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Men's Rugby World Cup 2007 · Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier · 16 September 2007Head-to-head
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Tonga won by 4 points.Half-time 12–6 · Tries 0–1 · TGA 2 yellow cards

Pitch map

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613035Attacks915Ball won4462183749502618342719646%Own 2242%Own half49%Opp half56%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
SAM7112
TGA5913
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
SAM0/05/50
TGA1/14/40
← Tonga attack · Samoa attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
61′TongaTry, Epeli Taione, converted12–14
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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05101520HT0′20′40′60′80′3 TGA cards
61′Epeli Taione
SAM

Team stats

TGA
49%Possession51%
49%Territory51%
41Carries60
307Metres gained276
17Defenders beaten10
84Passes56
2Offloads6
71Tackles made59
12Tackles missed13
45/51Rucks won52/53
20/22Lineouts won13/16
3/3Mauls won6/6
4Turnovers won3
9Penalties conceded9
Goal kicking
SAM conversions 0/0, penalties 5/5 · TGA conversions 1/1, penalties 4/4. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Samoa

  1. 1Kas LealamanuaProp
  2. 2Mase Mahonori SchwalgerHooker
  3. 3Census JohnstonProp
  4. 4Iosefa TekoriSecond row
  5. 5Kane ThompsonSecond row
  6. 6Daniel LeoFlanker
  7. 7Ulia UliaFlanker
  8. 8Semo SititiNumber 8
  9. 9Steve So'oialoScrum-half
  10. 10Loki CrichtonFly-half
  11. 11Tuilagi Alesana TuilagiWing
  12. 12Vaovasamanaia Seilala MapusuaCentre
  13. 13Elvis SevealiiCentre
  14. 14Sailosi TagicakibauWing
  15. 15Gavin WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Tanielu FugaBench
  17. 17Muliufi SalanoaBench
  18. 18Leo Lafaiali'IBench
  19. 19Justin PurdieBench
  20. 20Junior PoluleuligagaBench
  21. 21Lolo LuiBench
  22. 22David LemiBench

Tonga

  1. 1Soane Tonga'uihaProp
  2. 2Ephraim TaukafaHooker
  3. 3Kisi PuluProp
  4. 4Inoke AfeakiSecond row
  5. 5Paino HeheaSecond row
  6. 6Hale T PoleFlanker
  7. 7Nili LatuFlanker
  8. 8Finau MakaNumber 8
  9. 9Enele TaufaScrum-half
  10. 10Pierre HolaFly-half
  11. 11Sefa VakaWing
  12. 12Epeli TaioneCentre
  13. 13Suka HufangaCentre
  14. 14Tevita TuifuaWing
  15. 15Vungakoto LiloFull-back
  16. 16Aleki LutuiBench
  17. 17Toma TokeBench
  18. 18Viliami VakiBench
  19. 19Emosi KauhengaBench
  20. 20Sione TuipulotuBench
  21. 21Kaiongo TupouBench
  22. 22Hudson Tonga'uihaBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Samoa 40–27 Tonga, 4 drawn in 71 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Samoa going in
Tonga going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.