TheBreakdown
Full time22 September 1998
Fiji
26–18
Samoa
Canberra Stadium, Canberra, Australia · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 1999Head-to-head

Fiji won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. –CFiji conversion · Waisale Serevi2–0
  2. –CFiji conversion · Waisale Serevi4–0
  3. –PFiji penalty · Nicky Little7–0
  4. –PFiji penalty · Nicky Little10–0
  5. –PFiji penalty · Nicky Little13–0
  6. –PFiji penalty · Waisale Serevi16–0
  7. –TFiji try21–0
  8. –TFiji try · Fero Lasagavibau26–0
  9. –CSamoa conversion · Steve Bachop26–2
  10. –PSamoa penalty · Steve Bachop26–5
  11. –PSamoa penalty · Steve Bachop26–8
  12. –TSamoa try · Trevor Leota26–13
  13. –TSamoa try · Mike Umaga26–18

Line-ups

Fiji

  1. 1Daniel RouseProp
  2. 2Greg SmithHooker
  3. 3Joeli VeitayakiProp
  4. 4Simon RaiwaluiSecond row
  5. 5Api NaevoSecond row
  6. 6Ilie TabuaFlanker
  7. 7Setareki TawakeFlanker
  8. 8Alivereti MocelutuNumber 8
  9. 9Jacob RauluniScrum-half
  10. 10Nicky LittleFly-half
  11. 11Aisea TuilevuWing
  12. 12Meli NakautaCentre
  13. 13Alfred UluinayauCentre
  14. 14Fero LasagavibauWing
  15. 15Jonetani WaqabituFull-back
  16. Eparama BoseBench
  17. Sale SorovakiBench
  18. Waisale SereviBench

Samoa

  1. 1Kepi Faiva'aiProp
  2. 2Trevor LeotaHooker
  3. 3Fosi PalaamoProp
  4. 4Opeta PalepoiSecond row
  5. 5Lama ToneSecond row
  6. 6Sene Ta'alaFlanker
  7. 7Junior ParamoreFlanker
  8. 8Pat LamNumber 8
  9. 9Steve So'oialoScrum-half
  10. 10Steve BachopFly-half
  11. 11Brian LimaWing
  12. 12Va'aiga TuigamalaCentre
  13. 13Terry FanoluaCentre
  14. 14Filipo ToalaWing
  15. 15Mike UmagaFull-back
  16. Brendan ReidyBench
  17. To'o VaegaBench
  18. Malua TipiBench

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Context

All-time, Fiji 36–21 Samoa, 3 drawn in 60 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Fiji 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.