History of rugby union matches between Fiji and Samoa

The Fiji and the Samoa national teams have played each other on fifty-three occasions, with Fiji winning thirty, Samoa twenty.

They regularly play each other in the Pacific Nations Cup, with both teams winning four times in eight meetings.

During the early years of their encounters, they played 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 basis, but these matches would mostly be used for Rugby World Cup qualification. These two sides have only played each other once in a Rugby World Cup game, in the 2011 Rugby World Cup[1] in New Zealand, where they played in the iconic Eden Park.[2] Samoa won the match 27–7.

Summary

Note: Summary below reflects test results by both teams.

Overview

Details	Played	Won by  Fiji	Won by  Samoa	Drawn	Fiji points	Samoa points
In Fiji	26	18	8	0	584	375
In Samoa	20	8	10	2	280	387
Neutral venue	7	4	2	1	185	159
Overall	53	30	20	3	1049	921

Records

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

Record	Fiji	Samoa
Longest winning streak	6 (21 September 1928 – 2 June 1982)	5 (10 June 1989 – 2 July 1994)
Largest points for
Home	60 (20 July 1996)	40 (1 June 1991)
Away	39 (3 August 2015)	36 (9 July 2011)
Largest winning margin
Home	60 (20 July 1996)	26 (9 July 2005)
Away	22 (15 July 2017)	20 (25 September 2011)
Most aggregate points
68 (Fiji 39 – 29 Samoa) (3 August 2015)

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
1	18 August 1924	Apia Park, Apia	0–6	Fiji
2	19 September 1924	Apia Park, Apia	9–3	Western Samoa
3	21 September 1928	Apia Park, Apia	8–9	Fiji
4	30 August 1963	Buckhurst Park, Suva	29–6	Fiji	1963 Samoan tour of Fiji
5	5 September 1963	Backhurst Park, Suva	42–3	Fiji
6	8 September 1979	National Stadium, Suva	16–13	Fiji
7	27 June 1981	Churchill Park, Lautoka	15–7	Fiji	1981 Samoan tour of Fiji
8	4 July 1981	National Stadium, Suva	18–12	Fiji
9	2 June 1982	Apia Park, Apia	6–6	Draw	1982 South Pacific Championship
10	15 June 1982	Chanel College field, Apia	3–14	Fiji
11	21 August 1982	National Stadium, Suva	8–10	Western Samoa
12	25 June 1983	National Stadium, Suva	0–6[lower-alpha 1]	Western Samoa	1983 South Pacific Championship
13	5 September 1983	Apia Park, Apia	10–18	Fiji
14	30 June 1984	National Stadium, Suva	17–10	Fiji	1984 South Pacific Championship
15	1 June 1985	Apia Park, Apia	17–18	Fiji	1985 South Pacific Championship
16	2 July 1986	Teufaiva Sport Stadium, Nukuʻalofa, Tonga	29–9	Fiji	1986 South Pacific Championship
17	22 August 1987	National Stadium, Suva	37–14	Fiji	1987 South Pacific Championship
18	4 June 1988	Apia Par, Apia	17–17	Draw	1988 South Pacific Championship
19	10 June 1989	Apia Park, Apia	32–13	Western Samoa	1989 South Pacific Championship
20	23 June 1990	Ratu Cakobau Park, Nausori	17–30	Western Samoa	1990 South Pacific Championship
21	1 June 1991	Apia Park, Apia	40–23	Western Samoa	1991 South Pacific Championship
22	20 June 1992	National Stadium, Suva	16–20	Western Samoa	1992 South Pacific Championship
23	5 June 1993	Apia Park, Apia	27–3	Western Samoa	1993 South Pacific Championship
24	2 July 1994	Prince Charles Park, Nadi	20–13	Fiji	1994 South Pacific Championship
25	1 July 1995	Apia Park, Apia	35–17	Western Samoa	1995 South Pacific Championship
26	20 July 1996	National Stadium, Suva	60–0	Fiji	1996 South Pacific Championship
27	5 July 1997	Apia Park, Apia	26–17	Samoa	1997 South Pacific Championship
28	22 September 1998	Canberra Stadium, Canberra, Australia[3]	26–18	Fiji
29	3 July 1999	Churchill Park, Lautoka	15–27	Samoa	1999 Pacific-rim Championship
30	3 June 2000	Apia Park, Apia	31–17	Samoa	2000 Pacific-rim Championship
31	9 June 2001	National Stadium, Suva	27–36	Samoa	2001 Pacific-rim Championship
32	23 June 2001	Apia Park, Apia	19–22	Fiji
33	8 July 2001	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	28–17	Fiji
34	1 June 2002	Apia Park, Apia	16–17	Fiji
35	22 June 2002	Prince Charles Park, Nadi	12–22	Samoa
36	12 June 2004	National Stadium, Suva	29–3	Fiji
37	9 July 2005	Apia Park, Apia	36–10	Samoa
38	30 July 2005	National Stadium, Suva	21–15	Fiji
39	24 June 2006	Albert Park, Suva	23–20	Fiji	2006 IRB Pacific 5 Nations
40	19 May 2007	Apia Park, Apia	8–3	Samoa	2007 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
41	7 June 2008	Churchill Park, Lautoka	34–17	Fiji	2008 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
42	27 June 2009	Churchill Park, Lautoka	19–14	Fiji	2009 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
43	26 June 2010	Apia Park, Apia	31–9	Samoa	2010 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
44	9 July 2011	National Stadium, Suva	36–18	Fiji	2011 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
45	25 September 2011	Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand	7–27	Samoa	2011 Rugby World Cup Pool D
46	10 June 2012	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	26–29	Samoa	2012 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
47	21 June 2014	National Stadium, Suva	13–18	Samoa	2014 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
48	24 July 2015	Bonney Field, Sacramento, United States	30–30	Draw	2015 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup
49	3 August 2015	Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada	39–29	Fiji	2015 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup final
50	18 June 2016	National Stadium, Suva	26–16	Fiji	2016 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup
51	15 July 2017	Apia Park, Apia	16–38	Fiji	2017 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup
52	9 June 2018	National Stadium, Suva	24–22	Fiji	2018 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup
53	10 August 2019	National Stadium, Suva	10–3	Fiji	2019 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup

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.

Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
18 June 1955	Apia Park, Apia	3–26	Fiji	1955 Fiji tour of Samoa
11 June 1955	Apia Park, Apia	6–14	Fiji
4 June 1955	Apia Park, Apia	11–18	Fiji

Notes

1. Western Samoa wins by virtue of the game being abandoned.

References

1. Samoa qualify for 2011 Rugby World Cup
2. "Rugby World Cup: Fiji-Samoa clash is a sellout at Eden Park". DNA India. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
3. Fiji and Samoa played in Canberra