1988 Western Samoa rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland

1988 Western Samoa rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland
Summary	P W D L
Total	10 04 00 06
Test match	02 00 00 02
Opponent	P W D L
Ireland	1 0 0 1
Wales	1 0 0 1

The 1988 Samoa rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland was a series of ten rugby union matches played in October and November 1988 in Wales and Ireland by the Samoa national rugby union team, who competed under the name of Western Samoa at the time. Samoa lost both their international matches but won four of their eight non-international games against club and regional teams.

Touring Squad

• Manager: Fesalai Satini^[1]
• Coach: Richard Cook
• Assistant Coach: Peter Schuster
• Technical Advisor: Barry Taylor

Fullbacks

• Andrew Aiolupo^{[Notes 1]} (Moata'a)
• Tupo Fa'amasino (Vaimoso)

Three-quarters

• Lino Foai^{[Notes 2]} (Marist St. Joseph)
• Lolani Koko (Tuamasaga) (captain)
• Tauveve Ugapo (Vaimoso)
• Keneti Sio (SCOPA)
• John Ah Kuoi (Marist St. Joseph)

Half-backs

• Filipo Saena (Moata'a)
• Vincent Fepulea'i (Marist St. Joseph)
• Phineas Young (Apia)
• Sepe Tupuola (Iavai)
• Milovale Moke (Vaiala)
• Petaia Nee Nee^{[Notes 3]} (Apia)

Forwards

• Malaki Iupeli (Vaimoso)
• Vaivase Fa'asua (Moataa)
• Tuise Sefo (Moata'a)
• Reupena Rimoni (Moata'a)
• Saini Lemamea (Lefaga)
• Lafaele Mano (Marist St. Joseph)
• Lomitusi Sasi (Iavai)
• Daryl Williams (Apia)
• Stan To'omalatai (Vaiala)
• Fineaso Aima'asu (Moata'a)
• Peter Fatialofa (Tuamasaga)

Matches

Scores and results list Samoa's score first.

Notes

References

• Jones, Stephen, ed. (1989). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1989-90. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 35–40. ISBN 0356178625.