"Thank goodness we weren't playing the whole of Samoa!” quipped the Welsh fans after Western Samoa beat Wales 16-13 in the 1991 RU World Cup.
Apollo Perelini was formost in minds of most Welsh Rugby Union fans when that infamous quote was coined. They'd nicknamed him the terminator after seeing Perelini destroy that Welsh pack. Perelini was signed to St Helens in 1994 and steadily developed into one of Super League's finest ever props, often flying under the radar where these types of conversations are concerned.
A victory against Oldham in this one was a must given the slip up at Bradford two games earlier and Perelini was at his dynamic best.