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June 04, 2004

Samoa 3 - Scotland 38

Posted by Assistant Editor on June 4, 2004 10:44 AM | 4 comments | Print | E-mail author

Sean Lamont played well in today's first test win for Scotland under Matt Williams.
Scotland have won the first of their summer tests, beating Samoa 3-38.

Conditions were difficult with strong wind and heavy rain but the wind did not favour either team, simply swirled around the stadium.

Samoa, fresh from a 24-14 victory over Tonga last weekend, were captained by former Borders number eight Semo Sititi.

The game's five tries were scored by Gordon Ross, Ben Hinshelwood, Ally Hogg, Simon Webster and Mike Blair. However, Samoa were first to put points on the board with a penalty from Roger Warren.

The visitors responded with two penalties from Chris Paterson and Ross' try before half time.

Scotland claimed their second try one minute into the second half. Bruce Douglas was stopped inches from the line, but Ross swept the ball wide for Hinshelwood to grab his first Test try.

A fine pick-up and another half-break from Lamont and drive from MacFadyen took Scotland close before Hogg was driven over for their third try.

Webster and Blair grabbed further tries as the Scots confirmed their dominance.

"It's hard to single players out," said Matt Williams. "I thought the centre combination really worked well. I thought Andy Henderson had his best game for Scotland tonight, both in attack and defence.

"I thought Scott Murray was a real captain and Donnie Macfadyen did really well. It was a great team effort."

Samoa: Vili, Fa'atau, Lima, Tagicakibau, Warren, So'oialo, Lealamanua, Meredith, Leupolu, Lafaiali'i, Palepoi, Vaili, Sititi (capt.), Ulia.
Replacements: Tafunai, Lemalu, Viliamu, Von Dincklage, Senio, Schuster, Lemi.

Scotland: Paterson, Lamont, Hinshelwood, Henderson, Webster, Ross, Cusiter, T Smith, Bulloch, Douglas, Grimes, Murray (capt.), White, Hogg, MacFadyen.
Replacements: Scott, C Smith, Fullarton, Petrie, Blair, Parks, Southwell.

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Comments
Posted by hugues from france on June 4, 2004 04:08 PM | Reply to this comment

Happy to see Scotland better.

The fans must be happy to see Donnie MCFADYEN in the national squad and good feeling from the coach.
On this website from the fans, i heard good things about Donnie MCFADYEN on this website from the fans (i've never seen him, a shame).
I am realy happy for Andy HENDERSON, every time i saw him during the world cup and 6 nations, i was impressed by his combativeness, i think he's got a lot of potential to exploit.

COME ON Scotland and GLASWEGIANS

Posted by hugues on June 4, 2004 05:00 PM | Reply to this comment

Sorry for the mistake MCFAYDEN

Posted by Phall on June 4, 2004 05:46 PM | Reply to this comment

As I wander homelessly around the flotasam and jetsam of city life, this is indeed great nes.

Well done to the squad.

Posted by Jonny McGarrigle on June 4, 2004 10:54 PM | Reply to this comment

Brilliant , had the biggest kick i've had in a while when I sneakily checked the final score during my I.T class and saw that our boys hammered the Samoans. Took it a bit too far with the punching the air and all that though. Great job anyway boys , good to here the Glasgow boys like Andy,Sean and Donnie having a say in it too. Lets give the Aussies the fright of their lives!

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