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Men's Rugby World Cup 2011 · Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua · 14 September 2011Head-to-head
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Samoa won by 37 points.Half-time 25–0 · Tries 6–2 · SAM 1 yellow card · NAM 1 yellow card

Pitch map

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1173555596370795176Attacks1224Ball won615816161481204435802434440%Own 2251%Own half55%Opp half77%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
SAM8312
NAM8824
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
SAM5/63/30
NAM1/20/00
← Namibia 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
1′SamoaTry, Kahn Fotuali'i, converted5–0
17′SamoaTry, Tuilagi Alesana Tuilagi, converted15–0
35′SamoaTry, Tuilagi Alesana Tuilagi, conversion missed25–0
55′SamoaTry, Tuilagi Alesana Tuilagi, converted33–0
59′SamoaTry, Paul Williams, converted40–0
63′NamibiaTry, Danie Van Wyk, conversion missed42–5
70′SamoaTry, converted47–5
79′NamibiaTry, Theuns Kotze, converted49–10
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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013253850HT0′20′40′60′80′1 SAM card · 1 NAM card
1′Kahn Fotuali'i17′Tuilagi Alesana Tuilagi35′Tuilagi Alesana Tuilagi55′Tuilagi Alesana Tuilagi59′Paul Williams63′Danie Van Wyk70′SAM79′Theuns Kotze
SAM

Team stats

NAM
57%Possession43%
60%Territory40%
114Carries86
654Metres gained328
24Defenders beaten13
135Passes102
83Tackles made88
12Tackles missed24
70/72Rucks won64/67
8/8Lineouts won8/16
4/5Mauls won1/2
11Penalties conceded13
Goal kicking
SAM conversions 5/6, penalties 3/3 · NAM conversions 1/2, penalties 0/0. 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. 1Sakaria TaulafoProp
  2. 2Mase Mahonori SchwalgerHooker
  3. 3Anthony PereniseProp
  4. 4Daniel LeoSecond row
  5. 5Kane ThompsonSecond row
  6. 6Taiasina TuifuaFlanker
  7. 7Maurie FaasavaluFlanker
  8. 8George StowersNumber 8
  9. 9Kahn Fotuali'iScrum-half
  10. 10Lemalu Tusiata PisiFly-half
  11. 11Tuilagi Alesana TuilagiWing
  12. 12Vaovasamanaia Seilala MapusuaCentre
  13. 13George PisiCentre
  14. 14Sailosi TagicakibauWing
  15. 15Paul WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Ti'i PauloBench
  17. 17Census JohnstonBench
  18. 18Iosefa TekoriBench
  19. 19Ofisa TreviranusBench
  20. 20Junior PoluleuligagaBench
  21. 21Eliota Fuimaono SapoluBench
  22. 22Tasesa LaveaBench

Namibia

  1. 1Johnny RedelinghuysProp
  2. 2Hugo HornHooker
  3. 3Raoul LarsonProp
  4. 4Heinz KollSecond row
  5. 5Hendrik FrankenSecond row
  6. 6Rohan KitshoffFlanker
  7. 7Jacques BurgerFlanker
  8. 8Pieter-Jan Van LillNumber 8
  9. 9Eugene JantjiesScrum-half
  10. 10Theuns KotzeFly-half
  11. 11Llewellyn WinklerWing
  12. 12Piet Van ZylCentre
  13. 13Danie Van WykCentre
  14. 14Danie DamesWing
  15. 15Chrysander BothaFull-back
  16. 16Bertus O'CallaghanBench
  17. 17Jané Du ToitBench
  18. 18Nico EsterhuyseBench
  19. 19Renaud Van NeelBench
  20. 20Ryan De La HarpeBench
  21. 21Darryl De La HarpeBench
  22. 22TC LosperBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Samoa 3–0 Namibia in 3 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Samoa going in
Namibia 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.