Rugby World Cup , Pool D - Millennium Stadium, 14 October 1999, 14:00 local, 13:00 GMT
Wales (21) 31 - 38 (24) Samoa (FT)

Timeline

Time Wales  Score  Samoa
1 0 - 3 Leaegailesolo - penalty goal
11 Sititi - sub on
Paramore - sub off
12 NR Jenkins - conversion
penalty try		 7 - 3
17 Thomas - try 12 - 3
22 12 - 10 Falaniko - try
Leaegailesolo - conversion
30 NR Jenkins - penalty goal 15 - 10
33 NR Jenkins - penalty goal 18 - 10
34 18 - 17 Leaegailesolo - conversion
Bachop - try
38 18 - 24 Bachop - try
Leaegailesolo - conversion
40+2 NR Jenkins - penalty goal 21 - 24
43 NR Jenkins - penalty goal 24 - 24
46 24 - 31 Leaegailesolo - conversion
Lam - try
53 Young - sub off
Evans - sub on
62 NR Jenkins - conversion
penalty try		 31 - 31 Ta'ala - sub on
Falaniko - sub off
65 31 - 38 Leaegailesolo - conversion
Leaegailesolo - try
74 Fanolua - sub on
Ale - sub off
Mika - sub on
Va'a - sub on
Bachop - sub off
Leaupepe - sub off
75 ALP Lewis - sub on
Rogers - sub off		 Leota - sub off
Matauiau Esau - sub on

Notes

 
Result Samoa won by a margin of 7 points
Rugby World Cup points Samoa 2, Wales 0
 
Ground name Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance 72500
 
Referee EF Morrison (England)
 
Wales Test debuts none
Samoa Test debuts none

Teams

Wales Samoa
Tries Penalty try (12, 62), Thomas (17) Tries Falaniko (22), Bachop (34, 38), Lam (46), Leaegailesolo (65)
Cons NR Jenkins (12, 62) Cons Leaegailesolo (22, 34, 38, 46, 65)
Pens NR Jenkins (30, 33, 40, 43) Pens Leaegailesolo (1)
    Team
15 FB
Shane Howarth
14 W
Gareth Thomas
13 C
Mark Taylor
12 C
Scott Gibbs
11 W
Dafydd James
10 FH
Neil Jenkins
9 SH
Rob Howley (c)
1 P
Peter Rogers
2 H
Garin Jenkins
3 P
Dai Young
4 L
Gareth Llewellyn
5 L
Chris Wyatt
6 F
Martyn Williams
7 F
Brett Sinkinson
8 N8
Scott Quinnell
    Replacements
16 P
Ben Evans
17 P
Andrew Lewis
18
Stephen Jones
19
David Llewellyn
20
Mike Voyle
21
Geraint Lewis
22
Jason Jones-Hughes
    Team
15 FB
Silao Leaegailesolo
14 W
Brian Lima
13 C
To'o Vaega
12 C
George Leaupepe
11 W
Inga Tuigamala
10 FH
Stephen Bachop
9 SH
Steve So'oialo
1 P
Brendan Reidy
2 H
Trevor Leota
3 P
Robbie Ale
4 L
Lio Falaniko
5 L
Lama Tone
6 F
Junior Paramore
7 F
Craig Glendinning
8 N8
Pat Lam (c)
    Replacements
16 C
Terry Fanolua
17 FH
Earl Va'a
18 F
Semo Sititi
19 F
Sene Ta'ala
20 H
Onehunga Matauiau Esau
21 P
Mike Mika
22
John Clarke

Match stats

Wales   Samoa
3 (2 penalty try) Tries 5
2 from 2 Conversion goals 5 from 5
4 from 4 Penalty goals 1 from 1
100.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
16 Kicks from hand 23
140 Passes 85
107 Runs 56
523 Metres run with ball 438
Attacking
38% (40%/33%) Possession (1H/2H) 62% (60%/67%)
8 Clean breaks 11
25 Defenders beaten 9
6 Offloads 10
59 from 67 (88.1%) Rucks won 31 from 34 (91.2%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
29 Turnovers conceded 10
Defensive
50/9 Tackles made/missed 127/25
85.0% Tackling success rate 84.0%
Set pieces
11 won, 1 lost (91.7%) Scrums on own feed 7 won, 6 lost (53.8%)
14 won, 2 lost (87.5%) Lineouts on own throw 11 won, 1 lost (91.7%)
Discipline
5 Penalties conceded 20
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Wales stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Howarth 0/1 0 4/9/12 85 1 1 1 2 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Thomas 1/0 5 0/2/10 89 2 5 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Taylor 0/0 0 0/9/8 46 1 1 2 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Gibbs 0/0 0 0/7/10 16 0 2 2 0 1/1 0/0 2 0/0
W James 0/0 0 2/0/7 60 2 1 0 5 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH NR Jenkins 0/0 16 7/35/4 5 0 3 0 1 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Howley 0/0 0 3/61/13 62 0 1 0 3 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Rogers 0/0 0 0/6/2 11 0 2 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
H GR Jenkins 0/0 0 0/1/6 5 0 0 0 2 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Young 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
L GO Llewellyn 0/0 0 0/1/3 8 0 0 0 2 5/1 6/0 1 0/0
L Wyatt 0/0 0 0/3/4 34 1 1 0 1 2/1 8/0 0 0/0
F Williams 0/0 0 0/3/3 9 0 0 0 3 7/3 0/0 1 0/0
F Sinkinson 0/0 0 0/0/4 2 0 0 0 1 10/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Quinnell 0/0 0 0/3/17 88 1 8 1 6 4/1 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Evans 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
(P) ALP Lewis 0/0 0 0/0/3 3 0 0 0 0 0/0 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 Leaegailesolo 1/1 18 3/3/4 24 2 0 1 2 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Lima 0/1 0 0/5/4 27 1 2 2 0 9/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Vaega 0/0 0 1/2/2 44 1 1 0 0 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Leaupepe 0/0 0 0/0/3 7 0 0 0 0 9/3 0/0 2 0/0
W Tuigamala 0/0 0 2/4/10 68 1 2 2 0 10/2 3/0 2 0/0
FH Bachop 2/0 10 13/14/4 72 3 1 0 0 3/6 0/0 0 0/0
SH So'oialo 0/0 0 3/35/1 0 0 0 0 3 5/1 0/0 3 0/0
P Reidy 0/0 0 0/2/1 0 0 0 0 2 7/2 0/0 3 0/0
H Leota 0/0 0 0/4/3 16 1 1 1 0 9/2 0/0 1 0/0
P Ale 0/0 0 0/1/3 10 0 0 1 0 7/1 0/0 1 0/0
L Falaniko 1/0 5 0/4/4 19 1 0 1 0 6/0 0/2 3 0/0
L Tone 0/0 0 0/4/0 0 0 0 0 0 9/0 7/0 1 0/0
F Paramore 0/0 0 0/1/2 2 0 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
F Glendinning 0/0 0 0/1/2 20 0 0 0 0 12/1 0/0 4 0/0
N8 Lam 1/0 5 0/4/9 106 1 0 1 2 5/2 1/0 0 0/0
(C) Fanolua 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Va'a 0/0 0 1/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Sititi 0/0 0 0/1/4 23 0 2 0 1 13/3 0/0 1 0/0
(F) Ta'ala 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
(H) Matauiau Esau 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Mika 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 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

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