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Men's Rugby World Cup 2015 · Villa Park, Birmingham · 26 September 2015Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 40 points.Half-time 17–6 · Tries 6–0

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2′9′12′19′24′39′44′51′54′1547587178832820Attacks56Ball won821111632196114493518443621058%Own 2242%Own half63%Opp half81%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
RSA10611
SAM16941
← 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.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
15′South AfricaTry, JP Pietersen, conversion missed8–6
47′South AfricaTry, JP Pietersen, converted22–6
58′South AfricaTry, Schalk Burger, conversion missed29–6
71′South AfricaTry, Schalk Brits, conversion missed34–6
78′South AfricaTry, JP Pietersen, conversion missed39–6
83′South AfricaTry, Bryan Habana, converted44–6
2′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
9′SamoaPenalty goal scored
12′SamoaPenalty goal scored
19′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
24′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
39′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
44′SamoaPenalty goal missed
51′SamoaPenalty goal missed
54′SamoaPenalty goal missed
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′
15′JP Pietersen47′JP Pietersen58′Schalk Burger71′Schalk Brits78′JP Pietersen83′Bryan Habana
RSA

Team stats

SAM
61%Possession39%
72%Territory28%
148Carries88
668Metres gained233
13Clean breaks2
41Defenders beaten11
194Passes108
10Offloads13
106Tackles made169
11Tackles missed41
104/109Rucks won62/65
12/12Lineouts won10/16
2/2Scrums won8/8
13/13Mauls won0/1
5Turnovers won11
15Penalties conceded13
38Kicks from hand23
403Kick metres385
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 2/6, penalties 4/4 · SAM conversions 0/0, penalties 2/5. 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.

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Adriaan StraussHooker
  3. 3Jannie Du PlessisProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Francois LouwFlanker
  7. 7Schalk BurgerFlanker
  8. 8Duane VermeulenNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Jean De VilliersCentre
  14. 14JP PietersenWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Schalk BritsBench
  17. 17Trevor NyakaneBench
  18. 18Frans MalherbeBench
  19. 19Lodewyk De JagerBench
  20. 20Siya KolisiBench
  21. 21Ruan PienaarBench
  22. 22Pat LambieBench
  23. 23Jesse KrielBench

Samoa

  1. 1Sakaria TaulafoProp
  2. 2Motu Matu'uHooker
  3. 3Census JohnstonProp
  4. 4Filo PauloSecond row
  5. 5Iosefa TekoriSecond row
  6. 6TJ IoaneFlanker
  7. 7Jack LamFlanker
  8. 8Ofisa TreviranusNumber 8
  9. 9Kahn Fotuali'iScrum-half
  10. 10Mike StanleyFly-half
  11. 11Tuilagi Alesana TuilagiWing
  12. 12Rey Lee-LoCentre
  13. 13Paul PerezCentre
  14. 14Ken PisiWing
  15. 15Tim Nanai-WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Wayne Ole AveiBench
  17. 17Viliamu AfatiaBench
  18. 18Anthony PereniseBench
  19. 19Faifili LevaveBench
  20. 20Sanele Vavae TuilagiBench
  21. 21Vavao AfemaiBench
  22. 22Lemalu Tusiata PisiBench
  23. 23George 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.