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Men's Rugby World Cup 2007 · Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne · 26 September 2007Head-to-head
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Samoa won by 4 points.Half-time 22–3 · Tries 3–2 · SAM 1 yellow card · USA 1 yellow card

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610385480147Attacks33Ball won51652035654329152650151867%Own 2244%Own half60%Opp half34%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
SAM6114
USA6814
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
SAM2/22/20
USA1/13/30
← USA attack · Samoa attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
6′SamoaTry, Lome Fa'atau5–0
10′SamoaTry, Tuilagi Alesana Tuilagi, converted10–0
38′SamoaTry, Kane Thompson, converted20–3
54′USATry, Takudzwa Ngwenya, converted22–8
80′USATry, Louis Stanfill25–21
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′1 SAM card · 1 USA card
6′Lome Fa'atau10′Tuilagi Alesana Tuilagi38′Kane Thompson54′Takudzwa Ngwenya80′Louis Stanfill
SAM

Team stats

USA
49%Possession51%
54%Territory46%
71Carries64
514Metres gained405
9Defenders beaten14
119Passes73
11Offloads8
61Tackles made68
14Tackles missed14
39/43Rucks won37/42
11/13Lineouts won6/12
6/6Mauls won1/1
12Turnovers won7
9Penalties conceded9
Goal kicking
SAM conversions 2/2, penalties 2/2 · USA conversions 1/1, penalties 3/3. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Samoa

  1. 1Kas LealamanuaProp
  2. 2Mase Mahonori SchwalgerHooker
  3. 3Census JohnstonProp
  4. 4Leo Lafaiali'ISecond row
  5. 5Kane ThompsonSecond row
  6. 6Semo SititiFlanker
  7. 7Justin PurdieFlanker
  8. 8Alfie To'oala VaeluagaNumber 8
  9. 9Junior PoluleuligagaScrum-half
  10. 10Eliota Fuimaono SapoluFly-half
  11. 11Tuilagi Alesana TuilagiWing
  12. 12Vaovasamanaia Seilala MapusuaCentre
  13. 13Elvis SevealiiCentre
  14. 14Lome Fa'atauWing
  15. 15Loki CrichtonFull-back
  16. 16Silao Vaisola SefoBench
  17. 17Naama LeleimalefagaBench
  18. 18Iosefa TekoriBench
  19. 19Ulia UliaBench
  20. 20Steve So'oialoBench
  21. 21David LemiBench
  22. 22Lolo LuiBench

USA

  1. 1Mike MacDonaldProp
  2. 2Owen LentzHooker
  3. 3Chris OsentowskiProp
  4. 4Alec ParkerSecond row
  5. 5Hayden MextedSecond row
  6. 6Louis StanfillFlanker
  7. 7Todd CleverFlanker
  8. 8Fifita MoungaNumber 8
  9. 9Chad ErskineScrum-half
  10. 10Mike HercusFly-half
  11. 11Salesi SikaWing
  12. 12Vaha EsikiaCentre
  13. 13Philip EloffCentre
  14. 14Takudzwa NgwenyaWing
  15. 15Chris WylesFull-back
  16. 16Blake BurdetteBench
  17. 17Matekitonga MoeakiolaBench
  18. 18Henry BloomfieldBench
  19. 19Mark AylorBench
  20. 20Mike PetriBench
  21. 21Valenese MalifaBench
  22. 22Albert TuipulotuBench

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Context

All-time, Samoa 6–3 USA in 9 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Samoa going in
USA going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.