Scotland shower points over Samoa in Rugby World Cup walkover
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• Crucial bonus point keeps Scots in quarter-final contention• Samoa wing Ed Fidow sent off after two yellow cardsBefore the tournament Scotland slicked their balls with shampoo to help them get ready for just the sort of the muggy conditions they found here in the insufferably humid Kobe Misaki Stadium. Turned out it worked. They were head and shoulders above Samoa, anyway, in game that felt, for long stretches, like watching 30 blokes fight over the last bar of soap in bathhouse. Neither side could hold on to the ball, at all, and the game was littered with handling errors, knock-ons, and tu…





