TheBreakdown
Full time9 November 2013
Ireland
40–9
Samoa
Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 2013Head-to-head

Ireland won by 31 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’PIreland penalty · Paddy Jackson3–0
  2. 9’PSamoa penalty · Lemalu Tusiata Pisi3–3
  3. 22’PIreland penalty · Paddy Jackson6–3
  4. 27’TIreland try · Peter O'Mahony11–3
  5. 32’PSamoa penalty · Lemalu Tusiata Pisi11–6
  6. 42’PIreland penalty · Paddy Jackson14–6
  7. 47’TIreland try · Sean O'Brien19–6
  8. 48’CIreland conversion · Paddy Jackson21–6
  9. 65’PSamoa penalty · Kahn Fotuali'i21–9
  10. 67’TIreland try · Dave Kearney26–9
  11. 68’CIreland conversion · Paddy Jackson28–9
  12. 72’TIreland try · Fergus McFadden33–9
  13. 73’CIreland conversion · Paddy Jackson35–9
  14. 80’TIreland try · Dave Kearney40–9

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Jack McGrathProp
  2. 2Rory BestHooker
  3. 3Mike RossProp
  4. 4Mike McCarthySecond row
  5. 5Devin TonerSecond row
  6. 6Peter O'MahonyFlanker
  7. 7Chris HenryFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Conor MurrayScrum-half
  10. 10Paddy JacksonFly-half
  11. 11Fergus McFaddenWing
  12. 12Gordon D'ArcyCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Tommy BoweWing
  15. 15Rob KearneyFull-back
  16. 16Sean CroninBench
  17. 17Cian HealyBench
  18. 18Declan FitzpatrickBench
  19. 19Paul O'ConnellBench
  20. 20Sean O'BrienBench
  21. 21Eoin ReddanBench
  22. 22Ian MadiganBench
  23. 23Dave KearneyBench

Samoa

  1. 1Sakaria TaulafoProp
  2. 2Wayne Ole AveiHooker
  3. 3Logovii MulipolaProp
  4. 4Faatiga LemaluSecond row
  5. 5Filo PauloSecond row
  6. 6Ofisa TreviranusFlanker
  7. 7Jack LamFlanker
  8. 8Taiasina TuifuaNumber 8
  9. 9Kahn Fotuali'iScrum-half
  10. 10Lemalu Tusiata PisiFly-half
  11. 11Brando VaauluWing
  12. 12Johnny LeotaCentre
  13. 13George PisiCentre
  14. 14Alapati LeiuaWing
  15. 15Fa'atoina AutagavaiaFull-back
  16. 16Ti'i PauloBench
  17. 17Viliamu AfatiaBench
  18. 18James JohnstonBench
  19. 19Iosefa TekoriBench
  20. 20Faifili LevaveBench
  21. 21Jeremy SuaBench
  22. 22Isaiah TuifuaBench
  23. 23Fautua OttoBench

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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.