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Men's Rugby World Cup 2015 · St James Park, Newcastle upon Tyne · 10 October 2015Head-to-head
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Scotland won by 3 points.Half-time 26–23 · Tries 4–3 · SCO 1 yellow card

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5′9′20′25′29′38′51′53′57′64′111214213274783664Attacks926Ball won881532246113582612961528236%Own 2237%Own half66%Opp half86%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
SAM8318
SCO9828
← Scotland 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.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
11′SamoaTry, Lemalu Tusiata Pisi, converted8–3
12′ScotlandTry, Tommy Seymour, converted10–8
14′SamoaTry, Manu Leiataua, conversion missed15–10
21′SamoaTry, Rey Lee-Lo, conversion missed20–13
32′ScotlandTry, John Hardie, converted23–21
74′ScotlandTry, Greig Laidlaw, converted26–34
78′SamoaTry, Motu Matu'u, converted31–36
5′SamoaPenalty goal scored
9′ScotlandPenalty goal scored
20′ScotlandPenalty goal scored
25′ScotlandPenalty goal scored
29′SamoaPenalty goal scored
38′SamoaPenalty goal scored
51′ScotlandPenalty goal scored
53′ScotlandPenalty goal scored
57′ScotlandPenalty goal missed
64′ScotlandPenalty 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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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′1 SCO card
11′Lemalu Tusiata Pisi12′Tommy Seymour14′Manu Leiataua21′Rey Lee-Lo32′John Hardie74′Greig Laidlaw78′Motu Matu'u
SAM

Team stats

SCO
50%Possession50%
48%Territory52%
106Carries93
462Metres gained257
9Clean breaks9
28Defenders beaten18
141Passes92
11Offloads7
83Tackles made98
18Tackles missed28
67/71Rucks won61/66
8/8Lineouts won14/15
3/4Scrums won3/3
4/5Mauls won11/12
7Turnovers won7
20Penalties conceded13
20Kicks from hand28
372Kick metres420
Goal kicking
SAM conversions 2/4, penalties 3/3 · SCO conversions 3/3, penalties 5/7. 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

Samoa

  1. 1Sakaria TaulafoProp
  2. 2Manu LeiatauaHooker
  3. 3Census JohnstonProp
  4. 4Filo PauloSecond row
  5. 5Kane ThompsonSecond row
  6. 6Maurie FaasavaluFlanker
  7. 7Jack LamFlanker
  8. 8Alafoti FaosilivaNumber 8
  9. 9Kahn Fotuali'iScrum-half
  10. 10Lemalu Tusiata PisiFly-half
  11. 11Fa'atoina AutagavaiaWing
  12. 12Rey Lee-LoCentre
  13. 13George PisiCentre
  14. 14Paul PerezWing
  15. 15Tim Nanai-WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Motu Matu'uBench
  17. 17Viliamu AfatiaBench
  18. 18Anthony PereniseBench
  19. 19Faifili LevaveBench
  20. 20Sanele Vavae TuilagiBench
  21. 21Vavao AfemaiBench
  22. 22Patrick FaapaleBench
  23. 23Ken PisiBench

Scotland

  1. 1Alasdair DickinsonProp
  2. 2Ross FordHooker
  3. 3WP NelProp
  4. 4Richie GraySecond row
  5. 5Jonny GraySecond row
  6. 6Ryan WilsonFlanker
  7. 7John HardieFlanker
  8. 8David DentonNumber 8
  9. 9Greig LaidlawScrum-half
  10. 10Finn RussellFly-half
  11. 11Tommy SeymourWing
  12. 12Matt ScottCentre
  13. 13Mark BennettCentre
  14. 14Sean MaitlandWing
  15. 15Stuart HoggFull-back
  16. 16Fraser BrownBench
  17. 17Gordon ReidBench
  18. 18Jon WelshBench
  19. 19Tim SwinsonBench
  20. 20Josh StraussBench
  21. 21Henry PyrgosBench
  22. 22Pete HorneBench
  23. 23Sean LamontBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Samoa 2–11 Scotland, 1 drawn in 14 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Samoa going in
Scotland 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.