History of rugby union matches between Australia and Samoa

Australia and Samoa have played each other five times at rugby union with Australia winning four times and Samoa once. Four of these test matches were played on Australian soil with the other played at a neutral venue as part of the 1991 Rugby World Cup. This is the only time the teams have played each other in a Rugby World Cup.

In 2011, Samoa was one of Australia's warm-up opponents ahead of the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Samoa was victorious, winning 32-23 in Sydney, the first time Manu Samoa had won a test match against Australia.

Summary

Overall

Details	Played	Won by  Australia	Won by  Samoa	Drawn	Australia points	Samoa points
In Australia	4	3	1	0	195	55
In Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0
Neutral venue	1	1	0	0	9	3
Overall	5	4	1	0	204	58

Records

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set.

Record	Australia	Samoa
Longest winning streak	4 (9 Oct 1991–17 Jul 2011)	1 (17 Jul 2011–Present)
Largest points for
Home	74 (11 June 2005)	NA
Away	9 (9 October 1991)	32 (17 July 2011)
Largest winning margin
Home	70 (6 August 1994)	NA
Away	6 (9 October 1991)	9 (17 July 2011)

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
5	17 July 2011	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	23 – 32	Samoa	Rugby World Cup Warm-up
4	11 June 2005	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	74 – 7	Australia
3	26 September 1998	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane	25 – 13	Australia	1999 Rugby World Cup Qualifier
2	6 August 1994	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney	73 – 3	Australia
1	9 October 1991	Pontypool Park, Pontypool, Wales	9 – 3	Australia	1991 Rugby World Cup Pool 3 Match

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