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Men's Rugby World Cup 2019 · Kobe Misaki Stadium, Kobe City · 30 September 2019Head-to-head
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Scotland won by 34 points.Half-time 20–0 · Tries 4–0 · SAM 1 yellow card

Pitch map

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9′303457753067Attacks923Ball won891342241191102472310352371531%Own 2240%Own half65%Opp half66%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
SCO11718
SAM10833
← 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
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
30′ScotlandTry, Sean Maitland, converted8–0
34′ScotlandTry, Greig Laidlaw, converted15–0
57′ScotlandTry27–0
75′ScotlandTry34–0
9′ScotlandPenalty goal scored
38′ScotlandDrop 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′2 SAM cards
30′Sean Maitland34′Greig Laidlaw57′SCO75′SCO
SCO

Team stats

SAM
53%Possession47%
57%Territory43%
125Carries109
534Metres gained299
13Clean breaks2
33Defenders beaten18
161Passes115
10Offloads6
117Tackles made108
18Tackles missed33
76/80Rucks won76/80
17/17Lineouts won15/18
7/7Scrums won7/7
9/10Mauls won4/4
6Turnovers won8
10Penalties conceded14
24Kicks from hand23
720Kick metres612
Goal kicking
SCO conversions 2/2, penalties 1/1 · SAM conversions 0/0, penalties 0/0. 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

Scotland

  1. 1Allan DellProp
  2. 2Stuart McInallyHooker
  3. 3WP NelProp
  4. 4Grant GilchristSecond row
  5. 5Jonny GraySecond row
  6. 6Magnus BradburyFlanker
  7. 7Jamie RitchieFlanker
  8. 8Blade ThomsonNumber 8
  9. 9Greig LaidlawScrum-half
  10. 10Finn RussellFly-half
  11. 11Sean MaitlandWing
  12. 12Sam JohnsonCentre
  13. 13Chris HarrisCentre
  14. 14Darcy GrahamWing
  15. 15Stuart HoggFull-back
  16. 16Fraser BrownBench
  17. 17Gordon ReidBench
  18. 18Zander FagersonBench
  19. 19Scott CummingsBench
  20. 20Ryan WilsonBench
  21. 21George HorneBench
  22. 22Adam HastingsBench
  23. 23Duncan TaylorBench

Samoa

  1. 1Logovii MulipolaProp
  2. 2Ray NiuiaHooker
  3. 3Michael AlaalatoaProp
  4. 4Filo PauloSecond row
  5. 5Kane Le'aupepeSecond row
  6. 6Chris VuiFlanker
  7. 7TJ IoaneFlanker
  8. 8Jack LamNumber 8
  9. 9Melani MatavaoScrum-half
  10. 10Lemalu Tusiata PisiFly-half
  11. 11Ed FidowWing
  12. 12Henry TaefuCentre
  13. 13Alapati LeiuaCentre
  14. 14Belgium TuatagaloaWing
  15. 15Tim Nanai-WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Seilala LamBench
  17. 17Paul Alo-EmileBench
  18. 18Jordan LayBench
  19. 19Piula Fa'asaleleBench
  20. 20Josh TyrellBench
  21. 21Pele CowleyBench
  22. 22Ulupano Junior SeuteniBench
  23. 23Kieron FonotiaBench

Match officials

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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.