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Men's Rugby World Cup 2011 · North Harbour Stadium, North Harbour · 30 September 2011Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 8 points.Half-time 13–0 · Tries 1–1 · RSA 1 yellow card

Pitch map

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9512485Attacks729Ball won6019224561511944250364112722%Own 2224%Own half44%Opp half47%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
RSA16014
SAM6611
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
RSA1/12/50
SAM0/10/00
← Samoa attack · South Africa 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
9′South AfricaTry, Bryan Habana, converted5–0
51′SamoaTry, George Stowers, conversion missed13–5
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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05101520HT0′20′40′60′80′1 RSA card · 1 SAM card
9′Bryan Habana51′George Stowers
RSA

Team stats

SAM
37%Possession63%
37%Territory63%
73Carries148
278Metres gained608
11Defenders beaten14
104Passes216
160Tackles made66
14Tackles missed11
52/55Rucks won117/123
11/14Lineouts won11/14
10/10Mauls won3/3
10Penalties conceded12
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 1/1, penalties 2/5 · SAM conversions 0/1, 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

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Bismarck Du PlessisHooker
  3. 3Jannie Du PlessisProp
  4. 4Danie RossouwSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Heinrich BrussowFlanker
  7. 7Schalk BurgerFlanker
  8. 8Pierre SpiesNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Morne SteynFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Frans SteynCentre
  13. 13Jaque FourieCentre
  14. 14JP PietersenWing
  15. 15Pat LambieFull-back
  16. 16John SmitBench
  17. 17Gurthro SteenkampBench
  18. 18CJ Van Der LindeBench
  19. 19Willem AlbertsBench
  20. 20Francois LouwBench
  21. 21Francois HougaardBench
  22. 22Jean De VilliersBench

Samoa

  1. 1Sakaria TaulafoProp
  2. 2Mase Mahonori SchwalgerHooker
  3. 3Census JohnstonProp
  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. 12Eliota Fuimaono SapoluCentre
  13. 13Vaovasamanaia Seilala MapusuaCentre
  14. 14David LemiWing
  15. 15Paul WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Wayne Ole AveiBench
  17. 17Anthony PereniseBench
  18. 18Logovii MulipolaBench
  19. 19Iosefa TekoriBench
  20. 20Ofisa TreviranusBench
  21. 21Junior PoluleuligagaBench
  22. 22George PisiBench

Match officials

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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.