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World Rugby Chair Brett Robinson was stopped by a couple of Zimbabwe supporters before flying to Sydney on Tuesday.
Samoa face off against Chile in Internationals on Sat 20th September 2025 at America First Field. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 20:35 and is broadcast on RugbyPass TV. In South Africa it’s at 21:35 SAST on RugbyPass TV, 07:35 NZST on RugbyPass TV in New Zealand, 05:35 AEST on RugbyPass TV in Australia and 12:35 EST on Paramount+ 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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A wonderful passing move by Samoa is finished off by Abraham Papali'i
Christian Leali'ifano has kicked a conversion.
A bit of individual brilliance by Abraham Papali'i leads to a try for Samoa
The touch judges raise their flags as Christian Leali'ifano kicks the conversion.
Alamanda Motuga scores! That alone was worth the admission price!!!
Santiago Videla adds the two points for Chile.
The defence are desperately trying to hold out here but it was to no avail as Matias Garafulic dots the ball down from close range.
Slick passing by Samoa leads to a try for Latrell Smiler Ah-Kiong.
Benjamin Videla (Chile) is shown a yellow card
Santiago Videla has kicked a penalty goal.
Santiago Videla makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
A wonderful passing move by Chile is finished off by Santiago Pedrero
Samoa are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Theo Steffany picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.
A series of passes by Chile results in a try for Matias Garafulic
Iakopo Mapu (Samoa) is shown a yellow card
Christian Leali'ifano makes no mistake with that penalty goal attempt.
Santiago Videla kicks the penalty.
Santiago Videla has kicked a conversion.
Chile are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Javier Eissmann touching down.