TheBreakdown
Full time21 September 2024
Samoa
18–13
USA
Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka Prefecture, Higashiosaka City, Japan · Pacific Nations Cup 2024Head-to-head

Samoa won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’PUSA penalty · Luke Carty0–3
  2. 7’TUSA try · Toby Fricker0–8
  3. 8’CUSA conversion · Luke Carty0–10
  4. 15’PSamoa penalty · Rodney Iona3–10
  5. 32’PSamoa penalty · Rodney Iona6–10
  6. 42’TSamoa try · Iakopo Petelo-Mapu11–10
  7. 43’CSamoa conversion · Rodney Iona13–10
  8. 53’PUSA penalty · Luke Carty13–13
  9. 77’TSamoa try · Melani Nanai18–13

Line-ups

Samoa

  1. 1Aki SeiuliProp
  2. 2Sama MaloloHooker
  3. 3Marco Fepulea'iProp
  4. 4Ben Nee-NeeSecond row
  5. 5Michael CurrySecond row
  6. 6Theo McFarlandFlanker
  7. 7Izaiha Moore-AionoFlanker
  8. 8Iakopo Petelo-MapuNumber 8
  9. 9Melani MatavaoScrum-half
  10. 10Rodney IonaFly-half
  11. 11Elisapeta AlofipoWing
  12. 12Alapati LeiuaCentre
  13. 13Lalomilo LalomiloCentre
  14. 14Tuna TuitamaWing
  15. 15Tomasi AlosioFull-back
  16. 16Luteru TolaiBench
  17. 17Andrew TualaBench
  18. 18Brook ToomalataiBench
  19. 19Sam SladeBench
  20. 20Jonah Mau'uBench
  21. 21Danny TusitalaBench
  22. 22Afa MoleliBench
  23. 23Melani NanaiBench

USA

  1. 1Jake TurnbullProp
  2. 2Kapeli PifeletiHooker
  3. 3Alex MaughanProp
  4. 4Jason DammSecond row
  5. 5Greg PetersonSecond row
  6. 6Paddy RyanFlanker
  7. 7Cory DanielFlanker
  8. 8Jamason Fa'anana-SchultzNumber 8
  9. 9JP SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Luke CartyFly-half
  11. 11Mitch WilsonWing
  12. 12Tommaso BoniCentre
  13. 13Dominic BesagCentre
  14. 14Conner MooneyhamWing
  15. 15Toby FrickerFull-back
  16. 16Sean McNultyBench
  17. 17Payton TeleaBench
  18. 18Pono DavisBench
  19. 19Thomas Tu'avaoBench
  20. 20Moni TongauihaBench
  21. 21Vili HeluBench
  22. 22Ethan McVeighBench
  23. 23Rand SantosBench

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Context

All-time, Samoa 6–3 USA in 9 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Samoa going in
USA 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.