Full time5 August 1972
Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa, TongaHead-to-head
Fiji won by 1 point.
Scoring
- 27’PTonga penalty · Sione Mafi3–0
- 31’TFiji try · Pio Bosco3–4
- 32’CFiji conversion · Nimilote Ratudina3–6
- 39’TFiji try · Vuniani Varo3–10
- 69’TTonga try · 'Eukaliti Hehepoto7–10
- 70’CTonga conversion · Sione Mafi9–10
Line-ups
Fiji
- 1Nimilote RatudinaProp
- 2Atonio RacikaHooker
- 3Jona QoroProp
- 4Jope NaucabalavuSecond row
- 5Apenisa TokairavuaSecond row
- 6Ilaitia TuiseseFlanker
- 7Meli KurisaruFlanker
- 8Epi BolawaqatabuNumber 8
- 9Isimeli BatibasagaScrum-half
- 10Pio BoscoFly-half
- 11Senitiki NasaveWing
- 12Wame GavidiCentre
- 13Lario RaitilavaCentre
- 14Vuniani VaroWing
- 15Josaia ViseiFull-back
Match officials
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Context
All-time, Tonga 27–66 Fiji, 3 drawn in 96 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Tonga going in
Fiji going in
- Previous meeting: 22 July 1972, Tonga 6–17 Fiji
- Next meeting on record: 11 July 1973
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.