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Men's Rugby World Cup 2007 · Stade Felix Bollaert, Lens · 22 September 2007Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 5 points.Half-time 7–3 · Tries 4–3 · RSA 2 yellow cards · TGA 1 yellow card

Pitch map

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194560636671733141Attacks821Ball won45551827428720372339121443%Own 2245%Own half33%Opp half37%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
RSA9510
TGA7015
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
RSA2/22/20
TGA2/22/20
← Tonga attack · South Africa 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
19′South AfricaTry, Ruan Pienaar, converted5–3
45′TongaTry, Kisi Pulu, converted7–8
60′South AfricaTry, Juan Smith, converted15–10
63′South AfricaTry, Bobby Skinstad22–10
66′South AfricaTry, Ruan Pienaar27–10
71′TongaTry, Suka Hufanga27–15
73′TongaTry, Viliami Vaki, converted27–20
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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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′2 RSA cards · 1 TGA card
19′Ruan Pienaar45′Kisi Pulu60′Juan Smith63′Bobby Skinstad66′Ruan Pienaar71′Suka Hufanga73′Viliami Vaki
RSA

Team stats

TGA
37%Possession63%
38%Territory62%
66Carries85
634Metres gained500
15Defenders beaten10
83Passes78
8Offloads11
95Tackles made70
10Tackles missed15
38/44Rucks won67/69
8/9Lineouts won9/12
5/6Mauls won1/1
0Turnovers won7
9Penalties conceded7
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 2/2, penalties 2/2 · TGA conversions 2/2, penalties 2/2. 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

South Africa

  1. 1Gurthro SteenkampProp
  2. 2Gary BothaHooker
  3. 3CJ Van Der LindeProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Albert van den BergSecond row
  6. 6Wickus van HeerdenFlanker
  7. 7Danie RossouwFlanker
  8. 8Bobby SkinstadNumber 8
  9. 9Ricky JanuarieScrum-half
  10. 10Andre PretoriusFly-half
  11. 11JP PietersenWing
  12. 12Wayne JuliesCentre
  13. 13Wynand OlivierCentre
  14. 14Ashwin WillemseWing
  15. 15Ruan PienaarFull-back
  16. 16John SmitBench
  17. 17BJ BothaBench
  18. 18Victor MatfieldBench
  19. 19Juan SmithBench
  20. 20Bryan HabanaBench
  21. 21Frans SteynBench
  22. 22Percy MontgomeryBench

Tonga

  1. 1Soane Tonga'uihaProp
  2. 2Aleki LutuiHooker
  3. 3Kisi PuluProp
  4. 4Paino HeheaSecond row
  5. 5Emosi KauhengaSecond row
  6. 6Viliami VakiFlanker
  7. 7Nili LatuFlanker
  8. 8Finau MakaNumber 8
  9. 9Sione TuipulotuScrum-half
  10. 10Pierre HolaFly-half
  11. 11Sefa VakaWing
  12. 12Epeli TaioneCentre
  13. 13Suka HufangaCentre
  14. 14Tevita TuifuaWing
  15. 15Vungakoto LiloFull-back
  16. 16Ephraim TaukafaBench
  17. 17Toma TokeBench
  18. 18Inoke AfeakiBench
  19. 19Lotu FilipineBench
  20. 20Soane HaveaBench
  21. 21Kaiongo TupouBench
  22. 22Aisea HaviliBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, South Africa 3–0 Tonga in 3 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

South Africa 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.