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Samoa face a trip to Dublin this weekend to take on Ireland following a
13-10 win over Japan in Tokyo on the first leg of their four test match tour.
That match was played in heavy rain and strong winds brought about by
Typhoon Chaba and the Samoans came from 10 points down at half time to
win the game thanks to a try by KAHN FOTUALI’I and eight points from the
boot of LOLO LUI.
Ireland lost the first of their four November test matches against touring
sides last weekend when they were beaten 23-21 by South Africa, who
won in Dublin for the first time since November 2000. That match marked
RONAN O’GARA’s 100th test for Ireland after he came off the replacements
bench in the last quarter of the match with Ireland 23-9 behind. His intro-
duction sparked an Irish revival with two late tries but O’Gara’s touchline
conversion to level the scores hit the woodwork and South Africa held on
for victory.
This will only be the fifth time that Ireland and Samoa have met in test
matches, with Samoa’s only victory coming in Dublin in November 1996,
when they won 40-25. Samoa have played nine matches on tour in Europe
since the start of the century and their only win came in November 2001,
when they beat Italy 13-9 in L’Aquila. They lost all three matches on tour last
November to Wales, France and Italy.
Ireland’s defeat to South Africa saw them drop a place to sixth in the IRB
World Rankings below England but they would regain fifth place if they
beat Samoa and England lose to Australia. If France also lost at home to Fiji,
Ireland would move up to fourth place in the rankings.
If Ireland lose to Samoa they could drop up to three places in the rankings,
with Scotland, Argentina and Wales all able to pass them with victories over
New Zealand, Italy and South Africa respectively.
Samoa moved up one place to 11th in the rankings following their win
over Japan and victory over Ireland on Saturday would see them move
up a place into the top 10 if Fiji lose to France. The Samoans could also
drop a place in the rankings if they lose to Ireland and Italy win at home to
Argentina.
Since DECLAN KIDNEY took over as Head Coach in 2008, Ireland have won
14 matches, drawn one and lost six. They have now lost their last four, in-
cluding defeats to New Zealand and Australia on tour in June and Ireland’s
last win was a 27-12 victory over Wales in the Six Nations Championship in
March.
Samoa’s Head Coach, TITIMAEA TAFUA, was appointed in February 2009.
Since then Samoa have won seven and lost five, with the highlight coming
in winning the 2010 ANZ Pacific Nations Cup by beating Fiji 31-9 in Apia in
the deciding match of the tournament.
Potential milestones
Ireland need six more penalty goals to reach 800 in test match history.
BRIAN O’DRISCOLL will become the most capped centre in test history on
Saturday when starting his 104th test match for Ireland in that position,
overtaking Philippe Sella’s previous record for France. He will also join Sella
on 111 test match caps overall, including six appearances for the British and
Irish Lions, which would put them joint fourth on all time test appearances.
RONAN O’GARA needs three points to become the fifth highest points
scorer in test history. He is on 965 points, just two behind Andrew Mehrtens
of New Zealand. O’Gara will also move up to third in the all time list of
conversions scored if he places two more through the posts on Saturday. He
is currently one behind Jonny Wilkinson on 155 conversions, with only Dan
Carter (197) and Andrew Mehrtens (169) above them on the lis