TheBreakdown
Full time9 June 2007
South Africa
35–8
Samoa
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South AfricaHead-to-head

South Africa won by 27 points.

Scoring

  1. 11’PSouth Africa penalty · Derick Hougaard3–0
  2. 13’PSamoa penalty · Gavin Williams3–3
  3. 15’PSouth Africa penalty · Derick Hougaard6–3
  4. 21’TSouth Africa try · John Smit11–3
  5. 22’CSouth Africa conversion · Derick Hougaard13–3
  6. 25’TSouth Africa try · JP Pietersen18–3
  7. 34’TSouth Africa try · Frans Steyn23–3
  8. 60’TSouth Africa try · Pedrie Wannenburg28–3
  9. 65’TSouth Africa try · Percy Montgomery33–3
  10. 66’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery35–3
  11. 78’TSamoa try · Anitele'a Tuilagi35–8

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3BJ BothaProp
  4. 4Johan AckermannSecond row
  5. 5Albert van den BergSecond row
  6. 6Luke WatsonFlanker
  7. 7Danie RossouwFlanker
  8. 8Bobby SkinstadNumber 8
  9. 9Ricky JanuarieScrum-half
  10. 10Derick HougaardFly-half
  11. 11JP PietersenWing
  12. 12Wayne JuliesCentre
  13. 13Waylon MurrayCentre
  14. 14Ashwin WillemseWing
  15. 15Frans SteynFull-back
  16. 16Gary BothaBench
  17. 17Deon CarstensBench
  18. 18Johan MullerBench
  19. 19Pedrie WannenburgBench
  20. 20Ruan PienaarBench
  21. 21Jaque FourieBench
  22. 22Percy MontgomeryBench

Samoa

  1. 1Justin Va'aProp
  2. 2Mase Mahonori SchwalgerHooker
  3. 3Census JohnstonProp
  4. 4Filipo Lavea LeviSecond row
  5. 5Kane ThompsonSecond row
  6. 6Daniel LeoFlanker
  7. 7Justin PurdieFlanker
  8. 8Semo SititiNumber 8
  9. 9Steve So'oialoScrum-half
  10. 10Loki CrichtonFly-half
  11. 11Tuilagi Alesana TuilagiWing
  12. 12Vaovasamanaia Seilala MapusuaCentre
  13. 13Anitele'a TuilagiCentre
  14. 14Lome Fa'atauWing
  15. 15Gavin WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Muliufi SalanoaBench
  17. 17Donald KerslakeBench
  18. 18Iosefa TekoriBench
  19. 19Alfie To'oala VaeluagaBench
  20. 20Junior PoluleuligagaBench
  21. 21Elvis SevealiiBench
  22. 22David LemiBench

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Context

All-time, South Africa 9–0 Samoa in 9 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

South Africa going in
Samoa 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.