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Full time13 November 2010
Ireland
20–10
Samoa
Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 2010Head-to-head

Ireland won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara3–0
  2. 19’TIreland try · Jamie Heaslip8–0
  3. 21’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara10–0
  4. 24’TSamoa try · Tuilagi Alesana Tuilagi10–5
  5. 25’CSamoa conversion · Paul Williams10–7
  6. 32’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara13–7
  7. 56’PSamoa penalty · Paul Williams13–10
  8. 65’TIreland try · Ronan O'Gara18–10
  9. 66’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara20–10

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Tom CourtProp
  2. 2Sean CroninHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
  5. 5Devin TonerSecond row
  6. 6Denis LeamyFlanker
  7. 7Sean O'BrienFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Andrew TrimbleWing
  12. 12Paddy WallaceCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Tommy BoweWing
  15. 15Luke FitzgeraldFull-back
  16. 16Rory BestBench
  17. 17Cian HealyBench
  18. 18Donnacha RyanBench
  19. 19Stephen FerrisBench
  20. 20Isaac BossBench
  21. 21Johnny SextonBench
  22. 22Keith EarlsBench

Samoa

  1. 1Sakaria TaulafoProp
  2. 2Mase Mahonori SchwalgerHooker
  3. 3Anthony PereniseProp
  4. 4Filipo Lavea LeviSecond row
  5. 5Kane ThompsonSecond row
  6. 6Ofisa TreviranusFlanker
  7. 7Manaia SalaveaFlanker
  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. 14David LemiWing
  15. 15Paul WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Steve FualauBench
  17. 17Simon LemaluBench
  18. 18Iosefa TekoriBench
  19. 19Afa AionoBench
  20. 20Junior PoluleuligagaBench
  21. 21Gavin WilliamsBench
  22. 22Jamie HelleurBench

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Context

All-time, Ireland 7–2 Samoa in 9 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Ireland 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.