Head-To-Head: Ireland v Samoa

2010 GUINNESS SERIES: Saturday, November 13

IRELAND v SAMOA, Aviva Stadium, 2.30pm (live RTÉ Two/BBC Two Northern Ireland)

IRELAND: Luke Fitzgerald; Tommy Bowe, Brian O’Driscoll (capt), Paddy Wallace, Andrew Trimble; Ronan O’Gara, Peter Stringer; Tom Court, Sean Cronin, John Hayes, Donncha O’Callaghan, Devin Toner, Denis Leamy, Sean O’Brien, Jamie Heaslip.

Replacements: Rory Best, Cian Healy, Donnacha Ryan, Stephen Ferris, Isaac Boss, Jonathan Sexton, Keith Earls.

SAMOA: Paul Williams; David Lemi, George Pisi, Seilala Mapusua, Alesana Tuilagi; Tasesa Lavea, Kahn Fotualii; Sakaria Taulafo, Mahonri Schwalger (capt), Anthony Perenise, Filipo Lavea Levi, Kane Thompsen, Ofisa Trevarinus, Manaia Salavea, George Stowers.

Replacements: Steve Fualau, Simon Lemalu, Iosefa Tekori, Afa Aiono, Junior Poluleuligaga, Gavin Williams, Jamie Helleur.

Referee: Keith Brown (New Zealand)
Assistant Referees: Jérôme Garces (France), Neil Paterson (Scotland)
Television Match Official: Geoff Warren (England)

Head-To-Head:

Played – 4
Ireland Won – 3
Samoa Won – 1

Previous Meetings:

October 29, 1988 – Tour Match – Ireland 49 Samoa 22, Lansdowne Road
November 12, 1996 – Tour Match – Ireland 25 Samoa 40, Lansdowne Road
November 11, 2001 – Autumn Test – Ireland 35 Samoa 8, Lansdowne Road
June 20, 2003 – Summer Test – Samoa 14 Ireland 40, Apia

Ireland v Samoa: IRFU Stats Vault

Biggest Wins And Margins:

Ireland: Points: 49-22, 1988 Tour Match; Margin: 49-22, 1988 Tour Match; 35-8, 2001 Autumn Test

Samoa: Points & Margin: 40-25, 1996 Tour Match

Individual Records In The Series Since 1988:

Most Points In A Match: Ireland 32 (Ronan O’Gara, 2003 Summer Test); Samoa 15 (Earl Va’a, 1996 Tour Match)

Most Tries In A Match: Ireland 2 (Keith Crossan, 1988 Tour Match; Ronan O’Gara, 2003 Summer Test); Samoa 2 (Phineas Young, 1988 Tour Match; To’o Vaega, 1996 Tour Match)

Top Points Scorers – Ireland v Samoa Since 1988:

47 – Ronan O’Gara
27 – Earl Va’a
20 – Simon Mason
18 – Michael Kiernan
10 – To’o Vaega, Afato So’oalo
8 – Keith Crossan, Phineas Young

Top Try Scorers – Ireland v Samoa Since 1998:

2 – Keith Crossan, Phineas Young, To’o Vaega, Afato So’oalo, Ronan O’Gara
1 – Neil Francis, Michael Kiernan, Denis McBride, Philip Matthews, Brendan Mullin, John Sexton, John Ah Kuoi, Lolani Koko, Paul Wallace, George Leaupepe, Veli Patu, Tyrone Howe, Geordan Murphy, Frankie Sheahan, Jeremy Staunton, Earl Va’a, Ron Fanu’atanu, Eric Miller

Ireland – Form Guide From Start Of The 2009 Six Nations:

Won 30-21 v France home (Six Nations)
Won 38-9 v Italy away (Six Nations)
Won 14-13 v England home (Six Nations)
Won 22-15 v Scotland away (Six Nations)
Won 17-15 v Wales away (Six Nations)
Won 25-6 v Canada away (Summer Tour)
Won 27-10 v USA away (Summer Tour)
Drew 20-20 v Australia home (Autumn Series)
Won 41-6 v Fiji home (Autumn Series)
Won 15-10 v South Africa home (Autumn Series)
Won 29-11 v Italy home (Six Nations)
Lost 33-10 v France away (Six Nations)
Won 20-16 v England away (Six Nations)
Won 27-12 v Wales home (Six Nations)
Lost 23-20 v Scotland home (Six Nations)
Lost 66-28 v New Zealand away (Summer Tour)
Lost 22-15 v Australia away (Summer Tour)
Lost 23-21 v South Africa home (Autumn Series)

Samoa – Form Guide From Start Of The 2009 Test Season:

Won 34-15 v Japan away (Pacific Nations Cup)
Won 27-13 v Tonga away (Pacific Nations Cup)
Lost 19-14 v Fiji away (Pacific Nations Cup)
Won 115-7 v Papua New Guinea home (Rugby World Cup qualifier)
Won 73-12 v Papua New Guinea away (Rugby World Cup qualifier)
Lost 17-13 v Wales away (Autumn Tour)
Lost 43-5 v France away (Autumn Tour)
Lost 23-6 v Italy away (Autumn Tour)
Won 24-23 v Tonga home (Pacific Nations Cup)
Lost 31-23 v Japan home (Pacific Nations Cup)
Won 31-9 v Fiji home (Pacific Nations Cup)
Won 13-10 v Japan away (Autumn Tour)

Ireland – Most-Capped Players:

104 Brian O’Driscoll
102 John Hayes
100 Ronan O’Gara
92 Malcolm O’Kelly
92 Peter Stringer
82 Girvan Dempsey
72 David Humphreys
70 Kevin Maggs
70 Paul O’Connell
69 Mike Gibson

Ireland – All-Time Leading Points Scorers:

965 Ronan O’Gara
560 David Humphreys
308 Michael Kiernan
296 Eric Elwood
217 Ollie Campbell
215 Brian O’Driscoll
158 Tom Kiernan
145 Denis Hickie
113 Tony Ward
112 Mike Gibson

Ireland – All-Time Leading Try Scorers:

40 Brian O’Driscoll
29 Denis Hickie
21 Shane Horgan
19 Girvan Dempsey
18 Geordan Murphy
17 Brendan Mullin
16 Tommy Bowe
15 Kevin Maggs
15 Keith Wood
14 Ronan O’Gara

Samoa – Most-Capped Players:

64 Brian Lima
61 To’o Vaega
59 Semo Sititi
43 Opeta Palepoi
38 Steve So’oialo
36 Andrew Aiolupo
35 Lome Fa’atau
34 Peter Fatialofa
34 Pat Lam
31 Mahonri Schwalger
31 Tanner Vili

Samoa – All-Time Leading Points Scorers:

172 Earl Va’a
145 Silao Leaegailesolo
140 Brian Lima
137 Darren Kellett
119 Roger Warren
106 Gavin Williams
99 Tanner Vili
85 Semo Sititi

Samoa – All-Time Leading Try Scorers:

29 Brian Lima
17 Semo Sititi
15 Afato So’oalo
14 Lome Fa’atau
12 To’o Vaega
10 George Leaupepe
9 Elvis Seveali’i
8 Alesana Tuilagi

World Rugby All-Time Top Points Scorers:

1178 Jonny Wilkinson (1111-England, 67-Lions)
1143 Dan Carter (New Zealand)
1090 Neil Jenkins (1049-Wales, 41-Lions)
1010 Diego Dominguez (983-Italy, 27-Argentina)
967 Andrew Mehrtens (New Zealand)
965 Ronan O’Gara (Ireland)
911 Michael Lynagh (Australia)
893 Percy Montgomery (South Africa)
878 Matt Burke (Australia)
877 Stephen Jones (824-Wales, 53-Lions)
752 Chris Paterson (Scotland)
733 Gavin Hastings (667-Scotland, 66-Lions)

World Rugby All-Time Top Try Scorers:

64 David Campese (Australia)
53 Shane Williams (51-Wales, 2-Lions)
50 Rory Underwood (49-England, 1-Lions)
49 Doug Howlett (New Zealand)
46 Christian Cullen (New Zealand)
46 Joe Rokocoko (New Zealand)
44 Jeff Wilson (New Zealand)
41 Brian O’Driscoll (40-Ireland, 1-Lions)
41 Gareth Thomas (40-Wales, 1-Lions)
40 Chris Latham (Australia)

Note: Daisuke Ohata scored 69 tries for Japan, but not all against major international opposition

The ‘100 Caps’ Club:

139 George Gregan (Australia)
119 Jason Leonard (114-England, 5-Lions)
118 Fabien Pelous (France)
111 Philippe Sella (France)
110 George Smith (Australia)
110 Brian O’Driscoll (104-Ireland, 6-Lions)
104 John Hayes (102-Ireland, 2-Lions)
103 Gareth Thomas (100-Wales, 3-Lions)
102 Stephen Larkham (Australia)
102 Victor Matfield (South Africa)
102 Percy Montgomery (South Africa)
102 Ronan O’Gara (100-Ireland, 2-Lions)
102 John Smit (South Africa)
101 David Campese (Australia)
101 Alessandro Troncon (Italy)
100 Chris Paterson (Scotland)
100 Martyn Williams (96-Wales, 4-Lions)

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