TheBreakdown
Full time27 June 1981
Fiji
15–7
Samoa
Churchill Park, Lautoka, FijiHead-to-head

Fiji won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. –PFiji penalty · Netava Tamaya3–0
  2. –TFiji try · Rupeni Qaraniqio7–0
  3. –TFiji try · Kata Ratumuri11–0
  4. –TFiji try · Tuimasi Tubananitu15–0
  5. –PSamoa penalty · Taufusi Salesa15–3
  6. –TSamoa try · Taufusi Salesa15–7

Line-ups

Fiji

  1. 1Josefa RautoProp
  2. 2Mosese TamataHooker
  3. 3Tuimasi TubananituProp
  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. 11Tevita MakutuWing
  12. 12Kini VosailagiCentre
  13. 13Kameli YacalevuCentre
  14. 14Sanivalati LaulauWing
  15. 15Netava TamayaFull-back

Samoa

  1. 1Pio SioaProp
  2. 2Se Ati'ifaleHooker
  3. 3Samuelu PunivaluProp
  4. 4Taei AoeseSecond row
  5. 5Fineaso Aima'asuSecond row
  6. 6Saipele EseraFlanker
  7. 7Titimaea TafuaFlanker
  8. 8Susuga AlesanaNumber 8
  9. 9Feausiga SililotoScrum-half
  10. 10Falefa LimaFly-half
  11. 11Taufusi SalesaWing
  12. 12Niko PalamoCentre
  13. 13A PalamoCentre
  14. 14T SeumanutafaWing
  15. 15T PatuFull-back

Match officials

Sample data
Referee
Sample Referee
Assistant referee
Sample Assistant 1
Assistant referee
Sample Assistant 2
TMO
Sample TMO

Sample data Match officials is placeholder content: TheBreakdown has no data source for it yet, so nothing here is real.

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.