Samoa 14–14 Scotland — Group B, 2017 Rugby League World Cup

11 Nov 2017 · Barlow Park, Cairns, Australia · Attendance: 4,309Lowest-attended match of the tournament

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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Group B, 2017 Rugby League World Cup: Samoa 14–14 Scotland, at Barlow Park, Cairns, Australia on 11 Nov 2017.

Scorers

Samoa	Tries: Paulo; Tonumaipe'a; Wright Goals: Wright (1/3)
Scotland	Tries: Mariano; Tierney Goals: Addy (3/4)

Teams

Samoa			Scotland
1	Yee-Huang Tonumaipe'a	Fullback	Lewis Tierney	1
2	Ricky Leutele	Wing	Shane Toal	2
3	Tim Lafai	Centre	Ben Hellewell	3
4	Joey Leilua	Centre	Lachlan Stein	4
5	Matthew Wright	Wing	Matthew Russell	5
6	Jarome Luai	Stand off/Five eighth	Danny Addy	6
7	Fa'amanu Brown	Scrum half/Half back	Oscar Thomas	7
8	Junior Paulo	Prop forward	Luke Douglas (c)	8
9	Jazz Tevaga	Hooker	Callum Phillips	9
10	Herman Ese'ese	Prop forward	Ben Kavanagh	10
11	Josh Papalii	Second row	Frankie Mariano	11
12	Frank Winterstein (c)	Second row	Dale Ferguson	12
13	Bunty Afoa	Loose forward/Lock forward	James Bell	13
Substitutes
14	Pita Godinet		Kane Bentley	14
15	Joseph Paulo		Brandan Wilkinson	15
16	Leeson Ah Mau		Andrew Bentley	16
17	Sam Tagataese		Jarred Anderson	17

Matt Parish		Coach	Steve McCormack

Match officials

Referee	Ashley Klein (Australia) — single-sourced
Touch judges	Jon Stone — single-sourced, Grant Atkins — single-sourced
Player of the match	Not confirmed to Tier-1 standard

Match report

Samoa and Scotland drew 14-14 at Cairns. Matthew Wright scored a try and kicked a conversion for Samoa, while Frankie Mariano and Lewis Tierney scored for Scotland, converted three times by Danny Addy.

Previous World Cup meetings

2000 Rugby League World Cup (Group D): Scotland 12–20 Samoa

Sources

← 2017 Rugby League World Cup — full match archive

← 2017 Rugby League World Cup