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Men's Rugby World Cup 2011 · Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington · 1 October 2011Head-to-head
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Tonga won by 5 points.Half-time 6–13 · Tries 1–1 · FRA 1 yellow card · TGA 1 yellow card

Pitch map

Layers

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268321%Own 2232%Own half52%Opp half88%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
FRA13113
TGA7715
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
FRA0/13/30
TGA1/14/80
← Tonga attack · France 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
  • Zone counts are not in the feed for this match.
  • 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
26′TongaTry, Suka Hufanga, converted6–8
83′FranceTry, Vincent Clerc, conversion missed14–19
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′1 FRA card · 1 TGA card
26′Suka Hufanga83′Vincent Clerc
FRA

Team stats

TGA
45%Possession55%
43%Territory57%
89Carries132
385Metres gained575
14Defenders beaten13
116Passes127
131Tackles made77
13Tackles missed15
61/64Rucks won103/105
5/7Lineouts won6/7
1/1Mauls won1/2
11Penalties conceded8
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 0/1, penalties 3/3 · TGA conversions 1/1, penalties 4/8. 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

France

  1. 1Jean-Baptiste PouxProp
  2. 2William ServatHooker
  3. 3Luc DucalconProp
  4. 4Pascal PapeSecond row
  5. 5Lionel NalletSecond row
  6. 6Thierry DusautoirFlanker
  7. 7Julien BonnaireFlanker
  8. 8Raphael LakafiaNumber 8
  9. 9Dimitri YachviliScrum-half
  10. 10Morgan ParraFly-half
  11. 11Alexis PalissonWing
  12. 12Maxime MermozCentre
  13. 13Aurélien RougerieCentre
  14. 14Vincent ClercWing
  15. 15Maxime MedardFull-back
  16. 16Dimitri SzarzewskiBench
  17. 17Fabien BarcellaBench
  18. 18Julien PierreBench
  19. 19Imanol HarinordoquyBench
  20. 20Francois Trinh-DucBench
  21. 21Fabrice EstebanezBench
  22. 22Cédric HeymansBench

Tonga

  1. 1Soane Tonga'uihaProp
  2. 2Aleki LutuiHooker
  3. 3Kisi PuluProp
  4. 4Tukulua LokotuiSecond row
  5. 5Paino HeheaSecond row
  6. 6Sione KalamafoniFlanker
  7. 7Finau MakaFlanker
  8. 8Viliami Ma'afuNumber 8
  9. 9Taniela MoaScrum-half
  10. 10Kurt MorathFly-half
  11. 11Suka HufangaWing
  12. 12Andrew MaileiCentre
  13. 13Siale PiutauCentre
  14. 14Viliame IongiWing
  15. 15Vungakoto LiloFull-back
  16. 16Ephraim TaukafaBench
  17. 17Sona TaumaloloBench
  18. 18Halani 'AulikaBench
  19. 19Joseph TuineauBench
  20. 20Samiu VahafolauBench
  21. 21Thomas PaluBench
  22. 22Alipate FatafehiBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, France 4–2 Tonga in 6 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France 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.