1988 Samoa rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland

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.

Matches

Scores and results list Samoa's score first.

Opposing Team	Result	For	Against	Date	Venue
Welsh Counties Under-23	Won	19	18	11 October	Llanelli
Newbridge	Won	16	15	15 October	Newbridge
North Wales	Won	24	12	19 October	Wrexham
Bridgend	Lost	17	21	22 October	Bridgend
Aberavon	Lost	11	21	26 October	Port Talbot
IRELAND	Lost	22	49	29 October	Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Ulster	Lost	15	47	2 November	Ravenhill, Belfast
Connacht	Lost	18	25	5 November	Galway
Pontypridd	Won	23	22	8 November	Pontypridd
WALES	Lost	6	24	12 November	National Stadium, Cardiff

References

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

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Rugby union tours of Ireland
New Zealand	1905 1924–25 1935–36 1953–54 1963–64 1972–73 1978 1989 1997 2001 2005 2008
Australia	1927–28 (Waratahs) 1947–48 1957–58 1966–67 1968 1975–76 1981–82 1984 1992 1996 2002 2004 2005 2006 2009 2013
South Africa	1906–07 1912–13 1931–32 1951–52 1960–61 1965 1969–70 1994 (no test) 1996 ("A" team) 1998 2000 2004 2006
Argentina	1973 1990 1999 2002 2004 2008
European teams	1980 1988-89 2002
Asia and Oceanian team	1985 1988 1995 1996 2000 2001 2002 2006
North American teams	2004 2008
Others	1888–89 (NZ Natives) 1926–27 (NZ Maori)

Rugby union tours of Wales
Argentina	1976 (no test) 1978 (no test) 1998 2001
Australia	1908–09 1927-28 (Waratahs) 1947–48 1957–58 1966–67 1973 1975–76 1981–82 1984 1992 1996 2001 2005 2006 2008 2009 2013
New Zealand	1905 1924–25 1935–36 1953–54 1963–64 1967 1972–73 1974 (no test) 1978 1980 1989 1997 1998 2000 ("A" team) 2002 2004 2005 2006 2008
NZ Maori	1888–89 (NZ Natives) 1926–27 1982
South Africa	1906–07 1912–13 1931–32 1951–52 1960–61 1969–70 1994 1996 2000 2004 2005 2007 2008
Romania	1979 2002
Fiji	1964 1985 1995 2002 2005
Western Samoa	1988 1996 (no test) 2000
Tonga	1997 2001
Pacific Islanders	2006
Japan	1973 (no test) 1976 (no test) 1983 (no test) 1993 2004
Canada	1979 (no test) 1999 2002 2008
United States	1987 1997 1999 (no test) 2000