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Full time16 June 2001
New Zealand
50–6
Samoa
North Harbour Stadium, North Harbour, New ZealandHead-to-head

New Zealand won by 44 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’TNew Zealand try · Tony Brown5–0
  2. 8’PNew Zealand penalty · Tony Brown8–0
  3. 13’PSamoa penalty · Silao Leaega8–3
  4. 15’PNew Zealand penalty · Tony Brown11–3
  5. 19’PNew Zealand penalty · Tony Brown14–3
  6. 21’TNew Zealand try · Norm Maxwell19–3
  7. 34’CNew Zealand conversion · Tony Brown21–3
  8. 34’TNew Zealand try · Tony Brown26–3
  9. 38’PSamoa penalty · Silao Leaega26–6
  10. 42’TNew Zealand try · Doug Howlett31–6
  11. 55’CNew Zealand conversion · Tony Brown33–6
  12. 55’TNew Zealand try · Troy Flavell38–6
  13. 62’TNew Zealand try · Tony Brown43–6
  14. 70’CNew Zealand conversion · Tony Brown45–6
  15. 70’TNew Zealand try · Jeff Wilson50–6

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Carl HoeftProp
  2. 2Anton OliverHooker
  3. 3Greg SomervilleProp
  4. 4Norm MaxwellSecond row
  5. 5Troy FlavellSecond row
  6. 6Reuben ThorneFlanker
  7. 7Marty HolahFlanker
  8. 8Ron CribbNumber 8
  9. 9Byron KelleherScrum-half
  10. 10Tony BrownFly-half
  11. 11Jeff WilsonWing
  12. 12Pita AlatiniCentre
  13. 13Faalogo Tana UmagaCentre
  14. 14Doug HowlettWing
  15. 15Leon MacDonaldFull-back
  16. 16Mark HammettBench
  17. 17Carl HaymanBench
  18. 18Mark CooksleyBench
  19. 19Taine RandellBench
  20. 20Justin MarshallBench
  21. 21Andrew MehrtensBench
  22. 22Mark RanbyBench

Samoa

  1. 1Mark LuafalealoProp
  2. 2Trevor LeotaHooker
  3. 3Polo AsiProp
  4. 4Opeta PalepoiSecond row
  5. 5Leo Lafaiali'ISecond row
  6. 6Semo SititiFlanker
  7. 7Craig GlendinningFlanker
  8. 8Junior ParamoreNumber 8
  9. 9Steve So'oialoScrum-half
  10. 10Earl Va'aFly-half
  11. 11Faapulou So'olefaiWing
  12. 12Freddie TuilagiCentre
  13. 13Terry FanoluaCentre
  14. 14Afato So'oialoWing
  15. 15Silao LeaegaFull-back
  16. 16Ace TiatiaBench
  17. 17Kas LealamanuaBench
  18. 18Lama ToneBench
  19. 19Patrick SegiBench
  20. 20Joe FilemuBench
  21. 21Tanner ViliBench
  22. 22Elvis SevealiiBench

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Context

All-time, New Zealand 8–0 Samoa in 8 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

New Zealand 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.