TheBreakdown
Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · Telstra Dome, Melbourne | Narrm · 26 October 2003Head-to-head
Full-time reportFull time
England won by 13 points.Half-time 13–16 · Tries 4–1

Pitch map

Layers

Swipe the pitch sideways to see it full size.

726537175
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
ENG10328
SAM14426
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ENG3/32/21
SAM1/15/50
← Samoa attack · England 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
7′SamoaTry, Semo Sititi, converted0–8
26′EnglandTry, Neil Back, converted5–10
53′EnglandTry, converted18–16
71′EnglandTry, Iain Balshaw28–22
75′EnglandTry, Phil Vickery, converted33–22
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

Drag to replay the match on the pitchSwipe the chart sideways for the full match.
010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′
7′Semo Sititi26′Neil Back53′ENG71′Iain Balshaw75′Phil Vickery
ENG

Team stats

SAM
80%Possession20%
130Carries95
547Metres gained322
11Clean breaks7
26Defenders beaten28
173Passes135
10Offloads16
103Tackles made144
28Tackles missed26
101/106Rucks won58/63
15/19Lineouts won9/11
5/5Scrums won10/10
6/8Mauls won2/3
8Turnovers won6
13Penalties conceded11
14Kicks from hand15
462Kick metres439
Goal kicking
ENG conversions 3/3, penalties 2/2 · SAM conversions 1/1, penalties 5/5. 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

England

  1. 1Jason LeonardProp
  2. 2Mark ReganHooker
  3. 3Julian WhiteProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Ben KaySecond row
  6. 6Joe WorsleyFlanker
  7. 7Neil BackFlanker
  8. 8Lawrence DallaglioNumber 8
  9. 9Matt DawsonScrum-half
  10. 10Jonny WilkinsonFly-half
  11. 11Ben CohenWing
  12. 12Mike TindallCentre
  13. 13Stuart AbbottCentre
  14. 14Iain BalshawWing
  15. 15Jason RobinsonFull-back
  16. 16Steve ThompsonBench
  17. 17Phil VickeryBench
  18. 18Martin CorryBench
  19. 19Lewis MoodyBench
  20. 20Andy GomarsallBench
  21. 21Mike CattBench
  22. 22Dan LugerBench

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

Match officials

Sample data
Referee
Sample Referee
Assistant referee
Sample Assistant 1
Assistant referee
Sample Assistant 2
TMO
Sample TMO

Sample data Match officials is placeholder content: TheBreakdown has no data source for it yet, so nothing here is real.

Context

All-time, England 9–0 Samoa in 9 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

England 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.