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Full time8 July 2001
Samoa
17–28
Fiji
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, Japan · Pacific Rim Championship 2001Head-to-head

Fiji won by 11 points.

Scoring

  1. –PSamoa penalty · Earl Va'a3–0
  2. –PSamoa penalty · Earl Va'a6–0
  3. –PSamoa penalty · Earl Va'a9–0
  4. –PSamoa penalty · Silao Leaega12–0
  5. –TSamoa try · Steve So'oialo17–0
  6. –CFiji conversion · Nicky Little17–2
  7. –PFiji penalty · Nicky Little17–5
  8. –PFiji penalty · Nicky Little17–8
  9. –PFiji penalty · Nicky Little17–11
  10. –PFiji penalty · Nicky Little17–14
  11. –PFiji penalty · Nicky Little17–17
  12. –PFiji penalty · Nicky Little17–20
  13. –PFiji penalty · Nicky Little17–23
  14. –TFiji try · Alfred Uluinayau17–28

Line-ups

Samoa

  1. 1Polo AsiProp
  2. 2Ace TiatiaHooker
  3. 3Kas LealamanuaProp
  4. 4Opeta PalepoiSecond row
  5. 5Lama ToneSecond row
  6. 6Semo SititiFlanker
  7. 7Craig GlendinningFlanker
  8. 8Junior ParamoreNumber 8
  9. 9Steve So'oialoScrum-half
  10. 10Earl Va'aFly-half
  11. 11Brian LimaWing
  12. 12Va'aiga TuigamalaCentre
  13. 13To'o VaegaCentre
  14. 14Elvis SevealiiWing
  15. 15Tanner ViliFull-back
  16. Silao LeaegaBench
  17. Mark LuafalealoBench
  18. Trevor LeotaBench
  19. Alfie To'oala VaeluagaBench
  20. Terry FanoluaBench

Fiji

  1. 1Henry QiodravuProp
  2. 2Greg SmithHooker
  3. 3Billy CavubatiProp
  4. 4Api NaevoSecond row
  5. 5Simon RaiwaluiSecond row
  6. 6Jope TuikabeFlanker
  7. 7Alifereti DoviverataFlanker
  8. 8Inoke MaleNumber 8
  9. 9Jacob RauluniScrum-half
  10. 10Nicky LittleFly-half
  11. 11Vilimoni DelasauWing
  12. 12Alfred UluinayauCentre
  13. 13Viliame SatalaCentre
  14. 14Adriu RinakamaWing
  15. 15Norman LigairiFull-back
  16. Saimoni RokiniBench
  17. Isaia RasilaBench
  18. Sami RabakaBench
  19. Daniele BaleinadogoBench
  20. Peniasi DamuBench
  21. Sisa KoyamaiboleBench

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Context

All-time, Samoa 21–36 Fiji, 3 drawn in 60 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Samoa going in
Fiji 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.