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Men's Rugby World Cup 1995 · Basil Kenyon Stadium, East London · 27 May 1995Head-to-head
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Samoa won by 24 points.Half-time 11–12 · Tries 2–6

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Tacklesmademissed
ITA5021
SAM398
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ITA1/21/41
SAM3/62/40
← Samoa attack · Italy 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
13′SamoaTry, Brian Lima, converted3–5
17′SamoaTry, George Harder, conversion missed6–12
39′ItalyTry, Marcello Cuttitta, conversion missed11–12
48′SamoaTry, Brian Lima, conversion missed11–17
55′SamoaTry, Shem Tatupu, converted11–22
67′ItalyTry, Paolo Vaccari, converted16–27
79′SamoaTry, Darren Kellet, converted18–35
81′SamoaTry, George Harder, conversion missed18–42
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′
13′Brian Lima17′George Harder39′Marcello Cuttitta48′Brian Lima55′Shem Tatupu67′Paolo Vaccari79′Darren Kellet81′George Harder
ITA

Team stats

SAM
25%Possession75%
64Carries90
238Metres gained460
6Clean breaks16
8Defenders beaten21
107Passes96
6Offloads15
50Tackles made39
21Tackles missed8
21/28Rucks won32/37
5/10Lineouts won15/19
15/15Scrums won9/12
7/11Mauls won14/15
14Penalties conceded15
37Kicks from hand36
Goal kicking
ITA conversions 1/2, penalties 1/4 · SAM conversions 3/6, penalties 2/4. 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

Italy

  1. 1Massimo CuttittaProp
  2. 2Carlo OrlandiHooker
  3. 3Franco Properzi-CurtiProp
  4. 4Paolo PedroniSecond row
  5. 5Roberto FavaroSecond row
  6. 6Orazio ArancioFlanker
  7. 7Julian GardnerFlanker
  8. 8Carlo ChecchinatoNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro TronconScrum-half
  10. 10Diego DominguezFly-half
  11. 11Marcello CuttittaWing
  12. 12Massimo BonomiCentre
  13. 13Ivan FrancescatoCentre
  14. 14Massimo RavazzoloWing
  15. 15Paolo VaccariFull-back
  16. 16Stefano BordonBench
  17. 17Francesco MazzariolBench
  18. 18Luigi TroianiBench
  19. 19Andrea SgorlonBench
  20. 20Andrea CastellaniBench
  21. 21Mauro Dal SieBench

Samoa

  1. 1Mike MikaProp
  2. 2Tala LeiasamaivaoHooker
  3. 3Peter FatialofaProp
  4. 4Lio FalanikoSecond row
  5. 5Daryl WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6Tuala Sila VaifaleFlanker
  7. 7Junior ParamoreFlanker
  8. 8Shem TatupuNumber 8
  9. 9Tu Nu'uali'itiaScrum-half
  10. 10Darren KelletFly-half
  11. 11George HarderWing
  12. 12Tupo Fa'amasinoCentre
  13. 13To'o VaegaCentre
  14. 14Brian LimaWing
  15. 15Mike UmagaFull-back
  16. 16Mailo Potu LeavasaBench
  17. 17George LeaupepeBench
  18. 18Fata SiniBench
  19. 19Vaa VitaleBench
  20. 21George LatuBench

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Context

All-time, Italy 3–6 Samoa in 9 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Italy 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.