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Men's Rugby World Cup 2011 · Waikato Stadium, Hamilton · 18 September 2011Head-to-head
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Wales won by 7 points.Half-time 6–3 · Tries 1–1

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426740146Attacks1255Ball won106178285620611463288333922%Own 2237%Own half64%Opp half20%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
WAL18914
SAM11020
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
WAL0/14/50
SAM1/11/30
← Samoa attack · Wales 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
42′SamoaTry, Anthony Perenise, converted6–8
67′WalesTry, Shane Williams, conversion missed17–10
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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42′Anthony Perenise67′Shane Williams
WAL

Team stats

SAM
42%Possession58%
36%Territory64%
106Carries151
424Metres gained406
20Defenders beaten14
145Passes160
189Tackles made110
14Tackles missed20
72/75Rucks won124/129
8/10Lineouts won11/14
1/1Mauls won1/1
14Penalties conceded13
Goal kicking
WAL conversions 0/1, penalties 4/5 · SAM conversions 1/1, penalties 1/3. 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

Wales

  1. 1Paul JamesProp
  2. 2Huw BennettHooker
  3. 3Adam JonesProp
  4. 4Luke CharterisSecond row
  5. 5Alun Wyn JonesSecond row
  6. 6Dan LydiateFlanker
  7. 7Sam WarburtonFlanker
  8. 8Taulupe FaletauNumber 8
  9. 9Mike PhillipsScrum-half
  10. 10Rhys PriestlandFly-half
  11. 11Shane WilliamsWing
  12. 12Jamie RobertsCentre
  13. 13Jonathan DaviesCentre
  14. 14George NorthWing
  15. 15James HookFull-back
  16. 16Lloyd BurnsBench
  17. 17Gethin JenkinsBench
  18. 18Bradley DaviesBench
  19. 19Andy PowellBench
  20. 20Tavis KnoyleBench
  21. 21Scott WilliamsBench
  22. 22Leigh HalfpennyBench

Samoa

  1. 1Sakaria TaulafoProp
  2. 2Mase Mahonori SchwalgerHooker
  3. 3Anthony PereniseProp
  4. 4Daniel LeoSecond row
  5. 5Kane ThompsonSecond row
  6. 6Ofisa TreviranusFlanker
  7. 7Maurie FaasavaluFlanker
  8. 8George StowersNumber 8
  9. 9Kahn Fotuali'iScrum-half
  10. 10Tasesa LaveaFly-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. 19Manaia SalaveaBench
  20. 20Jeremy SuaBench
  21. 21Eliota Fuimaono SapoluBench
  22. 22James SooialoBench

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Context

All-time, Wales 6–4 Samoa in 10 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Wales 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.