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Men's Rugby World Cup 1999 · Racecourse Ground, Wrexham · 3 October 1999Head-to-head
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Samoa won by 34 points.Half-time 18–6 · Tries 5–0

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Tacklesmademissed
SAM9729
JPN9930
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
SAM3/34/40
JPN0/03/30
← Japan 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
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  • 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
23′SamoaTry, Brian Lima11–6
31′SamoaTry, Afato So'oialo, converted16–6
51′SamoaTry, Afato So'oialo, converted26–6
82′SamoaTry, Silao Leaega, converted36–9
85′SamoaTry, Brian Lima43–9
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′
23′Brian Lima31′Afato So'oialo51′Afato So'oialo82′Silao Leaega85′Brian Lima
SAM

Team stats

JPN
100%Possession0%
105Carries88
529Metres gained424
18Clean breaks9
30Defenders beaten29
120Passes128
13Offloads8
97Tackles made99
29Tackles missed30
59/65Rucks won52/63
10/13Lineouts won9/12
9/9Scrums won11/11
8/9Mauls won8/10
14Penalties conceded10
38Kicks from hand33
Goal kicking
SAM conversions 3/3, penalties 4/4 · JPN conversions 0/0, penalties 3/3. 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

Samoa

  1. 1Brendan ReidyProp
  2. 2Trevor LeotaHooker
  3. 3Robbie AleProp
  4. 4Sene Ta'alaSecond row
  5. 5Lama ToneSecond row
  6. 6Junior ParamoreFlanker
  7. 7Craig GlendinningFlanker
  8. 8Pat LamNumber 8
  9. 9Steve So'oialoScrum-half
  10. 10Steve BachopFly-half
  11. 11Brian LimaWing
  12. 12Va'aiga TuigamalaCentre
  13. 13To'o VaegaCentre
  14. 14Afato So'oialoWing
  15. 15Silao LeaegaFull-back
  16. 16George LeaupepeBench
  17. 17Earl Va'aBench
  18. 18Jon ClarkeBench
  19. 19Semo SititiBench
  20. 20Opeta PalepoiBench
  21. 21Mike MikaBench
  22. 22Onehunga MatauiauBench

Japan

  1. 1Shin HasegawaProp
  2. 2Masahiro KundaHooker
  3. 3Kohei OguchiProp
  4. 4Rob GordonSecond row
  5. 5Naoya OkuboSecond row
  6. 6Yasunori WatanabeFlanker
  7. 7Greg SmithFlanker
  8. 8Jamie JosephNumber 8
  9. 9Graeme BachopScrum-half
  10. 10Keiji HiroseFly-half
  11. 11Terunori MasuhoWing
  12. 12Yukio MotokiCentre
  13. 13Andrew McCormickCentre
  14. 14Daisuke OhataWing
  15. 15Tsutomu MatsudaFull-back
  16. 16Patiliai TuidrakiBench
  17. 17Akira YoshidaBench
  18. 18Toshikazu NakamichiBench
  19. 19Takeomi ItoBench
  20. 20Hiroyuki TanumaBench
  21. 21Wataru MurataBench
  22. 22Masaaki SakataBench

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Context

All-time, Samoa 12–7 Japan in 19 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Samoa going in
Japan 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.