TheBreakdown
Full time12 November 1996
Ireland
25–40
Samoa
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 1996Head-to-head

Samoa won by 15 points.

Scoring

  1. –CIreland conversion · Simon Mason2–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Simon Mason5–0
  3. –PIreland penalty · Simon Mason8–0
  4. –PIreland penalty · Simon Mason11–0
  5. –PIreland penalty · Simon Mason14–0
  6. –PIreland penalty · Simon Mason17–0
  7. –PIreland penalty · Simon Mason20–0
  8. –TIreland try · Paul Wallace25–0
  9. –CSamoa conversion · Earl Va'a25–2
  10. –CSamoa conversion · Earl Va'a25–4
  11. –CSamoa conversion · Earl Va'a25–6
  12. –PSamoa penalty · Earl Va'a25–9
  13. –PSamoa penalty · Earl Va'a25–12
  14. –PSamoa penalty · Earl Va'a25–15
  15. –TSamoa try · Veli Patu25–20
  16. –TSamoa try · Afato So'oialo25–25
  17. –TSamoa try · George Leaupepe25–30
  18. –TSamoa try · To'o Vaega25–35
  19. –TSamoa try · To'o Vaega25–40

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Henry HurleyProp
  2. 2Allen ClarkeHooker
  3. 3Paul WallaceProp
  4. 4Mick GalweySecond row
  5. 5Jeremy DavidsonSecond row
  6. 6David CorkeryFlanker
  7. 7Denis McBrideFlanker
  8. 8Paddy JohnsNumber 8
  9. 9Niall HoganScrum-half
  10. 10David HumphreysFly-half
  11. 11Jimmy ToppingWing
  12. 12Jonathan BellCentre
  13. 13Rob HendersonCentre
  14. 14Richard WallaceWing
  15. 15Simon MasonFull-back
  16. 16Maurice FieldBench
  17. 17Paul BurkeBench
  18. 18Steve McIvorBench
  19. 19Victor CostelloBench
  20. 21Mark McDermottBench

Samoa

  1. 1Brendan ReidyProp
  2. 2Tala LeiasamaivaoHooker
  3. 3Afa Le'uProp
  4. 4Mailo Potu LeavasaSecond row
  5. 5Mark BirtwistleSecond row
  6. 6Sene Ta'alaFlanker
  7. 7Isaac Fea'unatiFlanker
  8. 8Pat LamNumber 8
  9. 9Joe FilemuScrum-half
  10. 10Earl Va'aFly-half
  11. 11Va'aiga TuigamalaWing
  12. 12George LeaupepeCentre
  13. 13To'o VaegaCentre
  14. 14Afato So'oialoWing
  15. 15Veli PatuFull-back
  16. 16Mark FatialofaBench
  17. 17Terry FanoluaBench
  18. 18Vaa VitaleBench
  19. 19Junior ParamoreBench
  20. 20George LatuBench
  21. 21Trevor LeotaBench

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Context

All-time, Ireland 7–2 Samoa in 9 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Ireland 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.