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Men's Rugby World Cup 2023 · Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes · 16 September 2023Head-to-head
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Ireland won by 43 points.Half-time 31–6 · Tries 8–1 · IRE 1 yellow card

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7′16′24′43′21263338445963698055%Own 2244%Own half71%Opp half77%Opp 22
← Tonga attack · Ireland 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
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
21′IrelandTry, Tadhg Beirne, converted8–3
26′IrelandTry, Caelan Doris, converted15–6
33′IrelandTry, Mack Hansen, converted22–6
38′IrelandTry, Johnny Sexton, converted29–6
44′TongaTry, Vaea Fifita, converted31–14
59′IrelandTry, James Lowe, converted36–16
63′IrelandTry, Bundee Aki, converted43–16
69′IrelandTry, Bundee Aki, converted50–16
80′IrelandTry, Rob Herring, converted57–16
7′IrelandPenalty goal scored
16′TongaPenalty goal scored
24′TongaPenalty goal scored
43′TongaPenalty goal scored
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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21′Tadhg Beirne26′Caelan Doris33′Mack Hansen38′Johnny Sexton44′Vaea Fifita59′James Lowe63′Bundee Aki69′Bundee Aki80′Rob Herring
IRE

Team stats

TGA
61%Possession39%
56%Territory44%
128Carries89
563Metres gained256
7Clean breaks2
35Defenders beaten12
183Passes93
5Offloads5
101Tackles made159
12Tackles missed35
92/98Rucks won61/64
21/23Lineouts won4/9
5/5Scrums won8/8
8/8Mauls won1/1
3Turnovers won6
13Penalties conceded16
24Kicks from hand18
704Kick metres570
Goal kicking
IRE conversions 8/8, penalties 1/1 · TGA conversions 1/1, penalties 3/3. 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.

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Andrew PorterProp
  2. 2Ronan KelleherHooker
  3. 3Tadhg FurlongProp
  4. 4Tadhg BeirneSecond row
  5. 5James RyanSecond row
  6. 6Peter O'MahonyFlanker
  7. 7Josh van der FlierFlanker
  8. 8Caelan DorisNumber 8
  9. 9Conor MurrayScrum-half
  10. 10Johnny SextonFly-half
  11. 11James LoweWing
  12. 12Bundee AkiCentre
  13. 13Garry RingroseCentre
  14. 14Mack HansenWing
  15. 15Hugo KeenanFull-back
  16. 16Rob HerringBench
  17. 17Dave KilcoyneBench
  18. 18Finlay BealhamBench
  19. 19Iain HendersonBench
  20. 20Ryan BairdBench
  21. 21Craig CaseyBench
  22. 22Ross ByrneBench
  23. 23Robbie HenshawBench

Tonga

  1. 1Siegfried FisiihoiProp
  2. 2Paula NgauamoHooker
  3. 3Ben TameifunaProp
  4. 4Sam LousiSecond row
  5. 5Halaleva FifitaSecond row
  6. 6Tanginoa HalaifonuaFlanker
  7. 7Sione TalituiFlanker
  8. 8Vaea FifitaNumber 8
  9. 9Augustine PuluScrum-half
  10. 10William HaviliFly-half
  11. 11Solomone KataWing
  12. 12Pita AhkiCentre
  13. 13Malakai FekitoaCentre
  14. 14Afusipa TaumoepeauWing
  15. 15Salesi PiutauFull-back
  16. 16Sam MoliBench
  17. 17Tau KoloamatangiBench
  18. 18Sosefo ApikotoaBench
  19. 19Semisi PaeaBench
  20. 20Solomone FunakiBench
  21. 21Sione VailanuBench
  22. 22Sonatane TakuluaBench
  23. 23Fine InisiBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Ireland 3–0 Tonga in 3 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Ireland 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.