TheBreakdown
Full time12 November 1988
Wales
28–6
Samoa
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Tour 1988Head-to-head

Wales won by 22 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Paul Thorburn2–0
  2. –CWales conversion · Paul Thorburn4–0
  3. –CWales conversion · Paul Thorburn6–0
  4. –CWales conversion · Paul Thorburn8–0
  5. –TWales try · Nigel Davies12–0
  6. –TWales try · Nigel Davies16–0
  7. –TWales try · Carwyn Davies20–0
  8. –TWales try · Jonathan Davies24–0
  9. –TWales try · John Wakeford28–0
  10. –CSamoa conversion · Andrew Aiolupo28–2
  11. –TSamoa try · Saini Lemamea28–6

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Mike GriffithsProp
  2. 2Wayne HallHooker
  3. 3Dai YoungProp
  4. 4John WakefordSecond row
  5. 5Bob NorsterSecond row
  6. 6Rowland PhillipsFlanker
  7. 7David BryantFlanker
  8. 8Phil DaviesNumber 8
  9. 9Robert JonesScrum-half
  10. 10Jonathan DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Carwyn DaviesWing
  12. 12Bleddyn BowenCentre
  13. 13Nigel DaviesCentre
  14. 14Mike HallWing
  15. 15Paul ThorburnFull-back
  16. 16Tony ClementBench
  17. 17Richard WintleBench
  18. 18Jonathan GriffithsBench
  19. 19Huw Williams-JonesBench
  20. 20Ian WatkinsBench
  21. 21Richie CollinsBench

Samoa

  1. 1Vili AlalatoaProp
  2. 2Stan To'omalataiHooker
  3. 3Peter FatialofaProp
  4. 4Saini LemameaSecond row
  5. 5Daryl WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6Lafaele ManoFlanker
  7. 7Malaki IupeliFlanker
  8. 8Sepe TupuolaNumber 8
  9. 9Vincent FepuleaiScrum-half
  10. 10John Ah KuoiFly-half
  11. 11Taueve UgapoWing
  12. 12Tupo Fa'amasinoCentre
  13. 13Keneti SioCentre
  14. 14Rolagi KokoWing
  15. 15Andrew AiolupoFull-back
  16. 16Fineaso Aima'asuBench
  17. 17Vaivase FaasuaBench
  18. 18Ollie CrichtonBench
  19. 19Phineas YoungBench
  20. 20Taufusi SalesaBench
  21. 21Filipo SaenaBench

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Context

All-time, Wales 6–4 Samoa in 10 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Wales 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.