Full time2 July 1986
Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa, TongaHead-to-head
Fiji won by 20 points.
Scoring
- 5’PSamoa penalty · Andrew Aiolupo3–0
- 10’TFiji try · Samu Yalayala3–4
- 11’CFiji conversion · Sirilo Lovokuru3–6
- 17’PSamoa penalty · Andrew Aiolupo6–6
- 26’TFiji try · Ilaitia Ravouvou6–10
- 31’PSamoa penalty · Andrew Aiolupo9–10
- 37’PFiji penalty · Sirilo Lovokuru9–13
- 44’TFiji try · Rusiate Cavubuka9–17
- 45’CFiji conversion · Sirilo Lovokuru9–19
- 57’PFiji penalty · Sirilo Lovokuru9–22
- 71’PFiji penalty · Sirilo Lovokuru9–25
- 75’TFiji try9–29
Line-ups
Samoa
- 1Lomitusi SasiProp
- 2Faafetani SuaHooker
- 3Stan To'omalataiProp
- 4Sepe TupuolaSecond row
- 5Sepulona MoamanuSecond row
- 6Titimaea TafuaFlanker
- 7M PatoloFlanker
- 8Pati MaligiNumber 8
- 9Toma AleniScrum-half
- 10Ta'i FongFly-half
- 11J HuchWing
- 12Taufusi SalesaCentre
- 13Niko PalamoCentre
- 14Rolagi KokoWing
- 15Andrew AiolupoFull-back
Fiji
- 1Sairusi NaitukuProp
- 2Epeli RakaiHooker
- 3Peni VolavolaProp
- 4Peter HughesSecond row
- 5Koli RakoroiSecond row
- 6Peni ToraFlanker
- 7Osea KililoaFlanker
- 8Rusiate CavubukaNumber 8
- 9Pauliasi TabulutuScrum-half
- 10Ilaitia RavouvouFly-half
- 11Samu YalayalaWing
- 12Sirilo LovokuruCentre
- 13Peni RauluniCentre
- 14Kavekini NalagaWing
- 15Jone KubuFull-back
- Nasoni UluvulaBench
- Viliame LilidamuBench
- Lekima VasuvulagiBench
- Rusiate NamoroBench
- Salacieli NaivilawasaBench
- Fabiano VakadranoBench
Match officials
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Context
All-time, Samoa 21–36 Fiji, 3 drawn in 60 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Samoa going in
Fiji going in
- Previous meeting: 1 June 1985, Samoa 17–18 Fiji
- Next meeting on record: 22 August 1987
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.