TheBreakdown
Full time23 June 2009
Samoa
27–13
Tonga
Churchill Park, Lautoka, Fiji · World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup 2009Head-to-head

Samoa won by 14 points.

Scoring

  1. 2’PTonga penalty · Pierre Hola0–3
  2. 7’TSamoa try · Gavin Williams5–3
  3. 38’PTonga penalty · Pierre Hola5–6
  4. 40’TSamoa try · George Stowers10–6
  5. 42’TSamoa try · Sailosi Tagicakibau15–6
  6. 43’CSamoa conversion · Ki Anufe17–6
  7. 56’TSamoa try · Junior Poluleuligaga22–6
  8. 57’CSamoa conversion · Ki Anufe24–6
  9. 63’TTonga try · Muli Kaufusi24–11
  10. 64’CTonga conversion · Pierre Hola24–13
  11. 74’PSamoa penalty · Gavin Williams27–13

Line-ups

Samoa

  1. 1Justin Va'aProp
  2. 2Mase Mahonori SchwalgerHooker
  3. 3Census JohnstonProp
  4. 4Filipo Lavea LeviSecond row
  5. 5Iosefa TekoriSecond row
  6. 6Misioka TimoteoFlanker
  7. 7Ofisa TreviranusFlanker
  8. 8George StowersNumber 8
  9. 9Junior PoluleuligagaScrum-half
  10. 10Ki AnufeFly-half
  11. 11Sailosi TagicakibauWing
  12. 12Vaovasamanaia Seilala MapusuaCentre
  13. 13Gavin WilliamsCentre
  14. 14Henry Fa'afiliWing
  15. 15Lolo LuiFull-back
  16. 16Andrew WilliamsBench
  17. 17Ernest SkeltonBench
  18. 18Jonathon Fa'amatuainuBench
  19. 19Semo SititiBench
  20. 20Uale MaiBench
  21. 21Rupeni LevasaBench
  22. 22Esera LauinaBench

Tonga

  1. 1Peni FakaleluProp
  2. 2Viliami Ma'asiHooker
  3. 3Kisi PuluProp
  4. 4Joshua AfuSecond row
  5. 5Emosi KauhengaSecond row
  6. 6Hale T PoleFlanker
  7. 7Nili LatuFlanker
  8. 8Opeti FonuaNumber 8
  9. 9Sililo MartensScrum-half
  10. 10Pierre HolaFly-half
  11. 11Sefa VakaWing
  12. 12Kaiongo TupouCentre
  13. 13Hudson Tonga'uihaCentre
  14. 14Mateo MalupoWing
  15. 15Vungakoto LiloFull-back
  16. 16Ilaisia Ma'asiBench
  17. 17Toma TokeBench
  18. 18Samiu IkaBench
  19. 19Muli KaufusiBench
  20. 20Mahe FangupoBench
  21. 21Fangatapu ApikotoaBench
  22. 22Alipate FatafehiBench

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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.