Rugby World Cup , Pool D - North Shore City, 30 September 2011, 20:30 local, 07:30 GMT
Samoa (0) 5 - 13 (13) South Africa (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
8 0 - 5

Bryan Habana darts into the corner in sensational fashion and after going up to the TMO Habana completes a sensational score

9 0 - 7

M Steyn - conversion

24 0 - 10

Frans Steyn lands a long-range penalty

26 0 - 13

Morne Steyn strokes it over from in front of the posts

51 5 - 13

George Stowers barges over from short range after taking a pass from Pisi in the left corner

Timeline

Time Samoa  Score  South Africa
0 start of first half start of first half
8 0 - 5 Habana - try
9 0 - 7 M Steyn - conversion
24 0 - 10 FPL Steyn - penalty goal
26 0 - 13 M Steyn - penalty goal
40+1 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
46 Hougaard - sub on
Habana - sub off
49 Rossouw - sub off
Alberts - sub on
50 Hougaard - sub off
de Villiers - sub on
51 Stowers - try 5 - 13
54 Alberts - sub off
Rossouw - sub on
60 Johnston - sub off
Perenise - sub on
Tekori - sub on
Leo - sub off
61 Mtawarira - sub off
Spies - sub off
Steenkamp - sub on
Alberts - sub on
68 BW du Plessis - sub off
Smit - sub on
69 Williams - red card
70 Smit - yellow card
73 Tuifua - sub off
Treviranus - sub on
Rossouw - sub off
BW du Plessis - sub on
77 Avei - sub on
Schwalger - sub off
Mulipola - sub on
Taulafo - sub off
80 end of second half
end of half
end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result South Africa won by a margin of 8 points
Rugby World Cup points South Africa 4, Samoa 0
 
Ground name North Harbour Stadium, North Shore City (neutral venue)
Attendance 29734
 
Referee N Owens (Wales)
 
Samoa Test debuts none
South Africa Test debuts none

Teams

Samoa South Africa
Tries Stowers (51) Tries Habana (8)
Cons none Cons M Steyn (9)
Pens none Pens FPL Steyn (24), M Steyn (26)

Match stats

Samoa   South Africa
1 Tries 1
0 from 1 Conversion goals 1 from 1
0 from 0 Penalty goals 2 from 5
0.0% Kick at goal success 50.0%
0 Dropped goals 0 (1 missed)
Kick/pass/run
31 Kicks from hand 31
198 Passes 90
140 Runs 64
447 Metres run with ball 196
Attacking
63% Possession 37%
63% Territory 37%
2 Clean breaks 1
15 Defenders beaten 6
15 Offloads 9
111 from 120 (92.5%) Rucks won 56 from 62 (90.3%)
3 from 3 (100.0%) Mauls won 9 from 9 (100.0%)
20 Turnovers conceded 15
Defensive
70/6 Tackles made/missed 149/15
92.1% Tackling success rate 90.8%
Set pieces
7 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 8 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
12 won, 3 lost (80.0%) Lineouts on own throw 11 won, 3 lost (78.6%)
Discipline
10 Penalties conceded 11
0/1 Yellow/red cards 1/0

Samoa stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Williams 0/0 0 5/5/13 68 0 0 2 0 3/1 0/0 1 0/1
W Lemi 0/0 0 2/3/10 73 1 5 0 0 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Mapusua 0/0 0 2/6/13 69 0 1 3 3 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Fuimaono-Sapolu 0/0 0 0/8/16 55 1 7 2 2 4/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Tuilagi 0/0 0 1/4/8 40 0 0 0 3 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH TM Pisi 0/1 0 8/49/6 11 0 0 2 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Fotuali'i 0/0 0 3/96/8 21 0 0 4 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Taulafo 0/0 0 1/1/4 2 0 0 0 1 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Schwalger 0/0 0 0/1/8 5 0 0 0 1 5/1 1/0 1 0/0
P Johnston 0/0 0 0/1/5 16 0 1 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Leo 0/0 0 0/3/8 6 0 0 0 2 3/0 3/1 0 0/0
L Thompson 0/0 0 0/2/4 1 0 0 0 2 5/0 4/0 2 0/0
F Tuifua 0/0 0 0/2/10 8 0 1 0 1 4/0 3/1 1 0/0
F Fa'asavalu 0/0 0 0/5/9 13 0 0 1 1 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Stowers 1/0 5 0/11/9 28 0 0 1 2 9/1 0/0 0 0/0
(H) Avei 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Perenise 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Mulipola 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Tekori 0/0 0 0/0/4 22 0 0 0 1 1/1 1/0 0 0/0
(F) Treviranus 0/0 0 0/0/1 8 0 0 0 0 1/0 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

SA stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Lambie 0/0 0 4/2/8 34 0 2 1 2 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Pietersen 0/0 0 1/0/5 29 0 1 2 0 8/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Fourie 0/0 0 0/4/2 9 0 0 0 1 8/0 0/0 1 0/0
C FPL Steyn 0/0 3 1/3/9 5 0 1 2 1 6/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Habana 1/0 5 1/1/5 32 0 0 0 3 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH M Steyn 0/0 5 12/13/2 10 0 0 0 0 15/2 0/0 0 0/0
SH du Preez 0/0 0 8/47/3 12 0 0 2 1 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Mtawarira 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 11/1 0/0 0 0/0
H BW du Plessis 0/1 0 0/2/2 0 0 0 0 0 12/2 0/0 0 0/0
P JN du Plessis 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 2 11/2 0/0 2 0/0
L Rossouw 0/0 0 0/1/6 8 0 0 0 2 9/1 1/1 2 0/0
L Matfield 0/0 0 0/2/1 0 0 0 0 0 12/0 8/1 0 0/0
F Brussow 0/0 0 0/4/2 4 0 0 0 1 18/2 0/0 1 0/0
F Burger 0/0 0 0/9/6 0 0 0 2 1 16/0 2/0 0 0/0
N8 Spies 0/0 0 0/2/4 9 0 0 0 0 6/1 0/1 1 0/0
(H) Smit 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 2 1/0
(P) Steenkamp 0/0 0 0/0/1 4 0 0 0 1 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Alberts 0/0 0 0/0/4 7 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Hougaard 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) de Villiers 0/0 0 0/0/1 33 1 2 0 0 2/1 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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