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Men's Rugby World Cup 1999 · Murrayfield, Edinburgh · 20 October 1999Head-to-head
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Scotland won by 15 points.Half-time 15–6 · Tries 3–2

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Tacklesmademissed
SCO8134
SAM7524
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
SCO1/15/51
SAM2/22/20
← Samoa attack · Scotland 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
17′ScotlandTry7–0
40′ScotlandTry, Martin Leslie12–3
69′SamoaTry, Semo Sititi, converted27–11
74′ScotlandTry, Cammie Murray35–13
81′SamoaTry, Brian Lima, converted35–18
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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17′SCO40′Martin Leslie69′Semo Sititi74′Cammie Murray81′Brian Lima
SCO

Team stats

SAM
60%Possession40%
109Carries125
597Metres gained607
14Clean breaks25
24Defenders beaten34
117Passes140
22Offloads13
81Tackles made75
34Tackles missed24
54/64Rucks won59/67
7/7Lineouts won10/19
18/18Scrums won10/13
8/8Mauls won4/7
15Penalties conceded12
37Kicks from hand21
Goal kicking
SCO conversions 1/1, penalties 5/5 · SAM conversions 2/2, penalties 2/2. 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

Scotland

  1. 1Tom SmithProp
  2. 2Gordon BullochHooker
  3. 3George GrahamProp
  4. 4Scott MurraySecond row
  5. 5Doddie WeirSecond row
  6. 6Martin LeslieFlanker
  7. 7Budge PountneyFlanker
  8. 8Gordon SimpsonNumber 8
  9. 9Gary ArmstrongScrum-half
  10. 10Gregor TownsendFly-half
  11. 11Kenny LoganWing
  12. 12James McLarenCentre
  13. 13Jamie MayerCentre
  14. 14Cammie MurrayWing
  15. 15Glenn MetcalfeFull-back
  16. 16Alan TaitBench
  17. 17Duncan HodgeBench
  18. 18Bryan RedpathBench
  19. 19Cammie MatherBench
  20. 20Stuart GrimesBench
  21. 21Paul BurnellBench
  22. 22Robbie RussellBench

Samoa

  1. 1Brendan ReidyProp
  2. 2Trevor LeotaHooker
  3. 3Polo AsiProp
  4. 4Lio FalanikoSecond row
  5. 5Lama ToneSecond row
  6. 6Semo SititiFlanker
  7. 7Craig GlendinningFlanker
  8. 8Pat LamNumber 8
  9. 9Steve So'oialoScrum-half
  10. 10Steve BachopFly-half
  11. 11Va'aiga TuigamalaWing
  12. 12Terry FanoluaCentre
  13. 13To'o VaegaCentre
  14. 14Brian LimaWing
  15. 15Silao LeaegaFull-back
  16. 16Filipo ToalaBench
  17. 17Earl Va'aBench
  18. 18Jon ClarkeBench
  19. 19Isaac Fea'unatiBench
  20. 20Sene Ta'alaBench
  21. 21Robbie AleBench
  22. 22Onehunga MatauiauBench

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Context

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

Scotland 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.