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Men's Rugby World Cup 1991 · Murrayfield, Edinburgh · 19 October 1991Head-to-head
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Scotland won by 22 points.Half-time 13–3 · Tries 3–0

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314071
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Tacklesmademissed
SCO5228
SAM7118
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
SCO2/24/40
SAM0/01/11
← 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
  • Territory is not in the feed for this match.
  • Zone counts are not in the feed for this match.
  • 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
31′ScotlandTry, Tony Stanger7–3
40′ScotlandTry, John Jeffrey, converted11–3
71′ScotlandTry, John Jeffrey, converted23–6
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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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′
31′Tony Stanger40′John Jeffrey71′John Jeffrey
SCO

Team stats

SAM
100%Possession0%
118Carries86
475Metres gained496
9Clean breaks13
18Defenders beaten28
86Passes105
12Offloads14
52Tackles made71
28Tackles missed18
39/46Rucks won29/38
5/8Lineouts won15/26
15/15Scrums won11/15
10/11Mauls won4/4
12Penalties conceded14
59Kicks from hand21
Goal kicking
SCO conversions 2/2, penalties 4/4 · SAM conversions 0/0, penalties 1/1. 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. 1David SoleProp
  2. 2John AllanHooker
  3. 3Paul BurnellProp
  4. 4Chris GraySecond row
  5. 5Doddie WeirSecond row
  6. 6John JeffreyFlanker
  7. 7Finlay CalderFlanker
  8. 8Derek WhiteNumber 8
  9. 9Gary ArmstrongScrum-half
  10. 10Craig ChalmersFly-half
  11. 11Iwan TukaloWing
  12. 12Graham ShielCentre
  13. 13Scott HastingsCentre
  14. 14Tony StangerWing
  15. 15Gavin HastingsFull-back
  16. 16Peter DodsBench
  17. 17Greig OliverBench
  18. 18Graham MarshallBench
  19. 19Alan WattBench
  20. 20Kenny MilneBench

Samoa

  1. 1Peter FatialofaProp
  2. 2Stan To'omalataiHooker
  3. 3Vili AlalatoaProp
  4. 4Mark BirtwistleSecond row
  5. 5Eddie IoaneSecond row
  6. 6Tuala Sila VaifaleFlanker
  7. 7Apollo PereliniFlanker
  8. 8Pat LamNumber 8
  9. 9Matthew VaeaScrum-half
  10. 10Steve BachopFly-half
  11. 11Timo TagaloaWing
  12. 12Frank BunceCentre
  13. 13To'o VaegaCentre
  14. 14Brian LimaWing
  15. 15Andrew AiolupoFull-back
  16. 16Tu Nu'uali'itiaBench
  17. 17Filipo SaenaBench
  18. 18Tupo Fa'amasinoBench
  19. 19Junior ParamoreBench
  20. 20Saini LemameaBench
  21. 21David SioBench

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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.