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Men's Rugby World Cup 1995 · Basil Kenyon Stadium, East London · 30 May 1995Head-to-head
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Samoa won by 6 points.Half-time 16–10 · Tries 2–3

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Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
ARG6324
SAM6416
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ARG2/24/60
SAM1/35/70
← Samoa attack · Argentina 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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  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • 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
9′ArgentinaTry, converted5–0
11′SamoaTry, George Harder, converted7–5
45′ArgentinaTry, Rodrigo Crexell, converted21–10
76′SamoaTry, George Leaupepe, conversion missed26–27
79′SamoaTry, Pat Lam, conversion missed26–32
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′
9′ARG11′George Harder45′Rodrigo Crexell76′George Leaupepe79′Pat Lam
ARG

Team stats

SAM
40%Possession60%
84Carries79
304Metres gained378
5Clean breaks8
16Defenders beaten24
86Passes95
9Offloads20
63Tackles made64
24Tackles missed16
33/39Rucks won33/36
9/12Lineouts won12/14
13/15Scrums won13/15
15/17Mauls won6/7
16Penalties conceded11
34Kicks from hand41
Goal kicking
ARG conversions 2/2, penalties 4/6 · SAM conversions 1/3, 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. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Argentina

  1. 1Matias CorralProp
  2. 2Federico MéndezHooker
  3. 3Patricio NoriegaProp
  4. 4German LlanesSecond row
  5. 5Pedro SporlederSecond row
  6. 6Rolando MartinFlanker
  7. 7Cristian Viel TemperleyFlanker
  8. 8Jose SantamarinaNumber 8
  9. 9Rodrigo CrexellScrum-half
  10. 10Jose CilleyFly-half
  11. 11Martin TeranWing
  12. 12Sebastian SalvatCentre
  13. 13Lisandro ArbizuCentre
  14. 14Diego Cuesta SilvaWing
  15. 15Ezequiel JuradoFull-back
  16. 16Ricardo Le FortBench
  17. 17Marcelo UrbanoBench
  18. 18Sebastian IrazoquiBench
  19. 19Agustin PichotBench
  20. 20Fernando del CastilloBench
  21. 21Diego AlbaneseBench

Samoa

  1. 1Mike MikaProp
  2. 2Tala LeiasamaivaoHooker
  3. 3George LatuProp
  4. 4Mailo Potu LeavasaSecond row
  5. 5Lio FalanikoSecond row
  6. 6Shem TatupuFlanker
  7. 7Junior ParamoreFlanker
  8. 8Pat LamNumber 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. 16George LeaupepeBench
  17. 17Fata SiniBench
  18. 18Peter FatialofaBench
  19. 19Vaa VitaleBench
  20. 20Daryl WilliamsBench
  21. 21Brendan ReidyBench

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Context

All-time, Argentina 2–3 Samoa in 5 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Argentina 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.