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Men's Rugby World Cup 2019 · Kumagaya Rugby Stadium, Saitama Prefecture, Kumagaya City · 24 September 2019Head-to-head
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Samoa won by 25 points.Half-time 6–5 · Tries 0–6 · RUS 1 yellow card · SAM 2 yellow cards

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19′26′36′1645495363802990Attacks929Ball won48120133019873581415354521424%Own 2229%Own half73%Opp half74%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
RUS10144
SAM16723
← Samoa attack · Russia 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
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
16′SamoaTry, Alapati Leiua, conversion missed0–5
45′SamoaTry, Afaesetiti Amosa, conversion missed6–10
49′SamoaTry, Ed Fidow, converted9–15
53′SamoaTry, Ed Fidow, converted9–22
63′SamoaTry, Rey Lee-Lo, conversion missed9–29
80′SamoaTry, Alapati Leiua, conversion missed9–34
19′RussiaPenalty goal scored
26′RussiaPenalty goal scored
36′SamoaPenalty goal missed
48′RussiaDrop goal scored
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′1 RUS card · 2 SAM cards
16′Alapati Leiua45′Afaesetiti Amosa49′Ed Fidow53′Ed Fidow63′Rey Lee-Lo80′Alapati Leiua
RUS

Team stats

SAM
60%Possession40%
62%Territory38%
130Carries107
270Metres gained519
4Clean breaks13
23Defenders beaten44
140Passes132
5Offloads12
101Tackles made167
44Tackles missed23
107/108Rucks won67/68
11/12Lineouts won9/10
8/9Scrums won4/4
6/7Mauls won4/4
5Turnovers won8
6Penalties conceded9
25Kicks from hand21
689Kick metres563
Goal kicking
RUS conversions 0/0, penalties 2/2 · SAM conversions 2/6, penalties 0/1. 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.

Line-ups

Russia

  1. 1Valery MorozovProp
  2. 2Stanislav SelskiiHooker
  3. 3Kirill GotovtsevProp
  4. 4Andrey OstrikovSecond row
  5. 5Bogdan FedotkoSecond row
  6. 6Vitaly ZhivatovFlanker
  7. 7Tagir GadzhievFlanker
  8. 8Nikita VavilinNumber 8
  9. 9Vasily DorofeevScrum-half
  10. 10Yury KushnarevFly-half
  11. 11Kirill GolosnitskiyWing
  12. 12Dmitry GerasimovCentre
  13. 13Vladimir OstroushkoCentre
  14. 14German DavydovWing
  15. 15Vasily ArtemyevFull-back
  16. 16Evgeny MatveevBench
  17. 17Andrei PolivalovBench
  18. 18Azamat BitievBench
  19. 19Andrey GarbuzovBench
  20. 20Anton SychevBench
  21. 21Dmitry PerovBench
  22. 22Ramil GaisinBench
  23. 23Vladislav SozonovBench

Samoa

  1. 1Logovii MulipolaProp
  2. 2Motu Matu'uHooker
  3. 3Michael AlaalatoaProp
  4. 4Filo PauloSecond row
  5. 5Kane Le'aupepeSecond row
  6. 6Chris VuiFlanker
  7. 7TJ IoaneFlanker
  8. 8Afaesetiti AmosaNumber 8
  9. 9Dwayne PolataivaoScrum-half
  10. 10Lemalu Tusiata PisiFly-half
  11. 11Ed FidowWing
  12. 12Henry TaefuCentre
  13. 13Rey Lee-LoCentre
  14. 14Alapati LeiuaWing
  15. 15Tim Nanai-WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Ray NiuiaBench
  17. 17Paul Alo-EmileBench
  18. 18Jordan LayBench
  19. 19Senio ToleafoaBench
  20. 20Josh TyrellBench
  21. 21Melani MatavaoBench
  22. 22AJ AlatimuBench
  23. 23Ulupano Junior SeuteniBench

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Context

All-time, Russia 0–1 Samoa in 1 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Russia going in
Samoa going in

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