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Men's Rugby World Cup 1999 · Millennium Stadium, Cardiff · 14 October 1999Head-to-head
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Samoa won by 7 points.Half-time 21–24 · Tries 3–5

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1419243539476266
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
WAL499
SAM12625
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
WAL2/34/60
SAM5/51/10
← 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
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  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
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  • 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
14′WalesTry, converted5–3
19′WalesTry, Gareth Thomas12–3
24′SamoaTry, Lio Falaniko, converted12–8
35′SamoaTry, Steve Bachop, converted18–15
39′SamoaTry, Steve Bachop, converted18–22
47′SamoaTry, Pat Lam, converted24–29
62′WalesTry, converted29–31
66′SamoaTry, Silao Leaega, converted31–36
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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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′
14′WAL19′Gareth Thomas24′Lio Falaniko35′Steve Bachop39′Steve Bachop47′Pat Lam62′WAL66′Silao Leaega
WAL

Team stats

SAM
38%Possession62%
107Carries56
523Metres gained438
8Clean breaks11
25Defenders beaten9
140Passes85
4Offloads4
49Tackles made126
9Tackles missed25
59/70Rucks won31/34
14/16Lineouts won11/12
11/12Scrums won7/13
10/12Mauls won1/1
5Penalties conceded21
28Kicks from hand35
Goal kicking
WAL conversions 2/3, penalties 4/6 · SAM conversions 5/5, penalties 1/1. 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. 1Peter RogersProp
  2. 2Garin JenkinsHooker
  3. 3Dai YoungProp
  4. 4Gareth LlewellynSecond row
  5. 5Chris WyattSecond row
  6. 6Martyn WilliamsFlanker
  7. 7Brett SinkinsonFlanker
  8. 8Scott QuinnellNumber 8
  9. 9Rob HowleyScrum-half
  10. 10Neil JenkinsFly-half
  11. 11Dafydd JamesWing
  12. 12Scott GibbsCentre
  13. 13Mark TaylorCentre
  14. 14Gareth ThomasWing
  15. 15Shane HowarthFull-back
  16. 16Geraint LewisBench
  17. 17Jason Jones-HughesBench
  18. 18Stephen JonesBench
  19. 19David LlewellynBench
  20. 20Mike VoyleBench
  21. 21Ben EvansBench
  22. 22ALP LewisBench

Samoa

  1. 1Brendan ReidyProp
  2. 2Trevor LeotaHooker
  3. 3Robbie AleProp
  4. 4Lio FalanikoSecond row
  5. 5Lama ToneSecond row
  6. 6Junior ParamoreFlanker
  7. 7Craig GlendinningFlanker
  8. 8Pat LamNumber 8
  9. 9Steve So'oialoScrum-half
  10. 10Steve BachopFly-half
  11. 11Va'aiga TuigamalaWing
  12. 12George LeaupepeCentre
  13. 13To'o VaegaCentre
  14. 14Brian LimaWing
  15. 15Silao LeaegaFull-back
  16. 16Terry FanoluaBench
  17. 17Earl Va'aBench
  18. 18Jon ClarkeBench
  19. 19Semo SititiBench
  20. 20Sene Ta'alaBench
  21. 21Mike MikaBench
  22. 22Onehunga MatauiauBench

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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.