1996 Western Samoa rugby union tour of Great Britain and Ireland

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

10	09	00	01

Test match

01	01	00	00

Opponent

P	W	D	L

Ireland

1	1	0	0

The 1996 Samoa rugby union tour of Great Britain and Ireland was a series of matches played in November and December 1996 in British Isles by Samoa national rugby union team.^[1]

Results

Scores and results list Samoa's points tally first.

Opponent	For	Against	Date	Venue	Status
Saracens FC	40	53	1 November 1996	Goldsdown, Enfield	Tour match
Oxford University	58	27	5 November 1996	Oxford	Tour match
Munster	35	25	9 November 1996	Musgrave Park, Cork	Tour match
Ireland	40	25	12 November 1996	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	Test match^[2]
Cambridge University	14	13	November 1996	Cambridge	Tour match
Llanelli RFC	15	23	23 November 1996	Llanelli, Llanelli	Tour match
Cardiff	53	29	26 November 1996	Arms Park, Cardiff	Tour match
Newbury R.F.C.	35	21	29 November 1996	Newbury, Berkshire	Tour match
Bath	36	17	2 December 1996	Bath	Tour match
Leicester/Northampton	33	20	6 December 1996	Welford Road, Leicester	Tour match
Richmond	32	12	10 December 1996	London	Tour match

References

^ Mick Cleary, ed. (1997). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1997–98. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-7732-X.
^ "Ireland's 'horrendous' Lansdowne Road defeat to Samoa serves as a warning from history ahead of crucial World Cup clash". The Telegraph. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2023.

Samoa national rugby union team

Lakapi Samoa

Players

All Players

Home stadium

Apia Park

Competitions and trophies

Related teams

Matches

By opponent	Fiji
Pacific Tri-Nations	1982 2005
World Cup qualifiers	1991
South Pacific Games	1963

Tours

Australia	1994 2005
New Zealand	1996 2005
Africa	2003
Europe	1988 1989 1995 1996 2000 2001 2005
Argentina	2005

v t e Rugby union tours of England
Argentina	1978 1990 1999 2000 2006 2022
Australia	1908–09 1927–28 (Waratahs) 1947–48 1957–58 1966–67 1973 1975–76 1981–82 1984 1988 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2008 2009 2013
New Zealand	1905 1924–25 1935–36 1953–54 1963–64 1967 1972–73 1974 (no test) 1978 1979 1983 1993 1997 2002 2005 2006 2008
South Africa	1906–07 1912–13 1931–32 1951–52 1960–61 1969–70 1992 1996 ("A" team) 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2008
Romania	1984–85
Japan	1973 (no test) 1976 (no test) 1986
Fiji	1982 (no test) 1985 (no test) 1989
Samoa	1989 (no test) 1995 1996 (no test) 2005
Tonga	1997 (no test)
Pacific Islanders	2008
Canada	1979 (no test) 1983 (no test) 1994 1999 2004
United States	1924 (no test) 1977 (no test) 1999
Maori All Blacks	1888–89 1926–27

v t e Rugby union tours of Ireland
Argentina	1973 1990 1999 2002 2004 2008 2021
Australia	1927–28 (Waratahs) 1947–48 1957–58 1966–67 1968 1975–76 1981–82 1984 1992 1996 2002 2004 2005 2006 2009 2013
Canada	2008
Fiji	1985 1995 2002
Italy	1988-89
Japan	2000
New Zealand	1888–89 (Māori) 1905 1924–25 1926–27 (Māori) 1935–36 1953–54 1963–64 1972–73 1978 1989 1997 2001 2005 2008
Pacific Islanders	2006
Romania	1980 2002
Samoa	1988 1996 2001
South Africa	1906–07 1912–13 1931–32 1951–52 1960–61 1965 1969–70 1994 (no test) 1996 ("A" team) 1998 2000 2004 2006

v t e Rugby union tours of Wales
Argentina	1976 (no test) 1978 (no test) 1998 2001 2021 2022
Australia	1908–09 1927–28 (Waratahs) 1947–48 1957–58 1966–67 1973 1975–76 1981–82 1984 1992 1996 2001 2005 2006 2008 2009 2013
Canada	1979 (no test) 1999 2002 2008
Fiji	1964 1985 1995 2002 2005
Japan	1973 (no test) 1976 (no test) 1983 (no test) 1993 2004
New Zealand	1905 1924–25 1935–36 1953–54 1963–64 1967 1972–73 1974 (no test) 1978 1980 1989 1997 1998 2000 ("A" team) 2002 2004 2005 2006 2008
NZ Māori	1888–89 (NZ Natives) 1926–27 1982
Pacific Islanders	2006
Romania	1979 2002
Samoa	1988 1996 (no test) 2000
South Africa	1906–07 1912–13 1931–32 1951–52 1960–61 1969–70 1994 1996 2000 2004 2005 2007 2008
Tonga	1997 2001
United States	1987 1997 1999 (no test) 2000

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