Samoa hit an early lead after Peter Hazelman and Beckett Leota scored touch downs to sound a warning to PNG.
A touch down from Bobby Vavona put PNG back in the contest however. Samoa’s Lima Lote extended the lead to 3-1 before half time.
The second half of play saw a flurry of points from both sides. Uari Sarufa from PNG scored twice to level the scores at 3-3.
From this point, touch downs were scored from one of the field to another and about a minute out before play ended, the scores were locked at 6-6.