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Men's Rugby World Cup 1991 · Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff · 6 October 1991Head-to-head
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Samoa won by 3 points.Half-time 3–3 · Tries 2–2

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Tacklesmademissed
WAL8029
SAM5721
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
WAL1/11/10
SAM1/12/20
← Samoa attack · Wales attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Territory is not in the feed for this match.
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  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
43′SamoaTry, To'o Vaega, converted3–7
52′SamoaTry, Tuala Sila Vaifale3–13
63′WalesTry, Arthur Emyr, converted7–13
81′WalesTry, Ieuan Evans13–16
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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05101520HT0′20′40′60′80′
43′To'o Vaega52′Tuala Sila Vaifale63′Arthur Emyr81′Ieuan Evans
WAL

Team stats

SAM
50%Possession50%
71Carries82
327Metres gained353
5Clean breaks7
21Defenders beaten29
86Passes92
8Offloads11
80Tackles made57
29Tackles missed21
27/30Rucks won35/37
16/22Lineouts won20/26
15/15Scrums won14/15
4/6Mauls won3/5
11Penalties conceded18
50Kicks from hand55
Goal kicking
WAL conversions 1/1, penalties 1/1 · SAM conversions 1/1, penalties 2/2. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Mike GriffithsProp
  2. 2Ken WatersHooker
  3. 3Laurence DelaneyProp
  4. 4Phil MaySecond row
  5. 5Kevin MoseleySecond row
  6. 6Emyr LewisFlanker
  7. 7Richie CollinsFlanker
  8. 8Phil DaviesNumber 8
  9. 9Robert JonesScrum-half
  10. 10Mark RingFly-half
  11. 11Arthur EmyrWing
  12. 12Mike HallCentre
  13. 13Scott GibbsCentre
  14. 14Ieuan EvansWing
  15. 15Tony ClementFull-back
  16. 16Huw Williams-JonesBench
  17. 17David EvansBench
  18. 18Mike RayerBench
  19. 19Garin JenkinsBench
  20. 20Andy BoothBench
  21. 21Martyn MorrisBench

Samoa

  1. 1Peter FatialofaProp
  2. 2Stan To'omalataiHooker
  3. 3Vili AlalatoaProp
  4. 4Mark BirtwistleSecond row
  5. 5Mata'afa KeenanSecond row
  6. 6Tuala Sila VaifaleFlanker
  7. 7Apollo PereliniFlanker
  8. 8Pat LamNumber 8
  9. 9Matthew VaeaScrum-half
  10. 10Steve BachopFly-half
  11. 11Timo TagaloaWing
  12. 12Frank BunceCentre
  13. 13To'o VaegaCentre
  14. 14Brian LimaWing
  15. 15Andrew AiolupoFull-back
  16. 16Tu Nu'uali'itiaBench
  17. 17Filipo SaenaBench
  18. 18Tupo Fa'amasinoBench
  19. 19Junior ParamoreBench
  20. 20Eddie IoaneBench

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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.