The pre-match Haka threatened to boil-over as both sides put national pride on the line in the winner takes all final group match.
Both sides got extremely well aquatinted with one and other before kick-off as Australian 'defector' Andrew Fifita and Nelson Asofa-Solomona went nose-to-nose.
Even Parramatta Eels teammates Brad Takairangi and Manu Ma'u had heated moment.