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Full time16 June 2018
Tonga
28–18
Samoa
ANZ Stadium, Suva, Fiji · World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup 2018Head-to-head

Tonga won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. 7’TTonga try · Viliami Lolohea5–0
  2. 8’CTonga conversion · Sonatane Takulua7–0
  3. 14’PSamoa penalty · Ah See Tuala7–3
  4. 19’TTonga try · Cooper Vuna12–3
  5. 20’CTonga conversion · Sonatane Takulua14–3
  6. 24’PSamoa penalty · Ah See Tuala14–6
  7. 32’PTonga penalty · Sonatane Takulua17–6
  8. 50’PTonga penalty · Sonatane Takulua20–6
  9. 59’PTonga penalty · Sonatane Takulua23–6
  10. 60’TTonga try · Penikolo Latu28–6
  11. 76’TSamoa try · Ed Fidow28–11
  12. 85’TSamoa try · Melani Matavao28–16
  13. 86’CSamoa conversion · Lemalu Tusiata Pisi28–18

Line-ups

Tonga

  1. 1Siegfried FisiihoiProp
  2. 2Paula NgauamoHooker
  3. 3Siosiua HalanukonukaProp
  4. 4Halaleva FifitaSecond row
  5. 5Joseph TuineauSecond row
  6. 6Sitiveni MafiFlanker
  7. 7Fotu LokotuiFlanker
  8. 8Nasi ManuNumber 8
  9. 9Sonatane TakuluaScrum-half
  10. 10Kurt MorathFly-half
  11. 11Cooper VunaWing
  12. 12Siale PiutauCentre
  13. 13Nafi TuitavakeCentre
  14. 14Viliami LoloheaWing
  15. 15David HalaifonuaFull-back
  16. 16Sefo SakaliaBench
  17. 17David FeaoBench
  18. 18Ben TameifunaBench
  19. 21Shinnosuke TuumotooaBench
  20. 22Latiume FositaBench
  21. 23Penikolo LatuBench
  22. 25Valentino MapapalangiBench
  23. 26Maama VaipuluBench

Samoa

  1. 1Jordan LayProp
  2. 2Seilala LamHooker
  3. 3Viliamu AfatiaProp
  4. 4Iosefa TekoriSecond row
  5. 5Chris VuiSecond row
  6. 6Piula Fa'asaleleFlanker
  7. 7TJ IoaneFlanker
  8. 8Jack LamNumber 8
  9. 9Dwayne PolataivaoScrum-half
  10. 10Lemalu Tusiata PisiFly-half
  11. 11Sinoti SinotiWing
  12. 12Alapati LeiuaCentre
  13. 13Alofa AlofaCentre
  14. 14Paul PerezWing
  15. 15Ah See TualaFull-back
  16. 16Elia EliaBench
  17. 17James LayBench
  18. 18Paul Alo-EmileBench
  19. 19Brandon NansenBench
  20. 20Ofisa TreviranusBench
  21. 21Melani MatavaoBench
  22. 22Rodney IonaBench
  23. 23Ed FidowBench

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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

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.