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England men · Rugby World Cup

Samoa
v England⁠

22–35

Full time

Samoa v England finished 22–35.

Samoa
Semo Sititi 6'
Date
Sunday 26 October 2003 · England in 2003
Venue
Colonial Stadium, Melbourne
Competition
Rugby World Cup

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Samoa

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Kas Lealamanua Prop
  • No. 2, Jonathan Meredith Hooker Off in the 75'
  • No. 3, Jeremy Tomuli Prop Off in the 53'
  • No. 4, Opeta Palepoi Lock
  • No. 5, Leo Lafaiali'I Lock Off in the 66'
  • No. 6, Peter Poulos Flanker Off in the 63'
  • No. 7, Maurie Faasavalu Flanker
  • No. 8, Semo Sititi (c) Number 8
  • No. 9, Steve So'oialo Scrum Half Off in the 75'
  • No. 10, Earl Va'a Fly Half
  • No. 11, Sailosi Tagicakibau Wing Off in the 73'
  • No. 12, Brian Lima Centre
  • No. 13, Terry Fanolua Centre Off in the 46'
  • No. 14, Lome Fa'atau Wing
  • No. 15, Tanner Vili Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Mase Mahonori Schwalger On in the 75'
  • No. 17, Simon Lemalu On in the 53'
  • No. 18, Kitiona Viliamu On in the 63'
  • No. 19, Des Tuiavi'i On in the 66'
  • No. 20, Denning Tyrrell On in the 75'
  • No. 21, Dale Rasmussen On in the 46'
  • No. 22, Dominic Feaunati On in the 73'

Referee: Jonathan Kaplan. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 2 meetings before this one

1995 – 1995

02 4 Jun 1995
Rugby World Cup Kings Park Stadium, Durban

Samoa 22–44 England England won

England tries: Neil Back 1', Rory Underwood 36', Penalty try 61', Rory Underwood 69'

Samoa tries: Fata Sini 46', Fata Sini 53', Mike Umaga 81'

Match page: Samoa v England, 4 June 1995

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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