TheBreakdown
Full time20 June 2003
Samoa
14–40
Ireland
Apia Park, Apia, Samoa · Tour 2003Head-to-head

Ireland won by 26 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSamoa conversion · Earl Va'a2–0
  2. –CSamoa conversion · Earl Va'a4–0
  3. –TSamoa try · Ron Fanuatanu9–0
  4. –TSamoa try · Earl Va'a14–0
  5. –CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara14–2
  6. –CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara14–4
  7. –PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara14–7
  8. –PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara14–10
  9. –PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara14–13
  10. –PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara14–16
  11. –PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara14–19
  12. –PIreland penalty · Paul Burke14–22
  13. –TIreland try · Ronan O'Gara14–27
  14. –TIreland try · Ronan O'Gara14–32
  15. –TIreland try · Eric Miller14–37
  16. –DIreland drop goal · Ronan O'Gara14–40

Line-ups

Samoa

  1. 1Kas LealamanuaProp
  2. 2Trevor LeotaHooker
  3. 3Jeremy TomuliProp
  4. 4Opeta PalepoiSecond row
  5. 5Leo Lafaiali'ISecond row
  6. 6Kitiona ViliamuFlanker
  7. 7Maurie FaasavaluFlanker
  8. 8Semo SititiNumber 8
  9. 9Denning TyrrellScrum-half
  10. 10Earl Va'aFly-half
  11. 11Ron FanuatanuWing
  12. 12Brian LimaCentre
  13. 13Dale RasmussenCentre
  14. 14Lome Fa'atauWing
  15. 15Fa'atonu FiliFull-back
  16. 16Jonathan MeredithBench
  17. 17Tamato LeupoluBench
  18. 18Des Tuiavi'iBench
  19. 19Ponali TapeluBench
  20. 20Steve So'oialoBench
  21. 21Gaolo ElisaraBench
  22. 22Dominic FeaunatiBench

Ireland

  1. 1Marcus HoranProp
  2. 2Shane ByrneHooker
  3. 3Reggie CorriganProp
  4. 4Leo CullenSecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Simon EasterbyFlanker
  7. 7Aiden McCullenFlanker
  8. 8Eric MillerNumber 8
  9. 9Guy EasterbyScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Anthony HorganWing
  12. 12Jonathan BellCentre
  13. 13Mike MullinsCentre
  14. 14John KellyWing
  15. 15Girvan DempseyFull-back
  16. 16Paul ShieldsBench
  17. 17Emmett ByrneBench
  18. 18Donncha O'CallaghanBench
  19. 19David WallaceBench
  20. 20Brian O'MearaBench
  21. 21Paul BurkeBench
  22. 22Gordon D'ArcyBench

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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.