TheBreakdown
Full time17 June 2006
Samoa
53–9
Japan
Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth, New Zealand · World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup 2006Head-to-head

Samoa won by 44 points.

Scoring

  1. 13’PJapan penalty · Eiji Ando0–3
  2. 18’TSamoa try · Lome Fa'atau5–3
  3. 21’PJapan penalty · Eiji Ando5–6
  4. 26’DJapan drop goal · Eiji Ando5–9
  5. 36’TSamoa try · Daniel Farani10–9
  6. 37’CSamoa conversion · Tanner Vili12–9
  7. 39’TSamoa try · Anitele'a Tuilagi17–9
  8. 40’CSamoa conversion · Tanner Vili19–9
  9. 41’PSamoa penalty · Tanner Vili22–9
  10. 44’TSamoa try · Timoteo Iosua27–9
  11. 45’CSamoa conversion · Tanner Vili29–9
  12. 47’TSamoa try · Brian Lima34–9
  13. 54’CSamoa conversion · Tanner Vili36–9
  14. 54’TSamoa try · John Senio41–9
  15. 66’CSamoa conversion · Tanner Vili43–9
  16. 66’TSamoa try · Timoteo Iosua48–9
  17. 73’TSamoa try · John Senio53–9

Line-ups

Samoa

  1. 1Philemon ToleafoaProp
  2. 2Mase Mahonori SchwalgerHooker
  3. 3Jeremy TomuliProp
  4. 4Daniel LeoSecond row
  5. 5Pelu TaeleSecond row
  6. 6Daniel FaraniFlanker
  7. 7Ulia UliaFlanker
  8. 8Semo SititiNumber 8
  9. 9Garrick CowleyScrum-half
  10. 10Tanner ViliFly-half
  11. 11Brian LimaWing
  12. 12Anitele'a TuilagiCentre
  13. 13Vaovasamanaia Seilala MapusuaCentre
  14. 14Lome Fa'atauWing
  15. 15Timoteo IosuaFull-back
  16. 16Donald KerslakeBench
  17. 17Muliufi SalanoaBench
  18. 18Chad SladeBench
  19. 19Alafoti FaosilivaBench
  20. 20John SenioBench
  21. 21Douglas SanftBench
  22. 22Lolo LuiBench

Japan

  1. 1Yuichi HisadomiProp
  2. 2Yuji MatsubaraHooker
  3. 3Ryo YamamuraProp
  4. 4Hitoshi OnoSecond row
  5. 5Tsuyoshi SatoSecond row
  6. 6Takashi KikutaniFlanker
  7. 7Hare MakiriFlanker
  8. 8Hajime KisoNumber 8
  9. 9Mamoru ItoScrum-half
  10. 10Eiji AndoFly-half
  11. 11Nataniela OtoWing
  12. 12Hideyuki YoshidaCentre
  13. 13Atsushi MoriyaCentre
  14. 14Yuta ImamuraWing
  15. 15Takashi MiyakeFull-back
  16. 16Takashi YamaokaBench
  17. 17Masahito YamamotoBench
  18. 18Kenji KasaiBench
  19. 19Toshizumi KitagawaBench
  20. 20Wataru IkedaBench
  21. 21Hiroki MizunoBench
  22. 22Takanori KumagaeBench

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Context

All-time, Samoa 12–7 Japan in 19 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Samoa going in
Japan 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.