RWC warmup - Ireland v Samoa

[Duluth]

Samoa

15 Duncan Paia’aua, 14 Ed Fidow, 13 UJ Seuteni, 12 Tumua Manu, 11 Nigel Ah Wong, 10 Lima Sopoaga, 9 Jonathan Taumateine, 8 Steven Luatua, 7 Fritz Lee, 6 Taleni Seu, 5 Theo McFarland, 4 Chris Vui (co-captain), 3 Paul Alo-Emile, 2 Seilala Lam, 1 James Lay

Reserves: 16 Sama Malolo, 17 Jordan Lay, 18 Michael Alaalatoa (co-captain), 19 Miracle Fai’ilagi, 20 Jordan Taufua, 21 Ereatara Enari, 22 Christian Leali’ifano, 23 Neria Foma’i

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Ireland

15 Jimmy O’Brien, 14 Mack Hansen, 13 Robbie Henshaw, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Keith Earls, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Caelan Doris, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Ryan Baird, 5 Tadhg Beirne, 4 Iain Henderson, 3 Finlay Bealham, 2 Tom Stewart, 1 Cian Healy

Reserves: 16 Rob Herring, 17 Jeremy Loughman, 18 Tom O’Toole, 19 James Ryan, 20 Peter O’Mahony, 21 Craig Casey, 22 Ross Byrne, 23 Garry Ringrose

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Sopoaga starts at ten for Samoa

Loads of changes for Ireland

[Stargazer]

Sun 27 August 2023
Kick-off 6.45am NZT
Live on Sky Sport 1

[MiketheSnow]

Crazy stat from Tullett (commentary team)

Since last RWC Ireland have played 37 tests

Samoa just 10, and only 1 against a Tier 1 nation

[sparky]

Samoa leading Ireland 10-7 at half time!

[sparky]

All Samoa at the start of the Second half, putting Ireland under so much pressure.

Ireland 7 Samoa 13 after 46 minutes.

[sparky]

Bayonne is a fantastic place to watch Rugby. Great atmosphere, noisy and knowledgable locals.

[sparky]

Samoa haven’t beaten Ireland since 1996. They lead Ireland 13-7 with 30 to go.

[Dan54]

@sparky Enjoying this game, it's a good watch so far.

[sparky]

Good response from Ireland. Conor Murray keeps chasing a kick from Stockdale and scores. Ireland 12 Samoa 13.

[sparky]

Conversation missed. Samoa keep the lead by a point.

[sparky]

Lots of kicking in the last five minutes. Ireland looking sharper at the breakdown.

[sparky]

Great Samoan break.

[sparky]

Samoa deep on attack again,but it’s knocked on.

[sparky]

Huge performance from Samoa and giving so much entertainment to the Bayonne crowd. Ireland 12 Samoa 13. 20 to go!

[sparky]

Samoa lead the number 1 ranked side in the world!

[sparky]

These scrums are taking too long. If Conor Murray is taking this long to out the ball in, Wayne Barnes should give a free kick.

[sparky]

Tough penalty there against Samoa. Irish prop on the far side went down first.

[antipodean]

@sparky said in RWC warmup - Ireland v Samoa:

Tough penalty there against Samoa. Irish prop on the far side went down first.

Barnes reckons it was clear to him. Useless referee.

[sparky]

Hugely impressive performance by Samoa so far.

[sparky]

Again, Barnes gives a marginal penalty to Ireland.