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Full time28 June 2002
Samoa
31–13
Tonga
Apia Park, Apia, Samoa · Pacific Tri Nations 2002Head-to-head

Samoa won by 18 points.

Scoring

  1. 12’PTonga penalty · Andrew Mailei0–3
  2. 19’TSamoa try · Steve So'oialo5–3
  3. 20’CSamoa conversion · Earl Va'a7–3
  4. 33’PSamoa penalty · Earl Va'a10–3
  5. 36’PTonga penalty · Andrew Mailei10–6
  6. 41’PSamoa penalty · Earl Va'a13–6
  7. 61’TSamoa try · Elvis Sevealii18–6
  8. 66’TTonga try · Sione Fonua18–11
  9. 67’CTonga conversion · Andrew Mailei18–13
  10. 76’PSamoa penalty · Earl Va'a21–13
  11. 80’PSamoa penalty · Earl Va'a24–13
  12. 81’CSamoa conversion · Earl Va'a26–13
  13. 81’TSamoa try · Steve So'oialo31–13

Line-ups

Samoa

  1. 1Tamato LeupoluProp
  2. 2Trevor LeotaHooker
  3. 3Jeremy TomuliProp
  4. 4Mailo Potu LeavasaSecond row
  5. 5Leo Lafaiali'ISecond row
  6. 6Semo SititiFlanker
  7. 7Patrick SegiFlanker
  8. 8Henry TuilagiNumber 8
  9. 9Steve So'oialoScrum-half
  10. 10Earl Va'aFly-half
  11. 11Tuilagi Alesana TuilagiWing
  12. 12Freddie TuilagiCentre
  13. 13Carl ManuCentre
  14. 14Lome Fa'atauWing
  15. 15Elvis SevealiiFull-back
  16. 16Jonathan MeredithBench
  17. 17Kas LealamanuaBench
  18. 18Opeta PalepoiBench
  19. 19Siaosi VailiBench
  20. 20Denning TyrrellBench
  21. 21Aleki ToleafoaBench
  22. 22Silao LeaegaBench

Tonga

  1. 1Taufa'ao FiliseProp
  2. 2Viliami Ma'asiHooker
  3. 3John PaleProp
  4. 4Benhur KivaluSecond row
  5. 5Nisifolo NaufahuSecond row
  6. 6Inoke AfeakiFlanker
  7. 7Viliami VakiFlanker
  8. 8Va'a TolokeNumber 8
  9. 9Sililo MartensScrum-half
  10. 10Pierre HolaFly-half
  11. 11Semi HalaWing
  12. 12Fepikou TatafuCentre
  13. 13Andrew MaileiCentre
  14. 14Sione FonuaWing
  15. 15Gus LegerFull-back
  16. Ma'afu PaleBench
  17. Tony AlatiniBench
  18. Latiume MakaBench
  19. Stanley AfeakiBench
  20. Nick HauBench
  21. Vikilani AfeakiBench
  22. Chris Hala'ufiaBench
  23. Emosi KauhengaBench

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Context

All-time, Samoa 40–27 Tonga, 4 drawn in 71 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Samoa 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.