TheBreakdown
Full time14 June 1997
Samoa
57–25
Ireland
Venue not recordedHead-to-head

Samoa won by 32 points.

Line-ups

Samoa

  1. Laki Apelu
  2. Faitala Talapusi
  3. Bryan Williams
  4. Dr. Ben Matalavea
  5. Martin Dowson
  6. Karen Sutton

Ireland

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    Context

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

    Samoa going in
    Ireland 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.