2005 Samoa rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand

2005 Samoa rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand
Summary	P W D L
Total	04 00 00 03
Test match	01 00 00 01
Opponent	P W D L
Australia	1 0 0 1

The 2005 Samoa rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand was a series of matches played in June 2005 in Australia and New Zealand by the Samoa national rugby union team. It was a very experimental team, with nine debuts in an international test.

Results

Week 1

The Samoans won their opening mid-week tour match against New South Wales Country before being thrashed by the Wallabies in Sydney.^[1][2]

8 June 2005

NSW Country	0–39	Western Samoa XV

Sydney

11 June 2005

Australia	74–7	Western Samoa
Try: Chisholm, Elsom Latham, Mortlock (2) Rathbone, Rogers Sailor (2), Sharpe(2), Con: Giteau (5), Mortlock (2)		Try: Fanolua Con: Talapusi

Stadium Australia, Sydney Referee: Lyndon Bray (New Zealand)

Week 2

Samoa completed their short tour of Australia with a 40–25 loss to the Northern Territory Mosquitoes in Darwin,^[3] before travelling home via New Zealand, where they were defeated by North Harbour.

18 June 2005

Northern Territory	40–25	Western Samoa XV

Darwin

22 June 2005

North Harbour	18–10	Western Samoa XV

North Harbour, Albany, NZ

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