Greece men piled on the points in the second half to defeat a gallant United States 46-10.

Greece began the game well, with stand off Leon Bakis throwing a dummy and racing over to score with just under two minutes of the game played.

Chris Slater-Raptis, making his international debut for Greece after injury forced him out of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup, was unlucky not to add another.

The Hawks hit back in the 20th minute when skipper Peter Lupton put in a cross-field kick that was taken by Ulice Gillard.

The winger was able to out leap his opposite number Sam Stratis and plant the ball down for a try. It came after Lupton landed a 40/20 kick.

Four minutes later, USA hit the front when Greece full-back Tyrone Tsagalias failed to take a high bomb from Lupton, whose excellent kicking game was causing problems.

The hosts used the good field position to perfection with forward Malcolm Webb barging over to score between the posts. Mason McClory added the simple conversion to make it 10-6.

Hawks went close to increasing their lead when Fatai Makahava beat three defenders but lost the ball in the process of scoring.

Greece levelled up just after the half hour when interchange forward Myles Gal spun out of a tackle and crashed over next to the posts, Stratis landing the conversion to make it 12-10 to the visitors.

Right on half-time, half-back Eddie Markopoulos showed and went before racing 30 metres to score and Stratis kicked his third goal of the afternoon to give Greece a 18-10 advantage.

It took just under four minutes of the second half for Greece to extend their lead with Jonny Mitsias crossing wide out. Minutes later, the same player was over again to make it 26-10.

Former NRL player Daniel Vidot, who played 114 matches for Canberra, St George Illawarra, Brisbane and Gold Coast between 2009 and 2017 and also had a stint at Salford, was then sin binned for a crusher tackle on Stratis.

With USA down a player, Greece ran in two tries to be in control at 36-10 through Nicholas Tuliatu and Stratis, who dived over in the corner.

In the 67th minute, Bakis took on the defence on the last tackle and sent the excellent Markopoulos over.

With five minutes remaining, Tsagalias sent Stratis in for his second try and the Greek boys had chances to claim the half century but pushed the pass on a number of occasions.

Sydney Roosters boss Nick Politis presented the man-of-the-match award at the conclusion of the game.

“We brought over 25 players with us to play two matches with the USA. The boys were disappointed that they didn't play in the first game, but it was out of our control,” said Greece Head Coach Steve Georgallis.

“We had many young players in the squad, we are building for the future. There were a lot of 21-, 22-, and 23-year-olds and it was great to watch them play."