TheBreakdown
Full time1 July 2017
Tonga
30–26
Samoa
Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa, Tonga · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2016Head-to-head

Tonga won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. 9’PSamoa penalty · Lemalu Tusiata Pisi0–3
  2. 13’PTonga penalty · Sonatane Takulua3–3
  3. 14’TTonga try · Nili Latu8–3
  4. 15’CTonga conversion · Sonatane Takulua10–3
  5. 18’TTonga try · Atieli Pakalani15–3
  6. 20’CTonga conversion · Sonatane Takulua17–3
  7. 22’PSamoa penalty · Lemalu Tusiata Pisi17–6
  8. 31’CSamoa conversion · Lemalu Tusiata Pisi17–8
  9. 31’TSamoa try · Faifili Levave17–13
  10. 34’PTonga penalty · Sonatane Takulua20–13
  11. 36’PSamoa penalty · Lemalu Tusiata Pisi20–16
  12. 43’PTonga penalty · Sonatane Takulua23–16
  13. 45’PSamoa penalty · Lemalu Tusiata Pisi23–19
  14. 48’TTonga try · Sonatane Takulua28–19
  15. 50’CTonga conversion · Sonatane Takulua30–19
  16. 66’TSamoa try · Alapati Leiua30–24
  17. 67’CSamoa conversion · Lemalu Tusiata Pisi30–26

Line-ups

Tonga

  1. 1Siegfried FisiihoiProp
  2. 2Paula NgauamoHooker
  3. 3Siosiua HalanukonukaProp
  4. 4Halaleva FifitaSecond row
  5. 5Sitiveni MafiSecond row
  6. 6Daniel FaleafaFlanker
  7. 7Nili LatuFlanker
  8. 8Valentino MapapalangiNumber 8
  9. 9Sonatane TakuluaScrum-half
  10. 10Latiume FositaFly-half
  11. 11Cooper VunaWing
  12. 12Siale PiutauCentre
  13. 13Nafi TuitavakeCentre
  14. 14David HalaifonuaWing
  15. 15Atieli PakalaniFull-back
  16. 16Suliasi TaufaleleBench
  17. 17Latu TalakaiBench
  18. 18Ben TameifunaBench
  19. 19Jack RamBench
  20. 20Michael FaleafaBench
  21. 21Leon FukofukaBench
  22. 22Kali HalaBench
  23. 23Tevita Taufu’iBench

Samoa

  1. 1Nephi Tupou LeatigagaProp
  2. 2Manu LeiatauaHooker
  3. 3Paul Alo-EmileProp
  4. 4Chris VuiSecond row
  5. 5Faatiga LemaluSecond row
  6. 6Piula Fa'asaleleFlanker
  7. 7Galu TaufaleFlanker
  8. 8Faifili LevaveNumber 8
  9. 9Kahn Fotuali'iScrum-half
  10. 10Lemalu Tusiata PisiFly-half
  11. 11David LemiWing
  12. 12Rey Lee-LoCentre
  13. 13Kieron FonotiaCentre
  14. 14Alapati LeiuaWing
  15. 15Tim Nanai-WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Elia EliaBench
  17. 17Jordan LayBench
  18. 18James LayBench
  19. 19Masalosalo TutaiaBench
  20. 20Taiasina TuifuaBench
  21. 21Auvasa FalealiiBench
  22. 22Alai D'Angelo LeuilaBench
  23. 23Henry TaefuBench

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Context

All-time, Tonga 27–40 Samoa, 4 drawn in 71 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Tonga going in
Samoa going in

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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.