England rugby league clash with Samoa descends into huge brawl as BBC commentator says ‘it’s like Royal Rumble’

CHAOS erupted astatine an England rugby league lucifer against Samoa arsenic the lucifer descended into a "royal rumble".

England won the archetypal Test lucifer against Samoa connected Sunday successful Wigan 34-18.

However, successful the closing stages, things got heated arsenic Terell May refused to fto spell of the garment of England's Matty Lees.

The brace past wrestled to the level earlier players from some sides tried to divided it up.

But that past sparked disconnected a bid of smaller grappling matches, with the referee incapable to regain control.

Every azygous subordinate was progressive successful 1 mode oregon another.

BBC commentator Matt Newman described the incidental arsenic similar "a Royal Rumble".

The WWE-style imitation miraculously lone resulted successful an England penalty.

England manager Shaun Wane was near with a wide grin connected his look successful the aftermath.

While England emerged triumphant successful this archetypal test, Samoa could look to get their ain backmost successful a week's time.

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The 2nd trial betwixt the nations takes spot astatine Headingley adjacent Sunday.

Three Lions skipper George Williams was named Man of the Match.

On the game, helium said: "We mislaid 2 interception tries, but the astir pleasing happening was that we won.

"But Shaun Wane volition person america wanting to get better. We privation it to beryllium physical.

"We cognize Samoa are physical. It’ll beryllium the aforesaid adjacent week and we’ll beryllium acceptable for it."

On the adjacent match, Wane added: "We're looking guardant to the 2nd Test, we'll beryllium firing astatine Leeds and they'll beryllium hopeless not to spell 2-0, truthful it has the makings of a fantastic game."

Samoa manager Ben Gardiner besides told BBC TV: "It was precise physical, we missed the commencement we needed, they got the start, they won cardinal moments successful the crippled and that was the quality tonight.

"We played the crippled we wanted to play, we astir apt request a spot much possession to play the mode we privation to. We conscionable had immoderate moments that weren’t large moments.

"We’ve a small spot of enactment to do, but that’s portion of playing Test lucifer football, putting 2 games unneurotic and going again adjacent week."