Here’s our match report. Thanks for joining me, and see you later for Ireland v Tonga. Bye!

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79 mins: Sama Malolo goes over for what looks like his second try – but it’s chalked off by the TMO. They’ll restart with a lineout …

78 mins: Now it’s Samoa’s turn to push for a final flourish. From a midfield scrum, Ah-Wong surges down the left flank and after the ball is held up, Samoa go again…

76 mins: Chile are almost out on their feet here, and run out of steam as they look to reward their fans with another score. Inostroza is still in the sin-bin, while Salvador Lues has also headed for the touchline with an injury.

73 mins: A reminder that the score is Samoa 36-10 Chile; Samoa were 12-10 ahead just before half-time, ran in four tries in the space of 13 minutes, and then pretty much downed tools.

72 mins: Escobar, who scored against Japan last week, is back on the field. A half-hearted Samoa foray downfield ends when Chile win a penalty.

70 mins: Esteban Inostroza is on in the Chilean front row. We’ve seen some hair in this tournament, but his bald head/beard/tiny ponytail ensemble might be a new high bar.

68 mins: Leali’ifano clears the ball smoothly away and from the Chile lineout, Samoa regain possession. It’s kicked downfield and Garafulic is unfortunate to see his attempted catch spill into touch.

66 mins: Let’s hope we can get back to some rugby for the last 15 minutes. We resume with a scrum, and Chile get the penalty advantage. Fernandez wanted quick ball, but didn’t get it. In the stands, the Chile fans make themselves heard once again.

65 mins: Enari’s yellow card will stay a yellow because, as the referee tells his teammates, “the degree of danger was not high”.

64 mins: It’s all getting a bit spiky out there, with McFarland grappling with Fernandez and plenty of choice words exchanged. Enari, the replacement scrum-half, goes in hard on Diego Escobar and there will be a TMO review. Escobar is replaced by the returning Tomas Dussaillant, while his brother sits in the sin bin.

60 mins: Fernandez, not given the kind of space he had in the first half, is forced into a high, looping kick that gains Chile about five metres. Time for a second drinks break …

58 mins: Samoa are penalised at the scrum – “I warned you in the first half,” says Williams, to a front row who weren’t on the pitch then.

57 mins: Jordan Taufua is on for Samoa, replacing Steven Luatua at No 8. The hefty tackles keep flying in, even with the outcome of this game now decided and the bonus point in the bag for Samoa.

56 mins: The bench-emptying continues, with scrum-half Ereatara Eneri coming on alongside former All Black Lima Sopoaga for Samoa. Chile have a chance to hit back, but Fernandez’s long-range grubber kick has just too much on it, and rolls into touch behind the tryline.

54 mins: More changes for both sides as Jordan Lay replaces his brother, James, in the Samoa front row. Paul Alo-Emile is on for Michael Alaalatoa, while Chile send on Ignacio Silva for Santiago Pedrero.

50 mins: This was a very close game for the first 39 minutes, although Samoa were stuck in second gear. Now they’re turning the screw on Chile’s defence at every opportunity; the underdogs give two penalties away, and get an official team warning from the referee.

45 mins: Another Samoa surge down the right comes up short, and there’s now a break in play while the referee, Paul Williams, sorts out his radio comms. A welcome chance for Chile to regroup …

44 mins: A first miss for Leali’ifano, his looping attempted conversion dropping beyond the right post. OK, those Chile changes: Carrasco, Dussaillant, Huete and Martínez off – all forwards – replaced by Diego and Alfonso Escobar, Salvador Lues and Javier Eissmann.

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39 mins: One more midfield scrum in this bruising first half, with Samoa getting the put-in…

37 mins: Plenty more dynamic, running rugby from Chile, working through 10 phases as they sweep left, then right, and back again. There’s no gap in the white wall ahead, though, and the ball is eventually turned over as Garafulic runs out of room by the left-hand touchline.

34 mins: Chile’s scrum holds firm and they can clear their lines, but as Samoa surge forward again, they pick up another penalty.

32 mins: Samoa’s best spell so far came after they went behind. Can they repeat the trick? Not here, as a miscommunication sees Steven Luatua fail to gather an errant pass, five metres out.

30 mins: Samoa 9-10 Chile (Garafulic pen) Chile retain the ball and pour forward, earning a penalty advantage. Clemente Saavedra crashes through a tackle but the ball pops loose – so they will come back for the three points. With usual kicker Videla off the field, centre Matias Garafulic takes it, and scores in scrappy fashion.

28 mins: Videla is not returning after his head injury assessment. It’s Pablo Casas, rather than his brother Benjamin, who replaces him. The Chile captain, Martín Sigren, asks the referee for a water break – and is told that we just had one. I mean, it’s hot out there.

27 mins: Chile are causing Samoa’s backs all sorts of problems, with their pressure forcing two handling errors and allowing Chile to charge downfield, where they will have the put-in at a scrum, some 30 metres out.

24 mins: The penalties are stacking up, with Chile collapsing the scrum but getting out of trouble when Samoa are penalised downfield. From the Chile lineout, Fernandez launches a high box kick which is gathered by Duncan Paia’aua, the Samoa full-back.

22 mins: Videla is going off, set to be replaced by his own brother, Benjamin. There are three sets of brothers in the Chile 23; Clemente and Domingo Saavedra, who both started the game, are twins.

20 mins: It’s a real physical battle at the minute, strength-sapping scrums and clattering challenges. A Chile player is down and getting treatment – it’s Santiago Videla, who wasn’t set properly as he smashed into a Samoa player.

17 mins: The lively early pace has been slowed by a series of false-start scrums, but Taumateine finally kicks clear and Chile start moving upfield. They win a penalty and a change to gain some territory, which Fernandez takes.

The commentators have just mentioned that Le Roux Malan, who suffered a horrible injury in Namibia’s loss to New Zealand last night, has undergone surgery in France. He suffered a broken leg and dislocated ankle but is recovering well – and was given an All Blacks shirt, signed by the entire team, as a gift.

14 mins: Samoa 9-7 Chile (Leali’ifano pen) A third regulation kick is dispatched, and Samoa are back in the lead, with Seuteni returning in two minutes’ time.

12 mins: Chile haven’t been able to build any momentum with an extra man – in fact, it’s Samoa who are controlling possession at the moment, and Martínez is penalised for recklessly reaching for the ball on the ground …

Chile fly-half Hernández has a flair for the spectacular – he won Try of the Year in 2022 for this effort in a mudbath against the USA.

9 mins: Samoa 6-7 Chile (Leali’ifano pen) Samoa cut the deficit quickly through a second Leali’ifano penalty. It’s also confirmed that Seuteni’s yellow card won’t be upgraded to a red after review.

5 mins: Here’s our first glimpse of Chile’s attacking swagger, as fly-half Rodrigo Fernández picks up Ayarza’s pass and shimmies into space …

Samoa 3-0 Chile (Leali’ifano penalty) Christian Leali’ifano goes for the three points, slotting the ball over from in front of the posts.

3 mins: From an early lineout, a kick-through is collected by Chile full-back Inaki Ayarza – but his side are penalised for an offside.

2 min: It’s Samoa who kick off and Theo McFarland is under the catch, starting a prolonged passage of possession, conducted by scrum-half Jonathan Taumateine, who is sporting an unmissable bleach-blond mullet.

Both teams are lined up for the anthems, with Chile’s rendition backed by hundreds of red-shirted fans, bellowing it out with as much gusto as the players on the pitch. Samoa, who are in their white change strip, then gather for the pre-match siva tau. Led by the captain, Michael Alaalatoa, it’s as spectacular as ever.

“The most fun watch of the opening series was unquestionably Japan v Chile,” writes Jeremy Boyce. “The former are always a pleasure, the latter a total revelation – not playing the percentages, no endless box-kicking, picking the ball up and running with it. As per William Webb Ellis himself. And by doing so, smashing holes in the clipboards and computers of the defence coaches, as he did to the rules of footie. Whatever the outcomes this weekend (fingers crossed for a surprise) it will be a pleasure to see both teams doing it their own way, not the formulaic way.”

As for Chile, they are at their first World Cup after an extraordinary qualifying run where they shocked Canada and the United States with dramatic victories. Take a closer look at their journey here:

Samoa have included three players in their 23-man matchday squad with caps for other countries: former Wallaby Christian Leali’ifano starts at fly-half, while Steven Luatua and Lima Sopoaga have represented the All Blacks. Gerard Meagher explains more about the new birthright rule, and how it could reshape rugby union:

Learn more about today’s teams and their Pool D prospects with Luke McLaughlin’s guide: