Rugby World Cup - Murrayfield, 20 October 1999, 14:30 local, 13:30 GMT
Scotland (15) 35 - 20 (6) Samoa (FT)

Match coverage:  Report

Timeline

Time Scotland  Score  Samoa
15 penalty try
Logan - conversion		 7 - 0
25 7 - 3 Leaegailesolo - penalty goal
37 Leota - sub off
Matauiau Esau - sub on
39 Leslie - try 12 - 3
40+3 Logan - penalty goal 15 - 3
40+6 15 - 6 Leaegailesolo - penalty goal
41 Logan - penalty goal 18 - 6
47 Logan - penalty goal 21 - 6
55 Logan - penalty goal 24 - 6
57 Pountney - sub off
Mather - sub on
58 Ta'ala - sub on
Falaniko - sub off
60 Townsend - drop goal 27 - 6
65 Asi - sub off
Ale - sub on
67 27 - 13 Leaegailesolo - conversion
Sititi - try
70 Logan - penalty goal
Grimes - sub on
S Murray - sub off		 30 - 13
71 Bachop - sub off
Va'a - sub on
73 CA Murray - try 35 - 13
75 Townsend - sub off
Hodge - sub on		 Toala - sub on
Fanolua - sub off
78 Burnell - sub on
Graham - sub off
80 Russell - sub on
Leslie - sub off
80+2 35 - 20 Lima - try
Leaegailesolo - conversion

Notes

 
Result Scotland won by a margin of 15 points
 
Ground name Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Attendance 15661
 
Referee DTM McHugh (Ireland)
 
Scotland Test debuts none
Samoa Test debuts SP Asi

Teams

Scotland Samoa
Tries Penalty try (15), Leslie (39), CA Murray (73) Tries Sititi (67), Lima (80)
Cons Logan (15) Cons Leaegailesolo (67, 80)
Pens Logan (40, 41, 47, 55, 70) Pens Leaegailesolo (25, 40)
Drops Townsend (60) Drops none
    Team
15 FB
Glenn Metcalfe
14 W
Cammie Murray
13 C
Jamie Mayer
12 C
James McLaren
11 W
Kenny Logan
10 FH
Gregor Townsend
9 SH
Gary Armstrong (c)
1 P
Tom Smith
2 H
Gordon Bulloch
3 P
George Graham
4 L
Scott Murray
5 L
Doddie Weir
6 F
Martin Leslie
7 F
Budge Pountney
8 N8
Gordon Simpson
    Replacements
16 FH
Duncan Hodge
17 BR
Cameron Mather
18 L
Stuart Grimes
19 P
Paul Burnell
20 H
Robbie Russell
21
Alan Tait
22
Bryan Redpath
    Team
15 FB
Silao Leaegailesolo
14 W
Brian Lima
13 C
To'o Vaega
12 C
Terry Fanolua
11 W
Inga Tuigamala
10 FH
Stephen Bachop
9 SH
Steve So'oialo
1 P
Brendan Reidy
2 H
Trevor Leota
3 P
Polo Asi
4 L
Lio Falaniko
5 L
Lama Tone
6 F
Semo Sititi
7 F
Craig Glendinning
8 N8
Pat Lam (c)
    Replacements
16 W
Filipo Toala
17 FH
Earl Va'a
18 F
Sene Ta'ala
19 P
Robbie Ale
20 H
Onehunga Matauiau Esau
21
John Clarke
22
Kalolo Toleafoa

Match stats

Scotland   Samoa
3 (1 penalty try) Tries 2
1 from 1 Conversion goals 2 from 2
5 from 5 Penalty goals 2 from 2
100.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
1 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
25 Kicks from hand 14
117 Passes 140
109 Runs 125
597 Metres run with ball 607
Attacking
60% (100%/33%) Possession (1H/2H) 40% (0%/67%)
14 Clean breaks 25
24 Defenders beaten 34
24 Offloads 21
54 from 63 (85.7%) Rucks won 59 from 67 (88.1%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
21 Turnovers conceded 24
Defensive
81/34 Tackles made/missed 77/24
70.0% Tackling success rate 76.0%
Set pieces
18 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 10 won, 3 lost (76.9%)
7 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Lineouts on own throw 10 won, 9 lost (52.6%)
Discipline
15 Penalties conceded 12
1/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Scot stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Metcalfe 0/0 0 2/6/11 87 1 2 4 0 4/2 0/0 1 0/0
W CA Murray 1/0 5 0/1/5 66 2 3 1 0 3/3 0/0 2 0/0
C Mayer 0/0 0 1/3/5 19 1 1 1 2 2/3 0/0 0 0/0
C McLaren 0/0 0 0/3/4 21 1 2 0 1 9/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Logan 0/0 17 0/4/6 59 3 1 2 2 3/3 0/0 0 0/0
FH Townsend 0/1 3 14/25/9 46 0 0 1 4 2/5 0/0 0 0/0
SH Armstrong 0/0 0 6/53/10 58 1 2 4 1 10/2 0/1 0 0/0
P Smith 0/1 0 0/6/10 28 1 1 4 3 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
H Bulloch 0/0 0 0/1/7 43 2 3 0 2 6/3 0/0 2 0/0
P Graham 0/0 0 0/0/3 5 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
L S Murray 0/0 0 0/3/5 26 1 2 1 2 3/1 4/3 0 0/0
L Weir 0/0 0 0/1/4 7 0 0 0 0 3/1 3/1 2 0/0
F Leslie 1/0 5 0/4/8 36 0 0 3 1 7/2 0/0 2 1/0
F Pountney 0/0 0 0/1/7 43 1 3 0 1 5/1 0/0 3 0/0
N8 Simpson 0/0 0 0/5/11 46 0 4 2 2 8/0 0/0 2 0/0
(FH) Hodge 0/0 0 2/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
(BR) Mather 0/0 0 0/1/1 4 0 0 1 0 4/2 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Grimes 0/0 0 0/0/2 3 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Burnell 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(H) Russell 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/2 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Samoa stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Leaegailesolo 0/0 10 4/6/15 83 3 4 2 1 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Lima 1/0 5 0/3/7 93 5 6 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Vaega 0/0 0 0/8/10 83 3 3 3 2 3/0 0/0 2 0/0
C Fanolua 0/1 0 0/11/11 36 2 2 2 1 7/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Tuigamala 0/1 0 0/10/21 123 4 8 5 4 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Bachop 0/0 0 7/26/3 2 0 0 1 0 9/4 0/0 0 0/0
SH So'oialo 0/0 0 2/51/9 61 2 3 3 4 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Reidy 0/0 0 0/1/4 8 1 0 1 1 7/2 0/0 3 0/0
H Leota 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 1 1/2 0/0 1 0/0
P Asi 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 1 1/1 0/0 2 0/0
L Falaniko 0/0 0 0/0/4 8 0 0 0 2 1/2 4/0 1 0/0
L Tone 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 1 5/1 5/0 0 0/0
F Sititi 1/0 5 1/2/9 38 2 2 1 4 10/3 1/0 0 0/0
F Glendinning 0/0 0 0/1/6 7 1 1 0 0 10/4 0/0 2 0/0
N8 Lam 0/0 0 0/9/11 17 1 4 2 1 4/2 0/0 1 0/0
(W) Toala 0/0 0 0/0/1 2 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Va'a 0/0 0 0/7/1 0 0 0 1 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Ta'ala 0/0 0 0/0/2 6 1 1 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Ale 0/0 0 0/1/4 21 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(H) Matauiau Esau 0/0 0 0/3/5 18 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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