TheBreakdown
Full time4 July 1981
Fiji
18–12
Samoa
National Stadium, Suva, FijiHead-to-head

Fiji won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. –PFiji penalty · Josefa Rauto3–0
  2. –PFiji penalty · Josefa Rauto6–0
  3. –PFiji penalty · Josefa Rauto9–0
  4. –PFiji penalty · Josefa Rauto12–0
  5. –PFiji penalty · Josefa Rauto15–0
  6. –DFiji drop goal · Samisoni Viriviri18–0
  7. –PSamoa penalty · Taufusi Salesa18–3
  8. –PSamoa penalty · Taufusi Salesa18–6
  9. –PSamoa penalty · Taufusi Salesa18–9
  10. –DSamoa drop goal · A Palamo18–12

Line-ups

Fiji

  1. 1Tuimasi TubananituProp
  2. 2Mosese TamataHooker
  3. 3Josefa RautoProp
  4. 4Kata RatumuriSecond row
  5. 5Ilisoni TaobaSecond row
  6. 6Sunia NadrukuFlanker
  7. 7Rupeni QaraniqioFlanker
  8. 8Viliame RatudradraNumber 8
  9. 9Samisoni ViriviriScrum-half
  10. 10Pio TubuiFly-half
  11. 11Kini VosailagiWing
  12. 12Kameli YacalevuCentre
  13. 13Tevita MakutuCentre
  14. 14Sanivalati LaulauWing
  15. 15Jone RatuFull-back
  16. Rupeni NasigaBench
  17. Josevata NaikidiBench
  18. Dominiko ManaseitavaBench
  19. Netava TamayaBench
  20. Paula WaisakeBench
  21. Joketani RavouvouBench

Samoa

  1. 1Pio SioaProp
  2. 2Se Ati'ifaleHooker
  3. 3Samuelu PunivaluProp
  4. 4Taei AoeseSecond row
  5. 5Asora SimanuSecond row
  6. 6Ieti SolipoFlanker
  7. 7Titimaea TafuaFlanker
  8. 8Susuga AlesanaNumber 8
  9. 9Feausiga SililotoScrum-half
  10. 10Niko PalamoFly-half
  11. 11Taufusi SalesaWing
  12. 12A PalamoCentre
  13. 13J AtoaCentre
  14. 14Va'a TasiWing
  15. 15T PatuFull-back
  16. Ricky SchmidtBench
  17. Falefa LimaBench
  18. Nimo TulekiBench
  19. Saipele EseraBench
  20. Fineaso Ma'asuBench

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Context

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

Fiji 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.