Full time11 April 1990
Venue not recorded · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 1991Head-to-head
Samoa won by 9 points.
Scoring
- –PTonga penalty · Nafe Tufui3–0
- –CSamoa conversion · Andrew Aiolupo3–2
- –PSamoa penalty · Andrew Aiolupo3–5
- –PSamoa penalty · Andrew Aiolupo3–8
- –TSamoa try · Peter Fatialofa3–12
Line-ups
Tonga
- 1Inoke FinauProp
- 2Soane FinauHooker
- 3F FilikitongaProp
- 4Tevita Lolo'aheaSecond row
- 5Sione PalenapaSecond row
- 6Taipaleti Tu'utu KakatoFlanker
- 7Kuli FaletauFlanker
- 8Kinisiliti FotuNumber 8
- 9Nafe TufuiScrum-half
- 10Kite TuivailalaFly-half
- 11Liueli FusimalohiWing
- 12Quddus FieleaCentre
- 13Koli FekeCentre
- 14'Isi TapuelueluWing
- 15Tali Ete'akiFull-back
- U NiuilaBench
Samoa
- 1David SioProp
- 2Stan To'omalataiHooker
- 3Peter FatialofaProp
- 4Sam Po ChingSecond row
- 5Peleiupu FuataiSecond row
- 6Danny KaleopaFlanker
- 7Tuala Sila VaifaleFlanker
- 8Harry SchusterNumber 8
- 9Milovale MokeScrum-half
- 10Filipo SaenaFly-half
- 11Timo TagaloaWing
- 12John Ah KuoiCentre
- 13To'o VaegaCentre
- 14Tupo Fa'amasinoWing
- 15Andrew AiolupoFull-back
Match officials
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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
- Previous meeting: 28 May 1988, Tonga 13–20 Samoa
- Next meeting on record: 16 June 1990
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.