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Men's Rugby World Cup 2023 · Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille · 8 October 2023Head-to-head
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Tonga won by 21 points.Half-time 21–17 · Tries 7–3 · TGA 1 yellow card · ROU 1 yellow card

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5′19′1115223036495562667139%Own 2239%Own half70%Opp half70%Opp 22
← Romania attack · Tonga 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
11′TongaTry, Solomone Kata, converted5–0
15′TongaTry, George Moala, converted12–0
22′TongaTry, Afusipa Taumoepeau, converted19–3
30′RomaniaTry, Cristi Boboc, converted21–8
36′RomaniaTry, Florin Surugiu, converted21–15
49′TongaTry, Sione Vailanu, converted26–17
55′RomaniaTry, Marius Simionescu, converted28–22
62′TongaTry, Pita Ahki, converted33–24
66′TongaTry, Solomone Kata, conversion missed40–24
71′TongaTry, Kyren Taumoefolau, conversion missed45–24
5′RomaniaPenalty goal missed
19′RomaniaPenalty 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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013253850HT0′20′40′60′80′1 TGA card · 1 ROU card
11′Solomone Kata15′George Moala22′Afusipa Taumoepeau30′Cristi Boboc36′Florin Surugiu49′Sione Vailanu55′Marius Simionescu62′Pita Ahki66′Solomone Kata71′Kyren Taumoefolau
TGA

Team stats

ROU
57%Possession43%
58%Territory42%
135Carries90
735Metres gained292
15Clean breaks5
43Defenders beaten13
192Passes113
16Offloads2
96Tackles made133
13Tackles missed43
77/82Rucks won65/68
16/17Lineouts won9/12
1/2Scrums won6/8
8/9Mauls won4/4
3Turnovers won9
9Penalties conceded8
17Kicks from hand31
546Kick metres881
Goal kicking
TGA conversions 5/7, penalties 0/0 · ROU conversions 3/3, penalties 1/2. 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

Tonga

  1. 1Siegfried FisiihoiProp
  2. 2Paula NgauamoHooker
  3. 3Ben TameifunaProp
  4. 4Halaleva FifitaSecond row
  5. 5Adam ColemanSecond row
  6. 6Semisi PaeaFlanker
  7. 7Sione TalituiFlanker
  8. 8Sione VailanuNumber 8
  9. 9Sonatane TakuluaScrum-half
  10. 10William HaviliFly-half
  11. 11Afusipa TaumoepeauWing
  12. 12Pita AhkiCentre
  13. 13George MoalaCentre
  14. 14Solomone KataWing
  15. 15Salesi PiutauFull-back
  16. 16Sione Anga'aelangiBench
  17. 17Paula LatuBench
  18. 18Siate TokolahiBench
  19. 19Sitiveni MafiBench
  20. 20Penitoa FinauBench
  21. 21Manusiu PaeaBench
  22. 22Patrick PellegriniBench
  23. 23Kyren TaumoefolauBench

Romania

  1. 1Alexandru SavinProp
  2. 2Ovidiu CojocaruHooker
  3. 3Alexandru GordasProp
  4. 4Adrian MotocSecond row
  5. 5Marius IftimiciucSecond row
  6. 6Florian RosuFlanker
  7. 7Cristi BobocFlanker
  8. 8Andre GorinNumber 8
  9. 9Florin SurugiuScrum-half
  10. 10Alin ConacheFly-half
  11. 11Taliauli SikueaWing
  12. 12Fonovai TangimanaCentre
  13. 13Tevita ManumuaCentre
  14. 14Nicholas OnutuWing
  15. 15Marius SimionescuFull-back
  16. 16Robert IrimescuBench
  17. 17Iulian HartigBench
  18. 18Costel BurtilaBench
  19. 19Stefan IancuBench
  20. 20Damian StratilaBench
  21. 21Gabriel RupanuBench
  22. 22Alexandru BucurBench
  23. 23Paul-Mihai GraureBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Tonga 3–3 Romania in 6 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Tonga going in
Romania 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.