TheBreakdown
Men's Rugby World Cup 2023 · Stade de Nice, Nice · 24 September 2023Head-to-head
Full-time reportFull time
Scotland won by 28 points.Half-time 17–10 · Tries 7–2 · TGA 1 yellow card

Pitch map

Layers

Swipe the pitch sideways to see it full size.

10′5202630424454688253%Own 2265%Own half66%Opp half63%Opp 22
← Tonga attack · Scotland 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
5′ScotlandTry, George Turner, converted5–0
20′TongaTry, Solomone Kata, converted7–8
26′ScotlandTry, Duhan van der Merwe, conversion missed12–10
30′ScotlandTry, Kyle Steyn, conversion missed17–10
42′ScotlandTry, Rory Darge, converted22–10
44′TongaTry, Ben Tameifuna, converted24–15
54′ScotlandTry, George Horne, converted29–17
68′ScotlandTry, Blair Kinghorn, converted36–17
82′ScotlandTry, Darcy Graham, converted43–17
10′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

Drag to replay the match on the pitchSwipe the chart sideways for the full match.
013253850HT0′20′40′60′80′2 TGA cards
5′George Turner20′Solomone Kata26′Duhan van der Merwe30′Kyle Steyn42′Rory Darge44′Ben Tameifuna54′George Horne68′Blair Kinghorn82′Darcy Graham
SCO

Team stats

TGA
58%Possession42%
64%Territory36%
131Carries89
714Metres gained337
14Clean breaks1
48Defenders beaten13
199Passes90
12Offloads4
108Tackles made151
13Tackles missed48
83/87Rucks won52/55
18/21Lineouts won4/7
6/8Scrums won10/13
8/8Mauls won0/1
7Turnovers won8
8Penalties conceded10
19Kicks from hand18
718Kick metres666
Goal kicking
SCO conversions 5/7, penalties 0/0 · TGA conversions 2/2, penalties 1/1. 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

Scotland

  1. 1Rory SutherlandProp
  2. 2George TurnerHooker
  3. 3Zander FagersonProp
  4. 4Richie GraySecond row
  5. 5Scott CummingsSecond row
  6. 6Jamie RitchieFlanker
  7. 7Rory DargeFlanker
  8. 8Jack DempseyNumber 8
  9. 9Ben WhiteScrum-half
  10. 10Finn RussellFly-half
  11. 11Duhan van der MerweWing
  12. 12Sione TuipulotuCentre
  13. 13Chris HarrisCentre
  14. 14Kyle SteynWing
  15. 15Blair KinghornFull-back
  16. 16Ewan AshmanBench
  17. 17Pierre SchoemanBench
  18. 18WP NelBench
  19. 19Sam SkinnerBench
  20. 20Matt FagersonBench
  21. 21George HorneBench
  22. 22Huw JonesBench
  23. 23Darcy GrahamBench

Tonga

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

Match officials

Sample data
Referee
Sample Referee
Assistant referee
Sample Assistant 1
Assistant referee
Sample Assistant 2
TMO
Sample TMO

Sample data Match officials is placeholder content: TheBreakdown has no data source for it yet, so nothing here is real.

Context

All-time, Scotland 8–1 Tonga in 9 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Scotland 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.