England 60–6 Samoa — Group A, 2021 Rugby League World Cup

15 Oct 2022 · St James' Park, Newcastle, England · Attendance: 43,119

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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Group A, 2021 Rugby League World Cup: England 60–6 Samoa, at St James' Park, Newcastle, England on 15 Oct 2022.

Scoring timeline

22′	England — try, Welsby · Makinson kicked
25′	England — try, Young · Makinson kicked
30′	England — try, Young · Makinson missed
34′	Samoa — try, Tago · Crichton kicked
49′	England — try, Watkins · Makinson kicked
65′	England — try, Farnworth · Makinson kicked
69′	England — try, Whitehead · Makinson kicked
71′	England — try, Whitehead · Makinson kicked
74′	England — try, Makinson · Makinson kicked
76′	England — try, Williams · Makinson kicked
80′	England — try, Burgess · Makinson missed

Tries in order scored, with the conversion kicked/missed alongside each one where our source data lets us match a kicker to that specific try. Sources don't record exact minutes for missed kicks, so misses are matched by elimination (attempts left over once every made kick is accounted for), not sequenced by time. Standalone penalty goals are shown separately below, not attached to a try.

Scorers

England	Tries: Welsby 22'; Young (2) 25', 30'; Watkins 49'; Farnworth 65'; Whitehead (2) 69', 71'; Makinson 74'; Williams 76'; Burgess 80' Goals: Makinson (10/12) 6' pen, 23', 26', 49', 63' pen, 66', 69', 71', 74', 79'
Samoa	Tries: Tago 34' Goals: Crichton (1/1) 35'

Teams

England			Samoa
1	Sam Tomkins	Fullback	Joseph Suaalii	1
2	Tommy Makinson	Wing	Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow	18
3	Kallum Watkins	Centre	Izack Tago	3
4	Herbie Farnworth	Centre	Stephen Crichton	4
14	Dom Young	Wing	Brian To'o	5
6	Jack Welsby	Stand off/Five eighth	Jarome Luai	6
7	George Williams	Scrum half/Half back	Anthony Milford	7
8	Tom Burgess	Prop forward	Josh Papali'i	8
9	Micky McIlorum	Hooker	Danny Levi	9
18	Chris Hill	Prop forward	Junior Paulo	10
11	Elliott Whitehead	Second row	Jaydn Su'a	12
20	Mike McMeeken	Second row	Josh Aloiai	13
13	Victor Radley	Loose forward/Lock forward	Braden Hamlin-Uele	24
Substitutes
10	Luke Thompson		Tyrone May	14
15	Morgan Knowles		Spencer Leniu	16
16	Matty Lees		Martin Taupau	17
17	Mike Cooper		Kelma Tuilagi	22

Shaun Wane		Coach	Matt Parish

Match officials

Kick-off	14:30 BST (UTC+01:00)
Referee	Ashley Klein (Australia)
Touch judges	Jack Smith (England), Warren Turley (England)
Player of the match	Victor Radley (England)

Previous World Cup meetings

2021 Rugby League World Cup (Semi-final): England 26–27 Samoa

Sources

← 2021 Rugby League World Cup — full match archive

← 2021 Rugby League World Cup