That’ll be all from us my friends. Keep the Bati in your hearts,
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Live coverage: Australia v Fiji in Brisbane RLWC 2017 semi final
AFTER scoring five tries last week, Valentine Holmes has croosed for SIX and the Kangaroos are out to a big lead against Fiji. Follow all the action live!
VALENTINE Holmes has scored six tries as Australia laid the smack down on Fiji to cruise into the World Cup final with a 54-6 win.
The Kangaroos produced their best display of the tournament, playing wonderful, free-flowing rugby league against the out of sorts Bati. Holmes backed up last week’s five try effort with six down the left side, equalling the all time Test record held by New Zealand legend Hugh McGahn. The Cronulla man now has 11 tries in his last two matches and 12 overall, surpassing Wendell Sailor’s single tournament record from 2000. Remarkably, he’s only two tries away from levelling Bob Fulton’s old record of 13 World Cup tries. Fulton’s record has since been surpassed by Billy Slater and Jarryd Hayne. LIVE: FOLLOW ALL THE ACTION IN OUR BLOG BELOW
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The Kangaroos have scored 18 tries in two games yet there have only been four try scorers #AUSvFIJ #RLWC2017
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Australia were excellent, as usual. The power and consistency they have in the middle is matched only by the fluency of their play out wide. Six tries for Val Holmes is rather remarkable.
Fiji did not bring their best. As we’ve seen over the course of this tournament, teams tend to drop their bundle when they play against the Kangaroos.
FULLTIME: AUSTRALIA 54 FIJI 6
75th minute: AUSTRALIA 54 FIJI 6
HOLMES HAS SIX! Vunivalu goes for the line at the other end, Slater strips it away and from the ensuing play the ball Morgan fires it out to Holmes and he runs 60 metres to score his sixth try! Wow. That’s insane. Twelve tries for the tournament, 11 in his last two matches. Wild stuff. Smith misses and Australia lead 54-6.
We aren't done yet!
— Australian Kangaroos (@Kangaroos) November 24, 2017
50-6 with 9 minutes remaining. #GoTheRoos 🇦🇺#RISE #RLWC2017 pic.twitter.com/GXuGdgKT3v
69th minute: AUSTRALIA 52 FIJI 6
Naiqama drops a bomb, and from the scrum Dane Gagai goes over a backpedalling Milne to score. Too easy. Smith converts and Australia lead 52-6.