| ENGLAND 35 | V | SAMOA 22 | |||
| COMPETITION: Rugby World Cup, Pool C | |||||
| VENUE: Colonial Stadium, Melbourne | DATE: 26 October, 2003 | SPECTATORS: 50,647 | |||
| REFEREE: J. Kaplan (South Africa) | HALFTIME: 13-16 | ||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||
| TRIES: Balshaw, Back, Vickery, penalty | TRIES: Sititi | ||||
| CONVERSIONS: Wilkinson (3) | CONVERSIONS: Va'a | ||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Wilkinson (2) | PENALTY GOALS: Va'a (5) | ||||
| DROPPED GOALS: Wilkinson | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||
| 15 | Jason Robinson | Sale RFC | 15 | Tanner Vili | Borders, Scotland |
| 14 | Iain Balshaw | Bath RFC | 14 | Lome Fa'atau | Wellington, New Zealand |
| 13 | Stuart Abbott (21) | London Wasps RFC | 13 | Terry Fanolua (22) | Gloucester RFC, England |
| 12 | Mike Tindall | Bath RFC | 12 | Brian Lima | Secom RFC, Japan |
| 11 | Ben Cohan | Northampton RFC | 11 | Sailosi Tagicakibau (21) | Papakura RFC, New Zealand |
| 10 | Jonny Wilkinson | Newcastle RFC | 10 | Earl Va'a | Oriental-Rongotai RFC, NZ |
| 9 | Matt Dawson | Northampton RFC | 9 | Steven So'oialo (20) | Orrell RFC, England |
| 8 | Lawrence Dallaglio | London Wasps RFC | 8 | Semo Sititi (Cap) | Borders, Scotland |
| 7 | Niel Back | Leicester RFC | 7 | Maurie Fa'asavalu | Marist St Josephs RFC |
| 6 | Joe Worsley (19) | London Wasps RFC | 6 | Peter Poulos (19) | NTT Docomo RFC, Japan |
| 5 | Martin Johnson (C) | Leicester RFC | 5 | Leo Lafaiali'i (18) | Sanyo RFC, Japan |
| 4 | Ben Kay | Leicester RFC | 4 | Opeta Palepoi | Exeter RFC, England |
| 3 | Julian White (17) | Leicester RFC | 3 | Jeremy Tomuli (17) | Colomiers RFC, France |
| 2 | Mark Regan (16) | Leeds RFC | 2 | Jonathan Meredith (16) | Ponsonby RFC, New Zealand |
| 1 | Jason Lenoard | Harlequins RFC | 1 | Kas Lealamanua | Marist St Josephs RFC |
| 16 | Steve Thompson (2) | Northampton RFC | 16 | Mahonri Schwalger (2) | Hawkes Bay, New Zealand |
| 17 | Phil Vickery (3) | Gloucester RFC | 17 | Simon Lemalu (3) | Otahuhu RFC, New Zealand |
| 18 | Martin Corry | Leicester RFC | 18 | Des Tuiavi'i (5) | West Harbour RFC, Australia |
| 19 | Lewis Moody (6) | Leicester RFC | 19 | Kitiona Viliamu (6) | Counties Manukau, N.Zealand |
| 20 | Andy Gomersall | Gloucester RFC | 20 | Denning Tyrell (9) | Taranaki, New Zealand |
| 21 | Mike Catt (13) | Bath RFC | 21 | Dominic Feaunati (11) | Marist St Pauls RFC, New Zealand |
| 22 | Dan Luger | Harlequins RFC | 22 | Dale Rasmussen (13) | Ponsonby RFC, New Zealand |
| COACH: Clive Woodward | COACH: John Boe | ||||
| MATCH NOTES Source-www.manusamoa.com.ws; /www.worldcupweb.com This was one of the highlight matches of the 2003 Rugby World Cup. Samoa displayed all the passion, fire and skill that makes this the greatest game played in heaven. This game had it all. In the end, England's fitness, experience and again ability to withstand pressure saw them through. This will probably be Samoa's match of the century! It will certainly at least be talked about for that long. |
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