Samoa tour - Millennium Stadium, 13 November 2009, 19:30 local, 19:30 GMT
Wales (11) 17 - 13 (6) Samoa (FT)

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Summary

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The anthems are done - with Wales as usual giving it large. The referee is Peter Fitzgibbon of Ireland with English touch judges and video ref. The Samoans do their haka. They only had four days to practice ahead of this match but rehearsing that must have taken a good half day!

1 3 - 0

The visitors kick off going left. Wales gather and clear long - they are in Yellow shirts. Up and under by Samoa - Hook does well to gather.

2 3 - 3

Wales attack down the centre with scrum-half Dwayne Peel making the break - on to openside Warburton who is tackled 10 metres out - Penalty to Wales.

3

Biggar scores and Samoa get the yellow card with the fullback going off. Lolo Lui the man.

4

Samoa get a penalty for Wales being in front of a kick - silly mistake. Very kickable - and fly-half Fa'atonu Fili scoring.

5 8 - 3

The visitors get the restart - ball in to touch midway in the Samoan half. Their throw. Messy throw and Samoan are forced in to touch. Lineout in same place.

6

TRYCross kick after throw by Biggar and Leigh Halfpenny catches and scores in the corner

7

Difficult kick but a really good effort by Biggar - but he misses. Knock on by Samoa at the restart - scrum to Wales just outside their 22.

8

Wales pick up at the base and move infield. Biggar puts Hook away - up to half way - penalty to Samoa. Biggar has really started well.

9

Touch not found and Wales gather and kick. Wasp's winger David Lemi gathers and puts a good kick back to touch. High kick after throw - Samoa get it and move the ball wide but mess up and ball in touch.

10

Wales get the throw and try to drive it forward - goes nowhere and Samoa get the scrum put in.

11

Freekick to Samoa at the scrum who tap and go. Ball out right - kick down the line to touch. Lineout to Wales inside their 22. Samoa up to 15 men again.

12

Wales again drive it on after throw - 5 man lineout - Box kick - ball in touch. Samoa throw. Wales win it and attack down the centre.

13

Penalty to Wales . Biggar to touch near the Samoan 22.

14

Short lineout again - but Samoa get it and kick. Halfpenny gathers and counter attacks.

15

Biggar kicks and ball in to corner. 5 metre lineout to Samoa. Samoa win it and drive it on but give away a penalty in front of the posts.

16 11 - 3

Biggar for the posts and scores. He has been very impressive in the first 15 minutes.

17

Wales gather restart. Box kick by Peel - Samoa mess up and Wales get the ball and move it wide left. Recycle back right and down the centre .

18

Recycle on the Samoan 10 metres line. Slow ball - High cross kick - Samoa get it and kick long. Biggar gathers and puts up a high one. Samoa put it back and follow up - Halfpenny gathers but is isolated - penalty to Samoa.

19

Ball to touch down Samoa's left.

20

Lineout on the Welsh 22. Freekick to Wales.

21

High freekick. Knock on and Samoan put in.

22

Ball out left and then back infield - driven up - penalty to Wales at the break down - isolation again.

23

Ball to touch down the right - throw midway in the Samoan half. Wales down the centre after throw. recycle - ball left - again back infield - Samoa gets stuck in. Penalty to Wales. Ref talking to Samoan captain about rolling away.

24

Biggar to touch down the left. It was kickable to score - so confident by Wales. Ball taken and the forwards drive it on - penalty to Samoa - obstruction - truck and trailer.

25

Ball to touch and Samoa win throw at the front - now a scrum. Wales put in.

26

Wales under pressure at the scrum and Samoa get a penalty. The game hasn't really taken off yet.

27

Wales get the ball after penalty and Warburton makes a really good break down the centre - but Samoa get it back.

28

Ball down the pitch - ball to touch by Wales. Quick throw - high kick and Wales get it - ball right and up to half way. Halfpenny makes a break and passes on to Hook who is absolutely smashed in a really good tackle.

29

It was one of the Tuilagi brothers who did it. Samoa get the put in at the scrum and pick up at the base. Ball wide left and back infield - ball dead - Samoan scrum. .

30

Samoa up to half way line after their scrum.

31

They attack down the centre and get a penalty.

32

Ball sliced and goes right of the posts - 22 drop out.

33

Samoa get the restart and move the ball wide left - back infield - another penalty to Samoa and they are starting to get in to the match.

34 11 - 6

Another chance to narrow the score. Fili scores - The crowd jeer as he takes the kick. That is bad.

35

Samoa get the restart and kick long - Wales counter and Hook kicks - good kick - ball in to touch 10 metres out from Samoa tryline.

36

Samoa win their throw at the front and clear to touch midway in their half.

37

Wales win their throw - chip down the centre - but Samoa do well to get the ball and clear to touch.

38

Wales on the attack after throw - recycle - ball out and Samoa nicks the ball and attack down the centre - Wales stretched - but Samoa just fail to get ball to hand.

39

Wales were lucky there. Scrum midway in Wales half - their put in.

40

Big scrum by Samoa - Wales pick up at the base. Ball out to Biggar and he drops the ball. His first mistake. Its half time.

 

Wales started well but have failed to get the final pass away. Samoa are improving and will get better as the match progresses. Still al lot for Wales to do.

40

The teams re-enter the arena. Wales to kick off in their unusual yellow shirts. Ball goes left, long and high at the start. Samoa drive it up - recycle - Samoa high cross kick. Wales get it and move ball slowly right.

41

Penalty to Wales on the half way line. Leigh Halfpenny going for the posts.

42 14 - 6

The winger lines it up and he does well to score.

43

Samoa go left at the restart. Wales gather the ball and the forwards drive it on well but the ball is lost - box kick - Wales under pressure on their tryline.

44

Captain Ryan Jones did really well to tidy it up. Wales put in at the scrum - 5 metres out.

45

Wales get a penalty at the scrum - lucky for Wales.

46

Wales win their throw after penalty down the line. Ball move wide but forward pass. Samoa scrum on Wales 10 metres line.

47

Good position for Samoa with a good blindside - freekick for Samoa - driven on. Ball wide left - back infield - drop goal effort - just wide.

48

Samoa get the 22 drop out and move the ball left - but Huw Bennett nicks the ball - recycle but Wales give away a penalty.

49

Ball to touch down the Samoan left. Shanklin hurt. Samoan lineout just outside the Welsh 22.

50

Samoa get it but untidily - ball wide right - knock on. Shanklin off for blood - Jonathan Davies on for first cap.

51

Just under 60,000 crowd - good effort by the Welsh. Welsh scrum on their 22 and they get a freekick - tap and go. Penalty to Wales. Ref warns Samoa.

52 17 - 6

Ball to touch down the Welsh right. Ball down centre after throw. Another penalty to Wales. Henry Tuilagi in the bin with a yellow card.

53

Biggar for the posts and the 20 year-old scores.

54

Samoa go left at the restart and Wales move the ball wide left - Hook makes a good break after great pass by Roberts. Hook messes up and knock on - a sad end to good play.

55

Samoa high kick after their scrum - Wales with the ball - ball right and Powell makes a good break down the centre - another big tackle and Samoa get the ball - ball wide left.

56

Wales get the ball after a little chip - ball moved slowly left. Recycle - knock on. Scum to Samoa on the half way line. The game is opening up but Wales need to stay calm.

57

The South Sea Islanders under pressure at the scrum. Wales get the ball and drive it on down the centre - forward pass.

58

Scrum to Samoa on their 22. They are still playing with 14 men. Samoa kick after scrum - Tom James counters - ball wide right. Back infield Peel break - on to Warburton who drops the ball.

59

Penalty to Samoa at the scrum. Ball fails to find touch - what a waste - Wales counter and move ball wide left - nearly through - good tap tackle - ball recycled and right.

60

TRY Ball driven down centre - ball right and back infield. Intercepted by centre Mapusua who runs from his own 22 to score under the posts.

61 17 - 11

Fili converts.

62 17 - 13

Biggar goes low and left at the restart. Samoa gather the ball and get a penalty.

63

Ball to touch down the Samoan right midway in the Welsh half.

64

Samoa win their throw and drive it on infield. Ball right - on the Welsh 22. Back left. Ball spilled - Welsh scrum on their 22.

65

Unlucky by Samoa - it was a Welsh hand who knocked it back.

66

Penalty to Wales at the scrum. Ball to touch on the Samoan 10 metres line.

67

Ball moved down the centre after throw. Wales nearly up to Samoan 22 - ball wide left - Tom James makes a break - ball back right.

68

Ball up to 10 metres out. Still Wales - Powell drives on but knock on.

69

Scrum to Wales 10 metres from their tryline. Samoa just about keep the ball at the scrum - ball cleared to touch - up to their 10 metres line.

70

Samoa nick the Welsh throw. Box kick - Wales gather and move the ball wide - Hook makes a really good break down the centre - but Samoa get back - Wales kick and its a 22 drop out.

71

Samoa regather the ball and break out - Mapasua through - he kicks right - 10 metres out - but the Samoans mess up and ball in touch.

72

Wales win their throw but immediately give way a penalty in front of the posts.

73

This kick will make it a one point difference - but its missed!

74

Wales up to their 10 metres line after drop out. Kick and Samoa Kick high back. Samoa regather and chip - Wales under huge pressure - Hook tackled - Halfpenny takes ball over the tryline. Scrum to Samoa.

75

Big scrum by Samoa - scrum reset.

76

Wales under real pressure. Wales again go to ground. The ref must be thinking about a penalty try.

77

Samoa pick up at the base - two metres out - recycle - poor pass right by the scrum-half. Scrum to Wales.

78

Ball back to Biggar and he clears to touch just outside the Welsh 22.

79

Wales nick the throw and Peel kicks long. Samoa gather and drive up to half way line. Wales nick it and kick the ball in to the corner.

80

Samoa win their throw and attack from their 22. Ball loose - kicked ahead - ball goes dead and the match ends with a Welsh victory but only just!

80+1

Wales with a nervy win especially after the intercepted try. Not a great quality match, but Wales have blooded Dan Biggar at fly-half who had a very good game. Hope you enjoyed the match with scrum.com - see you next time.

Timeline

Time Wales  Score  Samoa
0 start of first half start of first half
1 Biggar - penalty goal 3 - 0
2 3 - 3 Lui - yellow card
Fili - penalty goal
5 Halfpenny - try 8 - 3
16 Biggar - penalty goal 11 - 3
34 11 - 6 Fili - penalty goal
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
42 Halfpenny - penalty goal 14 - 6
49 Shanklin - sub off
JJV Davies - sub on
52 Biggar - penalty goal 17 - 6 H Tuilagi - yellow card
56 AF Tuilagi - sub off
Fa'afili - sub on
57 Thompson - sub on
Tekori - sub off
61 17 - 11 Mapusua - try
62 17 - 13 Fili - conversion
63 Mitchell - sub on
P James - sub off
Bennett - sub off
Rees - sub on
64 Treviranus - sub off
Fa'amatuainu - sub on
68 Fili - sub off
Mai Vala - sub on
73 Charteris - sub off
BS Davies - sub on
Thomas - sub on
Warburton - sub off
74 Va'a - sub off
Taulafo - sub on
80 end of second half
end of half
end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result Wales won by a margin of 4 points
 
Ground name Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance 58907
 
Referee P Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
 
Wales Test debuts none
Samoa Test debuts S Taulafo
 
Match notes match played indoors

Teams

Wales Samoa
Tries Halfpenny (5) Tries Mapusua (61)
Cons none Cons Fili (62)
Pens Biggar (1, 16, 52), Halfpenny (42) Pens Fili (2, 34)

Match stats

Wales   Samoa
1 Tries 1
0 from 1 Conversion goals 1 from 1
4 from 4 Penalty goals 2 from 4
80.0% Kick at goal success 60.0%
0 Dropped goals 0 (1 missed)
Kick/pass/run
26 Kicks from hand 27
139 Passes 86
90 Runs 63
503 Metres run with ball 335
Attacking
58% (57%/58%) Possession (1H/2H) 42% (42%/42%)
64% (68%/60%) Territory (1H/2H) 36% (32%/40%)
5 Clean breaks 2
8 Defenders beaten 8
11 Offloads 12
72 from 78 (92.3%) Rucks won 45 from 49 (91.8%)
3 from 5 (60.0%) Mauls won 0 from 1 (0.0%)
17 Turnovers conceded 14
Defensive
59/8 Tackles made/missed 88/8
88.0% Tackling success rate 92.0%
Set pieces
6 won, 2 lost (75.0%) Scrums on own feed 10 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
11 won, 3 lost (78.6%) Lineouts on own throw 9 won, 4 lost (69.2%)
Discipline
0 Penalties conceded 0
0/0 Yellow/red cards 2/0

Wales stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Hook 0/0 0 3/4/10 174 2 3 1 3 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Halfpenny 1/0 8 0/7/5 45 1 1 0 1 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Shanklin 0/0 0 1/1/5 30 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
C JH Roberts 0/0 0 0/6/6 21 0 0 1 0 3/3 0/0 0 0/0
FH Biggar 0/1 9 12/27/2 10 0 0 0 3 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Peel 0/0 0 7/64/7 37 0 0 2 1 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Jenkins 0/0 0 0/4/2 0 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/1 0 0/0
H Bennett 0/0 0 0/1/5 14 0 0 0 2 4/0 0/0 2 0/0
P P James 0/0 0 0/0/6 2 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
L AW Jones 0/0 0 0/2/6 0 0 0 1 0 7/0 6/0 2 0/0
L Charteris 0/0 0 0/1/5 2 0 0 1 0 6/0 5/0 0 0/0
F Powell 0/0 0 1/6/6 21 1 2 1 1 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
F Warburton 0/0 0 0/2/3 58 1 1 1 2 8/2 0/1 0 0/0
N8 RP Jones 0/0 0 0/7/10 11 0 1 1 1 4/2 1/1 0 0/0
(H) Rees 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Mitchell 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) BS Davies 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Thomas 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
(C) JJV Davies 0/0 0 1/3/4 19 0 0 1 0 3/0 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

Samoa stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Lui 0/0 0 5/8/3 9 0 0 1 0 5/1 0/0 1 1/0
W Lemi 0/0 0 2/0/3 18 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
C GL Williams 0/0 0 1/1/2 12 0 1 0 1 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Mapusua 1/0 5 1/4/7 96 2 0 0 0 10/0 2/0 2 0/0
W AF Tuilagi 0/0 0 0/2/0 0 0 0 0 2 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Fili 0/0 8 10/13/1 6 0 0 0 2 0/1 2/0 0 0/0
SH Poluleuligaga 0/0 0 7/38/6 9 0 0 1 3 6/1 0/1 0 0/0
P Va'a 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Schwalger 0/0 0 0/1/6 13 0 0 1 3 6/1 0/1 1 0/0
P Johnston 0/0 0 0/1/3 34 0 1 1 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Levi 0/0 0 0/1/3 12 0 1 0 0 9/1 1/0 0 0/0
L Tekori 0/0 0 0/1/4 15 0 0 1 0 5/1 2/0 0 0/0
F Stowers 0/0 0 0/6/7 21 0 0 1 1 6/2 1/0 0 0/0
F Treviranus 0/0 0 0/2/6 23 0 2 2 0 7/0 1/0 2 0/0
N8 H Tuilagi 0/0 0 1/1/8 48 0 3 1 1 5/0 0/0 2 1/0
(P) Taulafo 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Thompson 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 1 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Fa'amatuainu 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Mai Vala 0/0 0 0/4/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Fa'afili 0/0 0 0/3/4 19 0 0 3 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

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