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Men's Rugby World Cup 2019 · Fukuoka Hakatanomori Stadium, Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka City · 12 October 2019Head-to-head
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Ireland won by 42 points.Half-time 26–5 · Tries 7–1 · SAM 2 yellow cards

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492126394865702318Attacks58Ball won1097431211466041161952479856%Own 2260%Own half71%Opp half89%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
IRE6313
SAM19028
← Samoa attack · Ireland 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
4′IrelandTry, Rory Best, converted5–0
9′IrelandTry, Tadhg Furlong, converted12–0
21′IrelandTry, Johnny Sexton, converted19–0
26′SamoaTry, Jack Lam, conversion missed21–5
39′IrelandTry, Johnny Sexton, conversion missed26–5
48′IrelandTry, Jordan Larmour, converted31–5
65′IrelandTry, CJ Stander, converted38–5
70′IrelandTry, Andrew Conway, converted45–5
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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013253850HT0′20′40′60′80′1 IRE card · 2 SAM cards
4′Rory Best9′Tadhg Furlong21′Johnny Sexton26′Jack Lam39′Johnny Sexton48′Jordan Larmour65′CJ Stander70′Andrew Conway
IRE

Team stats

SAM
75%Possession25%
81%Territory19%
146Carries53
285Metres gained168
6Clean breaks2
28Defenders beaten13
150Passes61
6Offloads3
63Tackles made190
13Tackles missed28
118/119Rucks won37/40
16/16Lineouts won9/10
7/8Scrums won3/4
9/10Mauls won2/2
4Turnovers won2
5Penalties conceded17
20Kicks from hand11
601Kick metres381
Goal kicking
IRE conversions 6/7, penalties 0/0 · SAM conversions 0/1, 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

Ireland

  1. 1Cian HealyProp
  2. 2Rory BestHooker
  3. 3Tadhg FurlongProp
  4. 4Iain HendersonSecond row
  5. 5James RyanSecond row
  6. 6Tadhg BeirneFlanker
  7. 7Josh van der FlierFlanker
  8. 8CJ StanderNumber 8
  9. 9Conor MurrayScrum-half
  10. 10Johnny SextonFly-half
  11. 11Jacob StockdaleWing
  12. 12Bundee AkiCentre
  13. 13Robbie HenshawCentre
  14. 14Keith EarlsWing
  15. 15Jordan LarmourFull-back
  16. 16Niall ScannellBench
  17. 17Dave KilcoyneBench
  18. 18Andrew PorterBench
  19. 19Jean KleynBench
  20. 20Peter O'MahonyBench
  21. 21Luke McGrathBench
  22. 22Joey CarberyBench
  23. 23Andrew ConwayBench

Samoa

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

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Context

All-time, Ireland 7–2 Samoa in 9 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Ireland 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.