History of rugby union matches between Fiji and Samoa
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The Fiji and the Samoa national teams have played each other fifty-six times with Fiji holding the majority on thirty-two wins against Samoa's twenty-one. They regularly play each other in the annual Pacific Nations Cup (PNC).
During the early years of their encounters, they played each other in sporadic small tours or in the South Pacific Championship and the Pacific-Rim Championship with other Pacific nations. They would also play each other on a friendly home-and-away-away basis, but these matches would mostly be used for Rugby World Cup (RWC) qualification. These two sides have only played each other once in a Rugby World Cup fixture, in the 2011 Rugby World Cup{{Cite web |url=http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/qualifying/news/newsid=2032746.html |title=Samoa qualify for 2011 Rugby World Cup |access-date=2013-04-01 |archive-date=2009-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090723191332/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/qualifying/news/newsid=2032746.html |url-status=dead }} in New Zealand, where they met at Eden Park.{{cite news |title=Rugby World Cup: Fiji-Samoa clash is a sellout at Eden Park |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-rugby-world-cup-fiji-samoa-clash-is-a-sellout-at-eden-park-1590689 |work=DNA India |access-date=18 December 2020}} Samoa won the match 27–7.
Summary
Note: Summary below reflects test results by both teams.
=Overview=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| width="125"| Details
!width="125"| Played !width="125"| Won by !width="125"| Won by !width="125"| Drawn !width="125"| Fiji points !width="125"| Samoa points |
|---|
| In Fiji
|align=center|28 |align=center|19 |align=center|9 |align=center|0 |align=center|646 |align=center|414 |
| In Samoa
|align=center|21 |align=center|9 |align=center|10 |align=center|2 |align=center|313 |align=center|406 |
| Neutral venue
|align=center|7 |align=center|4 |align=center|2 |align=center|1 |align=center|185 |align=center|159 |
| class="sortbottom"
!align=center|Overall !align=center|56 !align=center|32 !align=center|21 !align=center|3 !align=center|1,144 !align=center|979 |
=Records=
Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set.
| class="wikitable" |
| Record
!Fiji !Samoa |
|---|
| Longest winning streak
|6 (21 Sep 1928 – 2 Jun 1982) |5 (10 Jun 1989 – 2 Jul 1994) |
| colspan=3 align=center|Largest points for |
| Home
|60 (20 Jul 1996) |40 (1 Jun 1991) |
| Away
|39 (3 Aug 2015) |36 (9 Jul 2011) |
| colspan=3 align=center|Largest winning margin |
| Home
|60 (20 Jul 1996) |26 (9 Jul 2005) |
| Away
|22 (15 Jul 2017) |20 (25 Sep 2011) |
| colspan=3 align=center|Most aggregate points |
| colspan=3 align=center|68 (Fiji 39–29 Samoa) (3 August 2015) |
Results
| class="wikitable"
! No. ! Date ! Venue ! Score ! Winner ! Competition |
| 1
|18 August 1924 |align="center"| 0–6 |{{ru|FIJ|colonial}} |rowspan=2|1924 Fiji tour of Western Samoa and Tonga |
|---|
| 2
|19 September 1924 |Apia Park, Apia |align="center"| 9–3 |{{ru|Samoa|colonial|name=Western Samoa}} |
| 3
|21 September 1928 |Apia Park, Apia |align="center"| 8–9 |{{ru|FIJ|colonial}} |1928 Fiji tour to Western Samoa and Tonga |
| 4
|30 August 1963 |Buckhurst Park, Suva |align="center"| 29–6 |{{ru|FIJ|colonial}} |rowspan=2|1963 South Pacific Games |
| 5
|5 September 1963 |Backhurst Park, Suva |align="center"| 42–3 |{{ru|FIJ|colonial}} |
| 6
|8 September 1979 |align="center"| 16–13 |{{ru|FIJ}} |
| 7
|27 June 1981 |align="center"| 15–7 |{{ru|FIJ}} |rowspan=2|1981 Western Samoa tour of Fiji |
| 8
|4 July 1981 |National Stadium, Suva |align="center"| 18–12 |{{ru|FIJ}} |
| 9
|2 June 1982 |Apia Park, Apia |align="center"| 6–6 |align=center|draw |rowspan=2|1982 Fiji tour of Western Samoa |
| 10
|15 June 1982 |Chanel College field, Apia |align="center"| 3–14 |{{ru|FIJ}} |
| 11
|21 August 1982 |National Stadium, Suva |align="center"| 8–10 |{{ru|SAM|name=Western Samoa}} |
| 12
|25 June 1983 |National Stadium, Suva |align="center"| 0–6{{efn|Western Samoa won by virtue of the game being abandoned.}} |{{ru|SAM|name=Western Samoa}} |
| 13
|5 September 1983 |Apia Park, Apia |align="center"| 10–18 |{{ru|FIJ}} |
| 14
|30 June 1984 |National Stadium, Suva |align="center"| 17–10 |{{ru|FIJ}} |1984 South Pacific Championship |
| 15
|1 June 1985 |Apia Park, Apia |align="center"| 17–18 |{{ru|FIJ}} |1985 South Pacific Championship |
| 16
|2 July 1986 |Teufaiva Sport Stadium, Nukuʻalofa (Tonga) |align="center"| 29–9 |{{ru|FIJ}} |1986 South Pacific Championship |
| 17
|22 August 1987 |National Stadium, Suva |align="center"| 37–14 |{{ru|FIJ}} |1987 South Pacific Championship |
| 18
|4 June 1988 |Apia Par, Apia |align="center"| 17–17 |align=center|draw |1988 South Pacific Championship |
| 19
|10 June 1989 |Apia Park, Apia |align="center"| 32–13 |{{ru|SAM|name=Western Samoa}} |1989 South Pacific Championship |
| 20
|23 June 1990 |align="center"| 17–30 |{{ru|SAM|name=Western Samoa}} |1990 South Pacific Championship |
| 21
|1 June 1991 |Apia Park, Apia |align="center"| 40–23 |{{ru|SAM|name=Western Samoa}} |1991 South Pacific Championship |
| 22
|20 June 1992 |National Stadium, Suva |align="center"| 16–20 |{{ru|SAM|name=Western Samoa}} |1992 South Pacific Championship |
| 23
|5 June 1993 |Apia Park, Apia |align="center"| 27–3 |{{ru|SAM|name=Western Samoa}} |1993 South Pacific Championship |
| 24
|2 July 1994 |align="center"| 20–13 |{{ru|FIJ}} |1994 South Pacific Championship |
| 25
|1 July 1995 |Apia Park, Apia |align="center"| 35–17 |{{ru|SAM|name=Western Samoa}} |1995 South Pacific Championship |
| 26
|20 July 1996 |National Stadium, Suva |align="center"| 60–0 |{{ru|FIJ}} |1996 South Pacific Championship |
| 27
|5 July 1997 |Apia Park, Apia |align="center"| 26–17 |{{ru|SAM}} |1997 South Pacific Championship |
| 28
|22 September 1998 |Canberra Stadium, Canberra (Australia)[http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/match/23457.html Fiji and Samoa played in Canberra] |align="center"| 26–18 |{{ru|FIJ}} |
| 29
|3 July 1999 |Churchill Park, Lautoka |align="center"| 15–27 |{{ru|SAM}} |1999 Pacific-rim Championship |
| 30
|3 June 2000 |Apia Park, Apia |align="center"| 31–17 |{{ru|SAM}} |2000 Pacific-rim Championship |
| 31
|9 June 2001 |National Stadium, Suva |align="center"| 27–36 |{{ru|SAM}} |rowspan=3|2001 Pacific-rim Championship |
| 32
|23 June 2001 |Apia Park, Apia |align="center"| 19–22 |{{ru|FIJ}} |
| 33
|8 July 2001 |Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo (Japan) |align="center"| 28–17 |{{ru|FIJ}} |
| 34
|1 June 2002 |Apia Park, Apia |align="center"| 16–17 |{{ru|FIJ}} |rowspan=2|2002 Pacific Tri-Nations |
| 35
|22 June 2002 |Prince Charles Park, Nadi |align="center"| 12–22 |{{ru|SAM}} |
| 36
|12 June 2004 |National Stadium, Suva |align="center"| 29–3 |{{ru|FIJ}} |
| 37
|9 July 2005 |Apia Park, Apia |align="center"| 36–10 |{{ru|SAM}} |rowspan=2|2005 Pacific Tri-Nations |
| 38
|30 July 2005 |National Stadium, Suva |align="center"| 21–15 |{{ru|FIJ}} |
| 39
|24 June 2006 |Albert Park, Suva |align="center"| 23–20 |{{ru|FIJ}} |
| 40
|19 May 2007 |Apia Park, Apia |align="center"| 8–3 |{{ru|SAM}} |
| 41
|7 June 2008 |Churchill Park, Lautoka |align="center"| 34–17 |{{ru|FIJ}} |
| 42
|27 June 2009 |Churchill Park, Lautoka |align="center"| 19–14 |{{ru|FIJ}} |
| 43
|26 June 2010 |Apia Park, Apia |align="center"| 31–9 |{{ru|SAM}} |
| 44
|9 July 2011 |National Stadium, Suva |align="center"| 36–18 |{{ru|FIJ}} |
| 45
|25 September 2011 |Eden Park, Auckland (New Zealand) |align="center"| 7–27 |{{ru|SAM}} |
| 46
|10 June 2012 |Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo (Japan) |align="center"| 26–29 |{{ru|SAM}} |
| 47
|21 June 2014 |National Stadium, Suva |align="center"| 13–18 |{{ru|SAM}} |
| 48
|24 July 2015 |Bonney Field, Sacramento (United States) |align="center"| 30–30 |align=center|draw |
| 49
|3 August 2015 |Swangard Stadium, Burnaby (Canada) |align="center"| 39–29 |{{ru|FIJ}} |
| 50
|18 June 2016 |National Stadium, Suva |align="center"| 26–16 |{{ru|FIJ}} |
| 51
|15 July 2017 |Apia Park, Apia |align="center"| 16–38 |{{ru|FIJ}} |
| 52
|9 June 2018 |National Stadium, Suva |align="center"| 24–22 |{{ru|FIJ}} |
| 53
|10 August 2019 |National Stadium, Suva |align="center"| 10–3 |{{ru|FIJ}} |
| 54
|16 July 2022 |Churchill Park, Lautoka |align="center"| 20–23 |{{ru|SAM}} |
| 55
|29 July 2023 |Apia Park, Apia |align="center"| 19–33 |{{ru|Fiji}} |
| 56
|23 August 2024 |National Stadium, Suva |align="center"| 42–16 |{{ru|Fiji}} |
XV Results
Below is a list of matches that Samoa has awarded matches test match status by virtue of awarding caps, but Fiji did not award caps.
| class="wikitable"
!Date !Venue !Score !Winner !Competition |
| 18 June 1955
|Apia Park, Apia |align="center"| 3–26 |{{ru|FIJ|colonial}} |rowspan=3|1955 Fiji tour of Samoa |
| 11 June 1955
|Apia Park, Apia |align="center"| 6–14 |{{ru|FIJ|colonial}} |
| 4 June 1955
|Apia Park, Apia |align="center"| 11–18 |{{ru|FIJ|colonial}} |
Notes
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References
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