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Samoa face off against Chile in Rugby World Cup Round 2 on Sat 16th September 2023 at Stade Matmut-Atlantique. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 14:00. In South Africa it’s at 15:00 SAST, 01:00 NZST in New Zealand, 23:00 AEST in Australia and 06:00 EST in the US.
Chile won the last encounter but both teams are in the same form for their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by just 2 places in the rankings with Chile in position 17 and Samoa in position 19, underlining just how tight this match could be.
The official squads for Samoa vs Chile will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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Lima Sopoaga converts the try.
Great forward play by Samoa allows Sama Malolo to score the try.
Esteban Inostroza (Chile) is shown a yellow card
Ere Enari (Samoa) is shown a yellow card
Alfonso Escobar (Chile) is shown a yellow card
The touch judges raise their flags as Christian Leali'ifano kicks the conversion.
Nothing was going to stop Sama Malolo from scoring as they record the try for Samoa.
The Samoa maul march their way over the white wash for Fritz Lee to touch down.
Slick passing by Samoa leads to a try for Jonathan Taumateine.
Christian Leali'ifano adds the two points for Samoa.
Incisive passing by Samoa is finished off by Duncan Paia'aua, as they goes over for the try.
Christian Leali'ifano has kicked a penalty goal.
The touch judges raise their flags as Matias Garafulic kicks the penalty goal.
Christian Leali'ifano makes no mistake with that penalty goal attempt.
Christian Leali'ifano kicks the penalty.
Santiago Videla has kicked a conversion.
Chile are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Matias Dittus touching down.
Ulupano Seuteni (Samoa) is shown a yellow card
Christian Leali'ifano has kicked a penalty goal.