Rugby World Cup , Pool D - Hamilton, 18 September 2011, 15:30 local, 03:30 GMT
Samoa (10) 10 - 17 (6) Wales (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
11 0 - 3

Hook slots the ball after Fa'asavalu's high tackle

19 3 - 3

Paul Williams slots the penalty from around 40 metres out - good nudge from the Stade fullback

26 3 - 6

Hook slips but it's good enough and it just about goes through the posts..

40+1 8 - 6

Anthony Perenise crashes across for the Islanders - and you have to say that is deserved - patient play and it pays off

40+3 10 - 6

Williams nails the extras with an impressive conversion

42

Priestland nails the penalty..just..Great strike and it hits the crossbar and goes over

42 10 - 9

Priestland nails the penalty..just..Great strike and it hits the crossbar and goes over

65 10 - 12

Priestland puts Wales in the lead - 2 points in it

67 10 - 17

Leigh Halfpenny makes a great break before unleashing Jon Davies. He fails to get to the line and while his offload goes to ground - it is the prolific Welsh legend Shane Williams who snuffles it up and crashes over - breathing space for Wales..

Timeline

Time Samoa  Score  Wales
0 start of first half start of first half
9 Lydiate - sub off
Powell - sub on
11 0 - 3 Hook - penalty goal
19 Williams - penalty goal 3 - 3
26 3 - 6 Hook - penalty goal
40+1 Perenise - try 8 - 6
40+3 Williams - conversion
end of first half
10 - 6 end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
Halfpenny - sub on
Hook - sub off
42 10 - 9 Priestland - penalty goal
55 So'oialo - sub on
Tagicakibau - sub off
61 Bennett - sub off
James - sub off
Jenkins - sub on
Burns - sub on
65 10 - 12 Priestland - penalty goal
67 10 - 17 SM Williams - try
68 Leo - sub off
Tekori - sub on
Su'a - sub on
Lavea Levi - sub off
BS Davies - sub on
AW Jones - sub off
69 Fuimaono-Sapolu - sub on
Johnston - sub on
Perenise - sub off
Mapusua - sub off
72 Paulo - sub on
Schwalger - sub off
76 Treviranus - sub off
Salavea - sub on
80+1 end of second half
end of half
end of second half
end of half
0
81

Notes

 
Result Wales won by a margin of 7 points
Rugby World Cup points Wales 4, Samoa 1 (1 losing bonus)
 
Ground name Waikato Stadium, Hamilton (neutral venue)
Attendance 30804
 
Referee ACP Rolland (Ireland)
 
Samoa Test debuts JI Su'a
Wales Test debuts none

Teams

Samoa Wales
Tries Perenise (40) Tries SM Williams (67)
Cons Williams (40) Cons none
Pens Williams (19) Pens Hook (11, 26), Priestland (42, 65)

Match stats

Samoa   Wales
1 Tries 1
1 from 1 Conversion goals 0 from 1
1 from 3 Penalty goals 4 from 5
50.0% Kick at goal success 66.7%
0 Dropped goals 0 (1 missed)
Kick/pass/run
22 Kicks from hand 24
148 Passes 125
151 Runs 104
396 Metres run with ball 341
Attacking
58% Possession 42%
64% Territory 36%
2 Clean breaks 2
14 Defenders beaten 18
8 Offloads 17
121 from 129 (93.8%) Rucks won 78 from 87 (89.7%)
1 from 1 (100.0%) Mauls won 1 from 1 (100.0%)
14 Turnovers conceded 13
Defensive
116/18 Tackles made/missed 181/14
86.6% Tackling success rate 92.8%
Set pieces
5 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 5 won, 2 lost (71.4%)
12 won, 3 lost (80.0%) Lineouts on own throw 9 won, 2 lost (81.8%)
Discipline
14 Penalties conceded 14
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Samoa stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Williams 0/0 5 0/2/10 82 2 3 1 1 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Tagicakibau 0/0 0 0/1/6 35 0 1 0 2 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Pisi 0/0 0 0/4/4 6 0 0 1 1 7/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Mapusua 0/0 0 0/3/12 18 0 2 1 1 8/2 0/0 1 0/0
W Tuilagi 0/0 0 0/1/9 64 0 3 0 1 4/1 0/0 1 0/0
FH Lavea Levi 0/0 0 5/24/5 9 0 0 1 1 10/2 0/0 2 0/0
SH Fotuali'i 0/0 0 5/80/6 13 0 0 1 1 5/2 0/0 0 0/0
P Taulafo 0/0 0 0/2/10 11 0 0 0 0 8/1 0/0 1 0/0
H Schwalger 0/0 0 1/1/10 11 0 1 0 1 12/2 0/0 1 0/0
P Perenise 1/0 5 0/2/10 12 0 2 0 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Leo 0/0 0 0/2/6 8 0 0 0 0 11/0 2/0 0 0/0
L Thompson 0/0 0 0/1/11 22 0 0 1 0 5/0 7/0 0 0/0
F Treviranus 0/0 0 0/2/9 13 0 0 0 0 6/2 0/0 0 0/0
F Fa'asavalu 0/0 0 0/0/20 23 0 1 2 2 14/2 1/1 3 0/0
N8 Stowers 0/0 0 1/5/10 27 0 0 0 3 11/1 0/0 1 0/0
(H) Paulo 0/0 0 0/1/2 4 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Johnston 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Tekori 0/0 0 0/0/4 4 0 0 0 0 1/0 2/0 0 0/0
(F) Salavea 0/0 0 0/0/3 7 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Su'a 0/0 0 1/16/2 18 0 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
(C) Fuimaono-Sapolu 0/0 0 0/1/1 1 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) So'oialo 0/0 0 1/0/1 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

Wales stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Hook 0/0 6 0/5/3 22 0 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
W North 0/0 0 0/2/9 41 0 1 1 1 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
C JJV Davies 0/1 0 2/3/4 27 0 3 1 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Roberts 0/0 0 1/3/7 46 1 3 1 1 9/1 0/0 1 0/0
W SM Williams 1/0 5 3/4/10 44 0 6 1 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Priestland 0/0 6 8/21/7 30 0 0 2 0 12/2 0/0 0 0/0
SH Phillips 0/0 0 0/72/8 11 0 1 3 1 16/1 0/0 3 0/0
P James 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 1 12/0 1/0 1 0/0
H Bennett 0/0 0 0/1/8 18 0 0 0 0 9/1 0/0 2 0/0
P AR Jones 0/0 0 0/3/2 10 0 1 1 0 7/1 0/0 1 0/0
L Charteris 0/0 0 0/2/6 11 0 0 0 1 22/1 3/2 1 0/0
L AW Jones 0/0 0 0/0/7 18 0 0 1 2 12/0 3/0 1 0/0
F Lydiate 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
F Warburton 0/0 0 0/1/2 2 0 0 0 0 15/0 2/0 0 0/0
N8 Faletau 0/0 0 0/2/10 14 0 0 2 3 27/0 0/0 1 0/0
(H) Burns 0/0 0 0/1/3 0 0 0 0 0 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Jenkins 0/0 0 0/0/3 0 0 0 0 1 2/1 0/0 2 0/0
(L) BS Davies 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Powell 0/0 0 1/2/3 5 0 0 2 2 20/2 0/0 1 0/0
(FB) Halfpenny 0/0 0 1/2/9 42 1 3 1 0 0/1 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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