{"id":957462,"date":"2026-11-08T21:30:38","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T21:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/957462\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T21:30:38","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T21:30:38","slug":"rugby-league-world-cup-2026-spencer-leniu-sin-bin-kangaroos-vs-samoa-result-video-reece-walsh-hat-trick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/957462\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby League World Cup 2026: Spencer Leniu sin bin, Kangaroos vs Samoa result, video, Reece Walsh hat-trick"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spencer Leniu<\/a> could be in hot water for referee abuse after he was sin-binned in a moment of capitulation for Samoa<\/a> during their World Cup<\/a> semi-final 44-12 loss to the Kangaroos<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Leniu was captured pointing towards someone after Bradman Best scored before half-time with touch judge Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski coming into shot immediately after it. <\/p>\n

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Spencer Leniu had a night to forget.\u00a0Cameron Spencer\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Cameron Munster could be seen pointing at Leniu straight after his words with the Samoan firebrand sin-binned moments later.<\/p>\n

Shaun Johnson said at half-time that Leniu would like his time back.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s such an inspirational player, he can have such a positive impact on a side with the way he plays, but he got this one wrong,\u201d Keary said on Seven.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo player can approach the ref, only if you\u2019re the skipper, but not in this manner whatsoever, you can\u2019t condone that sort of behaviour. He\u2019ll be disappointed with himself and putting his team under pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Kangaroos went into the sheds leading 26-2 after tries to Tom Dearden, Jacob Preston, Tom Trbojevic, Reece Walsh and Best.<\/p>\n

The minutes before Leniu\u2019s brain snap were horrible for Samoa\u2019s senior players with Jarome Luai placed on report for a dangerous tackle on Jack Bostock which sparked a confrontation between Walsh and Francis Manuleleua. <\/p>\n

Samoa would have gone into the sheds frustrated they didn\u2019t have a try after the Bunker controversially denied them points earlier in the half. <\/p>\n

Manuleleua had leapt over Walsh to take a bomb and race away to score, and although a try was awarded on the field, the Bunker ruled the Samoan lock had knocked the ball on into Australia\u2019s fullback.<\/p>\n

The Bunker determined that the ball had touched Manuleleua\u2019s right arm and then made contact with Walsh.<\/p>\n

Roosters coach Trent Robinson thinks it should have been a try.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe left hand of Walsh was behind his hand. It couldn\u2019t have gone forward,\u201d Robinson said with a laugh on Seven\u2019s coverage.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really believe that should have been a try.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the break, a strong message from coach Ben Gardiner seemed to fire up Samoa with Stephen Crichton first to cross.<\/p>\n

However, Walsh was next to score to keep chances of a comeback at bay. <\/p>\n

Both sides went try for try when Izack Tago went over followed by Walsh again for a hat-trick. <\/p>\n

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Australia and Samoa players scuffle.\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

Bostock then sealed victory in the 71st minute with a try in the corner before another Samoan player in Ronald Volkman was placed on report late in the match for high contact on Jacob Preston, who was on the ground. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s been the story of night for Samoa … they had such an opportunity and ruined it with ill-discipline,\u201d Robinson said. <\/p>\n

The Kangaroos will now play New Zealand in the World Cup final at Suncorp Stadium next Sunday night.<\/p>\n

In the match before the Kangaroos\u2019 win, the Jillaroos advanced to the World Cup final after a 30-14 win over Fiji. <\/p>\n

The Aussies had to work hard for their win after a shock start from Fiji meant they led 8-0 early in proceedings. <\/p>\n

The Jillaroos clawed it back to 8-8 at half-time before running away with victory to set up a final against the Kiwi Ferns. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spencer Leniu could be in hot water for referee abuse after he was sin-binned in a moment of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":957463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-957462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=957462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/957463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=957462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=957462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=957462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}