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England
v Samoa⁠

48–14

Full time

England v Samoa finished 48–14.

England
Mike Brown 2', Alex Lozowski 9', Charlie Ewels 29', Elliot Daly 61', Henry Slade 70', Elliot Daly 77', Semesa Rokoduguni 81'
Samoa
Piula Fa'asalele 13', Chris Vui 73'
Date
Saturday 25 November 2017 · England in 2017
Venue
Twickenham, London
Competition
Test matches · Test match

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Dylan Hartley On in the 64'
  • No. 17, Joe Marler On in the 46'
  • No. 18, Harry Williams On in the 57'
  • No. 19, Nick Isiekwe On in the 64'
  • No. 20, Courtney Lawes On in the 31'
  • No. 21, Ben Youngs On in the 57'
  • No. 22, Piers Francis On in the 57'
  • No. 23, Semesa Rokoduguni On in the 47'

Samoa

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Jordan Lay Prop Off in the 58'
  • No. 2, Motu Matu'u Hooker Off in the 31'
  • No. 3, Donald Brighouse Prop Off in the 47'
  • No. 4, Josh Tyrell Lock Off in the 62'
  • No. 5, Chris Vui (c) Lock
  • No. 6, Piula Fa'asalele Flanker Yellow card 69'
  • No. 7, TJ Ioane Flanker
  • No. 8, Jack Lam Number 8 Off in the 68'
  • No. 9, Dwayne Polataivao Scrum Half Off in the 74'
  • No. 10, Tim Nanai-Williams Fly Half
  • No. 11, David Lemi Wing Off in the 74'
  • No. 12, Alapati Leiua Centre Off in the 68'
  • No. 13, Kieron Fonotia Centre
  • No. 14, Paul Perez Wing
  • No. 15, Ah See Tuala Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Manu Leiataua On in the 31'
  • No. 17, James Lay On in the 58'
  • No. 18, Hisa Sasagi On in the 47'
  • No. 19, Faatiga Lemalu On in the 62'
  • No. 20, Ofisa Treviranus On in the 68'
  • No. 21, Melani Matavao On in the 74'
  • No. 22, Rey Lee-Lo On in the 68'
  • No. 23, JJ Taulagi On in the 74'

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

2003 – 2014

02 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

03 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

04 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

05 26 Oct 2003
Rugby World Cup Colonial Stadium, Melbourne

Samoa 22–35 England England won

England tries: Neil Back 25', Penalty try 52', Iain Balshaw 70', Phil Vickery 74'

Samoa tries: Semo Sititi 6'

Match page: Samoa v England, 26 October 2003

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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