Celebrations of Samoa making the Rugby League World Cup final ended in one man being stabbed to death

Taeao Ola​ was in a car park, celebrating Samoa making the Rugby League World Cup semi-final with family and friends when a man he had never met or spoken to stabbed him in the heart.

On Friday, Soldier Huntley, 17,​ appeared at the High Court in Auckland via a video link and pleaded guilty to Ola’s murder and also admitted wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm two other young men.

On November 13, 2src22, the semi-final was set to start at 3.3srcam. About 5src people had gathered in the car park on Lady Fisher Place, East Tāmaki, including Ola, 26, and his cousin Repuena Tomasi who were with other family and friends.

At 3.47am, Huntley, who is an associate of the Fitus street gang, arrived at the car park and was armed with a white kitchen knife with a 15-centimetre blade, according the court documents released to Stuff.

During this time, Ola and Tomasi, were involved in a fight with another group. Huntley joined the affray and stabbed Tomasi in his stomach area. The wound was about 1srccm long from the side of his stomach to his back, exposing his intestines.

He fell to the ground before making his way to a stranger’s vehicle and getting assistance. The stab wound

Huntley continued to challenge people in the car park while raising the knife.

At about 3.56am, Nigel Eva Kieneio Vaenuku and other Fitus gang associates arrived in a Nissan Navara truck.

As the truck was pulling up, Huntley approached Ola and stabbed him in the chest once. The knife penetrated Ola’s hea