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Full time16 June 1999
Tonga
20–16
France
Venue not recorded · Tour 1999Head-to-head

Tonga won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’CTonga conversion · Sateki Tuipulotu2–0
  2. 1’PTonga penalty · Sateki Tuipulotu5–0
  3. 1’TTonga try · Siua Taumalolo10–0
  4. 1’TTonga try · Siua Taumalolo15–0
  5. 1’TTonga try · Taunaholo Taufahema20–0
  6. 6’PFrance penalty · Christophe Lamaison20–3
  7. 15’PFrance penalty · Christophe Lamaison20–6
  8. 53’PFrance penalty · Christophe Lamaison20–9
  9. 64’TFrance try · Olivier Sarramea20–14
  10. 65’CFrance conversion · Christophe Lamaison20–16

Line-ups

Tonga

  1. 1Ngalu Taufo'ouProp
  2. 2Aleki LutuiHooker
  3. 3Puku FaletauProp
  4. 4Kuli FaletauSecond row
  5. 5Isileli FataniSecond row
  6. 6David EdwardsFlanker
  7. 7Kisione Ahota'e'iloaFlanker
  8. 8Benhur KivaluNumber 8
  9. 9Sililo MartensScrum-half
  10. 10'Elisi VunipolaFly-half
  11. 11Taunaholo TaufahemaWing
  12. 12Salesi FinauCentre
  13. 13Siua TaumaloloCentre
  14. 14Dave TiuetiWing
  15. 15Sateki TuipulotuFull-back
  16. Matt Te PouBench
  17. Latiume MakaBench
  18. Maikolo KaiheaBench
  19. Sione TuipulotuBench

France

  1. 1Jean-Jacques CrencaProp
  2. 2Marc Dal MasoHooker
  3. 3Sylvain MarconnetProp
  4. 4David AuradouSecond row
  5. 5David GerardSecond row
  6. 6Christian LabitFlanker
  7. 7Alexandre ChazaletFlanker
  8. 8Jean-Luc AquaNumber 8
  9. 9Fabien GalthiéScrum-half
  10. 10Gérald MerceronFly-half
  11. 11Olivier SarrameaWing
  12. 12Guillaume DelmotteCentre
  13. 13Christophe LamaisonCentre
  14. 14Philippe Bernat-SallesWing
  15. 15Jean-Luc SadournyFull-back
  16. Fabien PelousBench
  17. Thomas CastaignedeBench
  18. Christian CalifanoBench
  19. Arnaud CostesBench
  20. Raphaël IbanezBench
  21. Ugo MolaBench

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Context

All-time, Tonga 2–4 France in 6 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Tonga going in
France 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.