TheBreakdown
Full time26 September 1998
Australia
25–13
Samoa
Ballymore, Brisbane | Meeanjin, Australia · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 1999Head-to-head

Australia won by 12 points.

Scoring

  1. –CAustralia conversion · John Eales2–0
  2. –CAustralia conversion · John Eales4–0
  3. –PAustralia penalty · John Eales7–0
  4. –PAustralia penalty · John Eales10–0
  5. –TAustralia try · Dan Crowley15–0
  6. –TAustralia try · Willie Ofahengaue20–0
  7. –TAustralia try · Daniel Herbert25–0
  8. –PSamoa penalty · Earl Va'a25–3
  9. –TSamoa try · Junior Paramore25–8
  10. –TSamoa try · Jon Clarke25–13

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Dan CrowleyProp
  2. 2Phil KearnsHooker
  3. 3Andrew BladesProp
  4. 4Tom BowmanSecond row
  5. 5John EalesSecond row
  6. 6Matt CockbainFlanker
  7. 7David WilsonFlanker
  8. 8Willie OfahengaueNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
  11. 11Mitch HardyWing
  12. 12Tim HoranCentre
  13. 13Daniel HerbertCentre
  14. 14Jason LittleWing
  15. 15Joe RoffFull-back
  16. 16Chris WhitakerBench
  17. 17Nathan GreyBench
  18. 19Toutai KefuBench
  19. 20Owen FineganBench
  20. 21Glenn PanohoBench
  21. 22Jeremy PaulBench

Samoa

  1. 1Brendan ReidyProp
  2. 2Trevor LeotaHooker
  3. 3Fosi PalaamoProp
  4. 4Sene Ta'alaSecond row
  5. 5Lama ToneSecond row
  6. 6Junior ParamoreFlanker
  7. 7Malua TipiFlanker
  8. 8Pat LamNumber 8
  9. 9Jon ClarkeScrum-half
  10. 10Earl Va'aFly-half
  11. 11Va'aiga TuigamalaWing
  12. 12George LeaupepeCentre
  13. 13To'o VaegaCentre
  14. 14Brian LimaWing
  15. 15Mike UmagaFull-back
  16. 16Terry FanoluaBench
  17. 17Steve BachopBench
  18. 18Steve So'oialoBench
  19. 19Kalolo ToleafoaBench
  20. 20Opeta PalepoiBench
  21. 21Kepi Faiva'aiBench
  22. 22Andrew Va'aBench

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Context

All-time, Australia 5–1 Samoa in 6 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia 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.