerably shocking World Cup marketing campaign as Samoa’s captain. In the 5 sport he’s performed, the barnstorming ahead has scored a strive, arrange one other and averaged 81 metres per sport. He’s additionally solely missed two tackles all through the match regardless of averaging 21 tackles a sport.
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Speaking to Fox League’s World Cup preview present, Campbell Gillard conceded he’s somewhat cautious of Paulo.
“I’m always ready with whatever. It’s international football and they’re there for a reason,” he stated.
“But I’ll have to probably give him a little message, a little gentlemen’s agreement to make sure he doesn’t take my head off.
“He’s a massive part of that team and he’s my little, small mate at club land. I’m very happy for him and Samoa to get into that final but come Saturday it should be fun.”
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Australia got a bit of a scare in the semi-final against New Zealand and the forward pack in particular were showed up.
It was Campbell-Gillard’s first time going up towards the Kiwis and he believes: “It’s definitely up there with one of the toughest games I’ve been a part of and played.”
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He expects Samoa’s pack shall be simply as aggressive.
“They’re a physical pack across the whole park including from wingers to fullbacks so I’m sure Junior and the Samoans are going to come out firing,” Campbell-Gillard stated.
“We’ve just got to make sure we’re matching that, it should be a very good game.”