1994 Western Samoa rugby union tour of Australia

1994 Western Samoa rugby union tour of Australia
Summary	P W D L
Total	05 04 00 01
Test match	01 00 00 01
Opponent	P W D L
Australia	1 0 0 1

The 1994 Samoa rugby union tour of Australia was a series of five matches played by Samoa in Australia during July and August 1994.

Samoa won the first four matches against Victoria, ACT, Queensland and a New South Wales XV, but lost the Test against Australia in the final match of the tour in Sydney.

The Samoan team had played 17 games for the year by that stage. The tour followed closely after the Pacific Tri-Nations and Super 10 tournaments, which included matches in New Zealand, South Africa, Fiji, and Australia.

Results

Victoria vs Western Samoa

23 July 1994

Victoria	26–60	Western Samoa

Olympic Park, Melbourne [1]

ACT Kookaburras vs Western Samoa

27 July 1994

ACT Kookaburras	13–39	Western Samoa

Manuka Oval, Canberra [2]

Queensland vs Western Samoa

31 July 1994

Queensland	22–24	Western Samoa

Ballymore, Brisbane [3]

New South Wales XV vs Western Samoa

3 August 1994

New South Wales XV	18–21	Western Samoa

Marathon Stadium, Newcastle [4]

Australia vs Western Samoa

6 August 1994

Australia	73–3	Western Samoa
Try: Campese, Gavin, Gregan, Howard, Junee, Little (2), Ofahengaue, Pini, D. Smith (2) Con: Knox (6) Pen: Knox (2)	Report	Pen: Kellett

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney [5] Attendance: 30,167 Referee: Glenn Wahlstrom (New Zealand)

FB 15 Matt Pini RW 14 David Campese OC 13 Pat Howard IC 12 Jason Little LW 11 Damian Smith FH 10 David Knox SH 9 George Gregan LP 1 Tony Daly HK 2 Phil Kearns (c) TP 3 Ewen McKenzie LL 4 Garrick Morgan RL 5 John Eales BF 6 Viliami Ofahengaue OF 7 David Wilson N8 8 Tim Gavin Replacements: FB 16 Darren Junee CE 17 Dan Herbert Coach: Bob Dwyer

FB 15 Andrew Aiolupo RW 14 Brian Lima OC 13 To'o Vaega IC 12 Freddie Tuilagi LW 11 Toa Samania FH 10 Darren Kellett SH 9 Va'apu'u Vitale LP 1 Peter Fatialofa (c) HK 2 Stan To'omalatai TP 3 George Latu LL 4 Mark Birtwistle RL 5 Mata'afa Keenan BF 6 Dylan Mika OF 7 Sila Vaifale N8 8 Pat Lam Replacements: FL 16 Malaki Iupeli SH 17 Tu Nu'uali'itia Coach: Peter Schuster [6] [7] [8]

References

1. "Victoria v Samoa Match Program". 1994. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
2. "ACT Kookaburras v Manu Samoa Match Program". rugbyrelics.com. 1994. Archived from the original on 25 April 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
3. "Queensland v Western Samoa Match Program". 1994. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
4. "NSW-XV v Western Samoa Match Program". rugbyrelics.com. 1994. Archived from the original on 25 April 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
5. "Manu Samoa–Results History (1990–1994)". Samoa Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
6. "Kookas on the run but Samoa will give chase". Canberra Times. 25 July 1994. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
7. "Birtwistle in Samoan team". Canberra Times. 26 July 1994. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
8. "A.C.T. AND NATIONAL RESULTS". Canberra Times. 16 July 1994. Retrieved 4 September 2023.