TheBreakdown
Full time18 September 1998
Samoa
28–20
Tonga
Parramatta Stadium, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 1999Head-to-head

Samoa won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSamoa conversion · Steve Bachop2–0
  2. –CSamoa conversion · Steve Bachop4–0
  3. –PSamoa penalty · Steve Bachop7–0
  4. –PSamoa penalty · Steve Bachop10–0
  5. –PSamoa penalty · Steve Bachop13–0
  6. –TSamoa try · Steve So'oialo18–0
  7. –TSamoa try · Brian Lima23–0
  8. –TSamoa try · Terry Fanolua28–0
  9. –CTonga conversion · Pierre Hola28–2
  10. –PTonga penalty · Brian Woolley28–5
  11. –TTonga try · Jonny Koloi28–10
  12. –TTonga try · Holani Pohiva28–15
  13. –TTonga try · Taunaholo Taufahema28–20

Line-ups

Samoa

  1. 1Kepi Faiva'aiProp
  2. 2Trevor LeotaHooker
  3. 3Fosi PalaamoProp
  4. 4Opeta PalepoiSecond row
  5. 5Lama ToneSecond row
  6. 6Sene Ta'alaFlanker
  7. 7Kalolo ToleafoaFlanker
  8. 8Pat LamNumber 8
  9. 9Steve So'oialoScrum-half
  10. 10Steve BachopFly-half
  11. 11Brian LimaWing
  12. 12George LeaupepeCentre
  13. 13Terry FanoluaCentre
  14. 14Afato So'oialoWing
  15. 15Mike UmagaFull-back
  16. 16Andrew Va'aBench
  17. 17Brendan ReidyBench
  18. 18Richard RasmussenBench
  19. 19Junior ParamoreBench
  20. 20Jon ClarkeBench
  21. 21Earl Va'aBench
  22. 22Va'aiga TuigamalaBench

Tonga

  1. 1Ngalu Taufo'ouProp
  2. 2Feao VunipolaHooker
  3. 3'Unaloto Fa'aProp
  4. 4Falamani MafiSecond row
  5. 5Benhur KivaluSecond row
  6. 6Jonny KoloiFlanker
  7. 7Holani PohivaFlanker
  8. 8Usaia LatuNumber 8
  9. 9Sione TuipulotuScrum-half
  10. 10Brian WoolleyFly-half
  11. 11Taunaholo TaufahemaWing
  12. 12Salesi FinauCentre
  13. 13Sam AlatiniCentre
  14. 14Semi TaupeaafeWing
  15. 15Pierre HolaFull-back
  16. 16Fololisi MasilaBench
  17. 17Valita MoaBench
  18. 18Matt Te PouBench
  19. 19Hese FakatouBench
  20. 20Sililo MartensBench
  21. 21Pita TanginoaBench
  22. 22Semisi Faka 'osi'folauBench

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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.