1.   The points for a drawn game should be split based on the team scoring the most tries.

2.   Ally Donaldson, the home captain, redeemed an unusually sub-par performance by notching two quicksilver tries and two conversions, while Murray Laugerson scored the other try.

3.   He failed to get out of it the first four tries.

4.   They are in for hard times, and Washington should at the very least try not to make matters worse.

5.   But again it was the formidable England forward play that won the match, forcing errors and infringements by the Samoans and setting up the two tries.

6.   Referee Matt Hewitt was in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons, inexplicably disallowing the two tries and refusing to use the video option.

7.   Rod Wishart, Wayne Bartrim, Michael Buettner and Tim Brasher each scored two tries for Australia with Andrew Johns scoring the other try and kicking eight conversions.

8.   Serevi, as he has done throughout the tournament, did the conversions for four of the five tries.

9.   Should the teams remain tied, the side that scored the most tries would win.

10.   The Americans again were clear favorites but Europe prevailed for the fifth time in the last seven tries.