TheBreakdown
Full time12 November 2016
France
52–8
Samoa
Stadium, Toulouse, France · Tour 2016Head-to-head

France won by 44 points.

Scoring

  1. 9’PSamoa penalty · Patrick Faapale0–3
  2. 11’PFrance penalty · Maxime Machenaud3–3
  3. 13’TFrance try · Virimi Vakatawa8–3
  4. 26’PFrance penalty · Maxime Machenaud11–3
  5. 30’TFrance try · Yoann Huget16–3
  6. 34’TFrance try · Charles Ollivon21–3
  7. 35’CFrance conversion · Maxime Machenaud23–3
  8. 39’PFrance penalty · Maxime Machenaud26–3
  9. 43’TSamoa try · Rey Lee-Lo26–8
  10. 57’TFrance try · Gael Fickou31–8
  11. 58’CFrance conversion · Maxime Machenaud33–8
  12. 66’TFrance try · Virimi Vakatawa38–8
  13. 77’TFrance try43–8
  14. 78’CFrance conversion · Baptiste Serin45–8
  15. 79’TFrance try · Virimi Vakatawa50–8
  16. 80’CFrance conversion · Baptiste Serin52–8

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Jefferson PoirotProp
  2. 2Guilhem GuiradoHooker
  3. 3Uini AtonioProp
  4. 4Julien Le DevedecSecond row
  5. 5Yoann MaestriSecond row
  6. 6Loann GoujonFlanker
  7. 7Kevin GourdonFlanker
  8. 8Louis PicamolesNumber 8
  9. 9Maxime MachenaudScrum-half
  10. 10Francois Trinh-DucFly-half
  11. 11Virimi VakatawaWing
  12. 12Wesley FofanaCentre
  13. 13Remi LameratCentre
  14. 14Yoann HugetWing
  15. 15Scott SpeddingFull-back
  16. 16Camille ChatBench
  17. 17Cyril BailleBench
  18. 18Rabah SlimaniBench
  19. 19Sebastien VahaamahinaBench
  20. 20Charles OllivonBench
  21. 21Baptiste SerinBench
  22. 22Jean Marc DoussainBench
  23. 23Gael FickouBench

Samoa

  1. 1Sakaria TaulafoProp
  2. 2Manu LeiatauaHooker
  3. 3Census JohnstonProp
  4. 4Chris VuiSecond row
  5. 5Filo PauloSecond row
  6. 6Alafoti FaosilivaFlanker
  7. 7Jack LamFlanker
  8. 8Genesis Mamea-LemaluNumber 8
  9. 9Kahn Fotuali'iScrum-half
  10. 10Patrick FaapaleFly-half
  11. 11David LemiWing
  12. 12Rey Lee-LoCentre
  13. 13George PisiCentre
  14. 14Paul PerezWing
  15. 15Paul WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Elia EliaBench
  17. 17Logovii MulipolaBench
  18. 18Anthony PereniseBench
  19. 19Jeff LepaBench
  20. 20Greg FoeBench
  21. 21Pele CowleyBench
  22. 22Alai D'Angelo LeuilaBench
  23. 23Ken PisiBench

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Context

All-time, France 4–0 Samoa in 4 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France going in
Samoa going in

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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.