Rugby league-Pacific rising as Tonga beat England, Samoa crush France at World Cup橄榄球联盟太平洋赛区崛起，汤加击败英格兰，萨摩亚在世界杯上大胜法国
SYDNEY, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Reigning champions Australia just about got away with a win in the first round of the Rugby League World Cup as any doubts that the Pacific island nations are a force to be seriously reckoned with were washed away on the opening weekend.
SYDNEY, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Reigning champions Australia just about got away with a win in the first round of the Rugby League World Cup as any doubts that the Pacific island nations are a force to be seriously reckoned with were washed away on the opening weekend.
Samoa and Tonga are still technically classified as Tier Two nations but the former humbled France 78-4 in Sydney on Friday and the latter beat England 30-12 in a high-quality test in Perth on Saturday.
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悉尼，10 月 19 日（路透社）——卫冕冠军澳大利亚队在橄榄球联赛世界杯首轮比赛中险胜，而太平洋岛国是否是一支不容小觑的力量，在首个周末的比赛中彻底消除了人们的疑虑。
萨摩亚和汤加在技术上仍被归类为二级国家，但前者周五在悉尼以 78-4 击败法国，后者周六在珀斯的一场高质量测试赛中以 30-12 击败英格兰。
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