I'm just glad Farnworth's English, says Wane

Head coach Shaun Wane says he "just glad" Herbie Farnworth is English after the Dolphins centre inspired his country to a 2-0 Test series win over Samoa.

Farnworth registered two tries and laid on another for Jack Welsby at Headingley on Saturday, having also starred and scored in the first encounter between the sides at Wigan last Sunday.

"He’s been outstanding in both games," said Wane.

"He has been the standout player in the series and he's a really good person and professional. He is a credit to Dolphins and NRL I am just glad he is English.

"He's trained well. He had a bit of a personal problem this week and missed a session. To come back and perform like that, he’s a credit and is very easy to coach."

Farnworth covered more metres - 204 - than any England player last Sunday and his exceptional footwork and ability to offload under pressure came to the fore again in Leeds.

The 24-year-old skipped away from two would-be tacklers and held off the dive of Samoa captain Jarome Luai to register his first try of the afternoon.

And his effort early in the second half, from another darting and powerful run. effectively put the game beyond the Pacific Islanders.

"Farnworth really dominated the game again," said Samoa head coach Ben Gardiner.

"When he carries the ball, sometimes he goes to the line and sometimes he steps away so he is hard to reach and he has a brilliant offload as well and you are not sure if he is going to the outside or inside.

"Normally you have to commit three or four players to a tackle to deal with him, which means your defensive line is all over the shop. He is a very, very good player, who has played brilliantly over two weeks."

Gardiner rues Pauga's spell in sin-bin

While Gardiner stressed the England were deserving winners overall, he also pointed ruefully to a pivotal moment in the contest, when Junior Pauga was sent to the sin-bin after being penalised for a high tackle on second row John Bateman.

With the Sydney Roosters centre off the field for 10 minutes, the hosts scored two unanswered tries to pull clear, having only held a narrow 8-6 advantage.

"I think in any game whether it is the Super League, NRL or and international, a sin-binning is going to have an impact," Gardiner added.

"On average in the NRL, it is generally two tries against. He was told he'd been sin-binned for a high tackle in which he made contact with his hip and not his arm.

"I understand we are trying to take care of players and remove head contact but accidental contact that has no malice in it... I have not seen that sin-binned before.

"With a freak incident like that, I think that Junior should have been given the benefit of the doubt. You could understand it more if the opposition player had to go off the pitch but he got up and played on."