Australia have defended their World Cup title in style with a 30-10 win over Samoa at Old Trafford on Sunday morning (AEDT).
With skipper James Tedesco and centre Latrel Mitchell claiming doubles and halves Nathan Cleary and Cameron Munster all class, the Kangaroos scored six tries to two in front of 67,502 fans at the Theatre of Dreams.
The Kangaroos were first to strike after a clever grubber by Ben Hunt forced a line dropout and on the ensuing set Mitchell powered through Brian To'o and Joseph Suaali'i to make it 4-0 after 14 minutes.
Just four minutes later the Kangaroos were...