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Men's Rugby World Cup 2023 · Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne · 22 September 2023Head-to-head
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Argentina won by 9 points.Half-time 13–3 · Tries 1–1 · SAM 1 yellow card

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15′25′28′34′38′54′57′80′97545%Own 2253%Own half69%Opp half82%Opp 22
← Samoa attack · Argentina 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
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
9′ArgentinaTry, Emiliano Boffelli, converted5–0
75′SamoaTry, Sama Malolo, converted16–8
15′SamoaPenalty goal missed
25′ArgentinaPenalty goal scored
28′SamoaPenalty goal scored
34′ArgentinaPenalty goal scored
38′SamoaPenalty goal missed
54′ArgentinaPenalty goal scored
57′ArgentinaPenalty goal missed
80′ArgentinaPenalty 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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05101520HT0′20′40′60′80′1 SAM card
9′Emiliano Boffelli75′Sama Malolo
ARG

Team stats

SAM
61%Possession39%
59%Territory41%
130Carries58
388Metres gained132
2Clean breaks2
35Defenders beaten9
173Passes79
5Offloads1
79Tackles made139
9Tackles missed35
85/89Rucks won47/50
16/16Lineouts won8/11
9/9Scrums won7/9
7/8Mauls won3/3
5Turnovers won9
11Penalties conceded13
21Kicks from hand22
530Kick metres597
Goal kicking
ARG conversions 1/1, penalties 4/5 · SAM conversions 1/1, penalties 1/3. 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

Argentina

  1. 1Thomas GalloProp
  2. 2Julian MontoyaHooker
  3. 3Eduardo BelloProp
  4. 4Guido Petti PagadizabalSecond row
  5. 5Matias AlemannoSecond row
  6. 6Pablo MateraFlanker
  7. 7Marcos KremerFlanker
  8. 8Juan Martin GonzalezNumber 8
  9. 9Gonzalo BertranouScrum-half
  10. 10Santiago CarrerasFly-half
  11. 11Mateo CarrerasWing
  12. 12Santiago ChocobaresCentre
  13. 13Matias MoroniCentre
  14. 14Emiliano BoffelliWing
  15. 15Juan Cruz MalliaFull-back
  16. 16Agustín CreevyBench
  17. 17Mayco VivasBench
  18. 18Francisco Gomez KodelaBench
  19. 19Pedro RubioloBench
  20. 20Rodrigo BruniBench
  21. 21Tomas CubelliBench
  22. 22Nicolas SanchezBench
  23. 23Lucio CintiBench

Samoa

  1. 1James LayProp
  2. 2Seilala LamHooker
  3. 3Paul Alo-EmileProp
  4. 4Brian Alainu'u'eseSecond row
  5. 5Chris VuiSecond row
  6. 6Theo McFarlandFlanker
  7. 7Fritz LeeFlanker
  8. 8Steven LuatuaNumber 8
  9. 9Jonathan TaumateineScrum-half
  10. 10Christian Leali'ifanoFly-half
  11. 11Ben LamWing
  12. 12Tumua ManuCentre
  13. 13Ulupano Junior SeuteniCentre
  14. 14Nigel Ah-WongWing
  15. 15Duncan Paia'auaFull-back
  16. 16Sama MaloloBench
  17. 17Charlie FaumuinaBench
  18. 18Michael AlaalatoaBench
  19. 19Taleni SeuBench
  20. 20Sa Jordan TaufuaBench
  21. 21Melani MatavaoBench
  22. 22Alai D'Angelo LeuilaBench
  23. 23Danny ToalaBench

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Context

All-time, Argentina 2–3 Samoa in 5 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Argentina 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.