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Men's Rugby World Cup 1999 · Welford Road, Leicester · 10 October 1999Head-to-head
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Tonga won by 3 points.Half-time 12–18 · Tries 1–3

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Tacklesmademissed
ITA10228
TGA4619
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ITA1/16/60
TGA2/22/21
← Tonga attack · Italy 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
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  • 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
27′TongaTry, Taunaholo Taufahema, converted6–5
32′TongaTry, Sateki Tuipulotu6–12
55′ItalyTry, Alessandro Moscardi, converted20–18
80′TongaTry, Isileli Fatani, converted22–23
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′
27′Taunaholo Taufahema32′Sateki Tuipulotu55′Alessandro Moscardi80′Isileli Fatani
ITA

Team stats

TGA
25%Possession75%
74Carries128
431Metres gained457
9Clean breaks10
19Defenders beaten28
72Passes103
3Offloads17
102Tackles made46
28Tackles missed19
32/36Rucks won78/85
11/13Lineouts won16/17
8/8Scrums won11/14
8/10Mauls won8/9
24Penalties conceded12
37Kicks from hand33
Goal kicking
ITA conversions 1/1, penalties 6/6 · 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

Italy

  1. 1Alessandro MorenoProp
  2. 2Alessandro MoscardiHooker
  3. 3Andrea CastellaniProp
  4. 4Carlo ChecchinatoSecond row
  5. 5Mark GiacheriSecond row
  6. 6Massimo GiovanelliFlanker
  7. 7Stefano SaviozziFlanker
  8. 8Carlo CaioneNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro TronconScrum-half
  10. 10Diego DominguezFly-half
  11. 11Fabio RoselliWing
  12. 12Sandro CepolinoCentre
  13. 13Cristian StoicaCentre
  14. 14Paolo VaccariWing
  15. 15Matt PiniFull-back
  16. 16Nicola MazzucatoBench
  17. 17Walter CristofolettoBench
  18. 18Francesco MazzariolBench
  19. 19Giampiero MazziBench
  20. 20Orazio ArancioBench
  21. 21Franco Properzi-CurtiBench
  22. 22Andrea MorettiBench

Tonga

  1. 1Ta'u Fainga'anukuProp
  2. 2Latiume MakaHooker
  3. 3Ngalu Taufo'ouProp
  4. 4Falamani MafiSecond row
  5. 5Benhur KivaluSecond row
  6. 6David EdwardsFlanker
  7. 7Jonny KoloiFlanker
  8. 8Katilimoni Tu'ipulotuNumber 8
  9. 9Sililo MartensScrum-half
  10. 10Brian WoolleyFly-half
  11. 11Epeli TaioneWing
  12. 12'Elisi VunipolaCentre
  13. 13Semi TaupeaafeCentre
  14. 14Taunaholo TaufahemaWing
  15. 15Sateki TuipulotuFull-back
  16. 16Sione TuipulotuBench
  17. 17Dave TiuetiBench
  18. 18'Isi TapuelueluBench
  19. 19Matt Te PouBench
  20. 20Isileli FataniBench
  21. 21Kuli FaletauBench
  22. 22Damien PenisiniBench

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Context

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

Italy 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.