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Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · Subiaco Oval, Perth | Boorloo · 15 October 2003Head-to-head
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Samoa won by 47 points.Half-time 29–5 · Tries 10–2 · SAM 1 yellow card

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Tacklesmademissed
SAM10020
URU9839
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
SAM5/50/00
URU0/01/10
← Uruguay attack · Samoa 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.
  • Zone counts are not in the feed for this match.
  • 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
14′SamoaTry, Maurie Faasavalu5–0
17′SamoaTry, Brian Lima10–0
26′SamoaTry, Sailosi Tagicakibau, converted15–0
29′SamoaTry, Maurie Faasavalu22–0
34′SamoaTry, Brian Lima, converted27–0
38′UruguayTry, Rodrigo Capo29–5
42′SamoaTry, Lome Fa'atau, converted34–5
53′SamoaTry, Simon Lemalu, converted41–8
55′SamoaTry, Tanner Vili48–8
65′UruguayTry, Pablo Lemoine48–13
78′SamoaTry, Dominic Feaunati, converted53–13
82′SamoaTry, Opeta Palepoi60–13
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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14′Maurie Faasavalu17′Brian Lima26′Sailosi Tagicakibau29′Maurie Faasavalu34′Brian Lima38′Rodrigo Capo42′Lome Fa'atau53′Simon Lemalu55′Tanner Vili65′Pablo Lemoine78′Dominic Feaunati82′Opeta Palepoi
SAM

Team stats

URU
83%Possession17%
110Carries87
741Metres gained313
24Clean breaks5
39Defenders beaten20
156Passes99
18Offloads5
100Tackles made98
20Tackles missed39
57/66Rucks won59/63
12/13Lineouts won12/14
12/13Scrums won9/10
3/3Mauls won10/11
7Turnovers won12
15Penalties conceded9
13Kicks from hand25
499Kick metres582
Goal kicking
SAM conversions 5/5, penalties 0/0 · URU conversions 0/0, 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

Samoa

  1. 1Kas LealamanuaProp
  2. 2Jonathan MeredithHooker
  3. 3Jeremy TomuliProp
  4. 4Opeta PalepoiSecond row
  5. 5Leo Lafaiali'ISecond row
  6. 6Peter PoulosFlanker
  7. 7Maurie FaasavaluFlanker
  8. 8Semo SititiNumber 8
  9. 9Steve So'oialoScrum-half
  10. 10Earl Va'aFly-half
  11. 11Sailosi TagicakibauWing
  12. 12Brian LimaCentre
  13. 13Terry FanoluaCentre
  14. 14Lome Fa'atauWing
  15. 15Tanner ViliFull-back
  16. 16Mase Mahonori SchwalgerBench
  17. 17Simon LemaluBench
  18. 18Kitiona ViliamuBench
  19. 19Des Tuiavi'iBench
  20. 20Denning TyrrellBench
  21. 21Dale RasmussenBench
  22. 22Dominic FeaunatiBench

Uruguay

  1. 1Rodrigo SanchezProp
  2. 2Diego LamelasHooker
  3. 3Pablo LemoineProp
  4. 4Juan Carlos BadoSecond row
  5. 5Juan AlzuetaSecond row
  6. 6Marcelo GutierrezFlanker
  7. 7Nicolás GrilléFlanker
  8. 8Rodrigo CapoNumber 8
  9. 9Juan CampomarScrum-half
  10. 10Bernardo AmarilloFly-half
  11. 11Carlos BaldasarriWing
  12. 12Martin MendaroCentre
  13. 13Diego AguirreCentre
  14. 14Joaquin PastoreWing
  15. 15Juan MenchacaFull-back
  16. 16Juan PérezBench
  17. 17Juan MachadoBench
  18. 18Juan Miguel AlvarezBench
  19. 19Nicolás BrignoniBench
  20. 20Ignacio ContiBench
  21. 21Joaquin de FreitasBench
  22. 22Jose VianaBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Samoa 1–0 Uruguay in 1 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Samoa going in
Uruguay going in

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