Scrum penalty to Samoa

Scrum goes down so they will reset

Box kick from Matavao and Germany spill it, scrum Samoa

Turnover by Samoa

Good run back from the hosts

Samoa clear downfield

Hilsenbeck gets the second half underway for Germany

The sides are out for the second half

Germany take a 15-14 lead over Samoa into halftime. Samoa opened the scoring with an early try before Germany hit back with two scores to lead 12-7. Samoa crossed for their second try to regain the lead, but a penalty on the stroke of halftime sees Germany up by a single point at the break.

No clear release from the tackler