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Men's Rugby World Cup 1987 · McLean Park, Napier · 24 May 1987Head-to-head
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Canada won by 33 points.Half-time 16–0 · Tries 7–1

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Tacklesmademissed
CAN5520
TGA5020
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
CAN3/31/10
TGA0/00/00
← Tonga attack · Canada 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
4′CanadaTry, Ian Stuart, converted4–0
16′CanadaTry, Rob Frame10–0
27′CanadaTry, converted14–0
44′CanadaTry, Paul Vaesen20–0
49′TongaTry, Fakahau Valu20–4
69′CanadaTry, Pat Palmer24–4
73′CanadaTry, Pat Palmer, converted31–4
77′CanadaTry, Paul Vaesen37–4
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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4′Ian Stuart16′Rob Frame27′CAN44′Paul Vaesen49′Fakahau Valu69′Pat Palmer73′Pat Palmer77′Paul Vaesen
CAN

Team stats

TGA
88%Possession12%
98Carries101
498Metres gained438
20Clean breaks11
20Defenders beaten20
126Passes116
15Offloads17
55Tackles made50
20Tackles missed20
27/29Rucks won26/32
13/17Lineouts won17/27
24/24Scrums won12/13
19/20Mauls won9/14
9Penalties conceded9
62Kicks from hand39
Goal kicking
CAN conversions 3/3, penalties 1/1 · TGA conversions 0/0, penalties 0/0. 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

Canada

  1. 1Eddie EvansProp
  2. 2Mark CardinalHooker
  3. 3Bill HandsonProp
  4. 4Ron van den BrinkSecond row
  5. 5Hans de GoedeSecond row
  6. 6Rob FrameFlanker
  7. 7Roy RaduFlanker
  8. 8Glen EnnisNumber 8
  9. 9Ian StuartScrum-half
  10. 10Gareth ReesFly-half
  11. 11Tom WoodsWing
  12. 12Spence McTavishCentre
  13. 13Paul VaesenCentre
  14. 14Pat PalmerWing
  15. 15Mark WyattFull-back
  16. 16Ian Hyde-LayBench
  17. 17Steve GrayBench
  18. 18David TuckerBench
  19. 19Bruce BreenBench
  20. 20Randy McKellarBench
  21. 21Karl SvobodaBench

Tonga

  1. 1Soakai Motu'apuakaProp
  2. 2Amone FungavakaHooker
  3. 3Hakatoa TupouProp
  4. 4Polutele TuihalamakaSecond row
  5. 5Kasi FineSecond row
  6. 6Taipaleti Tu'utu KakatoFlanker
  7. 7Fakahau ValuFlanker
  8. 8Kinisiliti FotuNumber 8
  9. 9Talai FifitaScrum-half
  10. 10Alamoni Liava'aFly-half
  11. 11Quddus FieleaWing
  12. 12Talanoafuka Kitekei'ahoCentre
  13. 13Samiu MohiCentre
  14. 14Soane AsiWing
  15. 15Tali Ete'akiFull-back
  16. 16Manu VunipolaBench
  17. 17'Asaeli AmoneBench
  18. 18Lemeki VaipuluBench
  19. 19Viliami LutuaBench
  20. 20Takai MakisiBench
  21. 21Sione TahaafeBench

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Context

All-time, Canada 5–8 Tonga in 13 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Canada 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.