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England
v Samoa⁠: England rugby union, 7 October 2023

18–17

Full time

England v Samoa finished 18–17.

Samoa
Nigel Ah-Wong 21', Nigel Ah-Wong 28'
Date
Saturday 7 October 2023 · England in 2023
Venue
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Competition
Rugby World Cup

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Samoa

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Jordan Lay Prop Off in the 57'
  • No. 2, Sama Malolo Hooker Off in the 61'
  • No. 3, Michael Alaalatoa (c) Prop Off in the 57'
  • No. 4, Sam Slade Lock Off in the 57'
  • No. 5, Brian Alainu'u'ese Lock
  • No. 6, Theo McFarland Flanker
  • No. 7, Fritz Lee Flanker Off in the 61'
  • No. 8, Steven Luatua Number 8
  • No. 9, Jonathan Taumateine Scrum Half Off in the 61'
  • No. 10, Lima Sopoaga Fly Half
  • No. 11, Neria Fomai Wing
  • No. 12, Danny Toala Centre Off in the 64'
  • No. 13, Tumua Manu Centre Yellow card 65'
  • No. 14, Nigel Ah-Wong Wing
  • No. 15, Duncan Paia'aua Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Seilala Lam On in the 61'
  • No. 17, James Lay On in the 57'
  • No. 18, Paul Alo-Emile On in the 57'
  • No. 19, Sootala Fa'aso'o (not used)
  • No. 20, Alamanda Motuga On in the 61'
  • No. 21, Melani Matavao On in the 61'
  • No. 22, Christian Leali'ifano On in the 64'
  • No. 23, Miracle Faiilagi (not used)

Referee: Andrew Brace. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2005 – 2017

01 25 Nov 2017
Test matches · Test match Twickenham, London

England 48–14 Samoa England won

England tries: Mike Brown 2', Alex Lozowski 9', Charlie Ewels 29', Elliot Daly 61', Henry Slade 70', Elliot Daly 77', Semesa Rokoduguni 81'

Samoa tries: Piula Fa'asalele 13', Chris Vui 73'

Match page: England v Samoa, 25 November 2017

03 20 Nov 2010
Test matches · Test Match Twickenham, London

England 26–13 Samoa England won

England tries: Matt Banahan 47', Tom Croft 72'

Samoa tries: Paul Williams 41', Fautua Otto 80'

Match page: England v Samoa, 20 November 2010

04 22 Sep 2007
Rugby World Cup Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Samoa 22–44 England England won

England tries: Martin Corry 2', Paul Sackey 32', Martin Corry 76', Paul Sackey 80'

Samoa tries: Junior Poluleuligaga 47'

Match page: Samoa v England, 22 September 2007

05 26 Nov 2005
Test matches · Test Match Twickenham, London

England 40–3 Samoa England won

England tries: Tom Voyce 23', Tom Voyce 52', Charlie Hodgson 63', Harry Ellis 69', Tom Varndell 78'

Samoa tries: None

Match page: England v Samoa, 26 November 2005

Official meetings since 1995

England v Samoa stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings9In our results database
England wins9England perspective
Draws0Level at full time
Samoa wins0Samoa victories

England have scored 310 points to Samoa's 131 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

3

Rory Underwood

3 tries against Samoa in matches we hold scorer data for.

Samoa · Fixture leader

2

Nigel Ah-Wong

Samoa's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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