TheBreakdown
Full time27 July 2019
Tonga
17–25
Samoa
Apia Park, Apia, Samoa · World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup 2019Head-to-head

Samoa won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. 11’TTonga try · Cooper Vuna5–0
  2. 22’PSamoa penalty · Ulupano Junior Seuteni5–3
  3. 42’TTonga try · Ben Tameifuna10–3
  4. 44’TSamoa try · Alapati Leiua10–8
  5. 45’CSamoa conversion · Ulupano Junior Seuteni10–10
  6. 50’PSamoa penalty · Ulupano Junior Seuteni10–13
  7. 59’TTonga try · Sefo Sakalia15–13
  8. 60’CTonga conversion · James Faiva17–13
  9. 72’TSamoa try · Afaesetiti Amosa17–18
  10. 73’CSamoa conversion · AJ Alatimu17–20
  11. 80’TSamoa try · Belgium Tuatagaloa17–25

Line-ups

Tonga

  1. 1Paea Fa'anunuProp
  2. 2Elvis TaioneHooker
  3. 3Ben TameifunaProp
  4. 4Halaleva FifitaSecond row
  5. 5Sam LousiSecond row
  6. 6Zane KapeliFlanker
  7. 7Maama VaipuluFlanker
  8. 8Sione VailanuNumber 8
  9. 10James FaivaFly-half
  10. 11Viliami LoloheaWing
  11. 12Cooper VunaCentre
  12. 13Malietoa HinganoCentre
  13. 14David HalaifonuaWing
  14. 15Nafi TuitavakeFull-back
  15. 25Samisoni FisilauScrum-half
  16. 16Sefo SakaliaBench
  17. 17Tomaakino TaufaBench
  18. 18Ma'afu FiaBench
  19. 19Onehunga HaviliBench
  20. 20Siosiua HalanukonukaBench
  21. 21Fotu LokotuiBench
  22. 22Leon FukofukaBench
  23. 23Otumaka MausiaBench

Samoa

  1. 1Logovii MulipolaProp
  2. 2Motu Matu'uHooker
  3. 3Paul Alo-EmileProp
  4. 4Filo PauloSecond row
  5. 5Kane Le'aupepeSecond row
  6. 6Chris VuiFlanker
  7. 7TJ IoaneFlanker
  8. 8Afaesetiti AmosaNumber 8
  9. 9Auvasa FalealiiScrum-half
  10. 10Ulupano Junior SeuteniFly-half
  11. 11Belgium TuatagaloaWing
  12. 12Rey Lee-LoCentre
  13. 13Alapati LeiuaCentre
  14. 14John VailiWing
  15. 15Ah See TualaFull-back
  16. 16Ray NiuiaBench
  17. 17Jordan LayBench
  18. 18Alofaaga SaoBench
  19. 19Senio ToleafoaBench
  20. 20Alamanda MotugaBench
  21. 21Dwayne PolataivaoBench
  22. 22AJ AlatimuBench
  23. 23JJ TaulagiBench

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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.