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Full time24 May 1997
Namibia
14–20
Tonga
National Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia · Tour 1997Head-to-head

Tonga won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. –PNamibia penalty · Emile Erasmus3–0
  2. –PNamibia penalty · Emile Erasmus6–0
  3. –PNamibia penalty · Emile Erasmus9–0
  4. –TNamibia try · Attie Samuelson14–0
  5. –CTonga conversion · Kusitafu Tonga14–2
  6. –CTonga conversion · Kusitafu Tonga14–4
  7. –PTonga penalty · Kusitafu Tonga14–7
  8. –PTonga penalty · Kusitafu Tonga14–10
  9. –TTonga try · Semisi Faka 'osi'folau14–15
  10. –TTonga try · Siua Taumalolo14–20

Line-ups

Namibia

  1. 1Danie VermeulenProp
  2. 2Riaan van ZylHooker
  3. 3Andries BlaauwProp
  4. 4Hardus SwartSecond row
  5. 5Pieter SteynSecond row
  6. 6Sybrand de BeerFlanker
  7. 7Schalk van der MerweFlanker
  8. 8Kobus HornNumber 8
  9. 9Johan ZaaymanScrum-half
  10. 10Emile ErasmusFly-half
  11. 11Dirk FarmerWing
  12. 12Francois van RensburgCentre
  13. 13Lukas HoltzhausenCentre
  14. 14André GreeffWing
  15. 15Attie SamuelsonFull-back
  16. Pres KotzeBench
  17. Riaan JantjiesBench
  18. Thys van RooyenBench
  19. Hardus BreedtBench
  20. Hugo HornBench
  21. Rudi van VuurenBench

Tonga

  1. 1Damien PenisiniProp
  2. 2Tau'alupe SialeHooker
  3. 3Ngalu Taufo'ouProp
  4. 4Alipate Ta'ufo'ouSecond row
  5. 5Kuli FaletauSecond row
  6. 6Maama MolitikaFlanker
  7. 7Talanoa TohiFlanker
  8. 8Lone KatoaNumber 8
  9. 9Manu VunipolaScrum-half
  10. 10Siua TaumaloloFly-half
  11. 11Semisi Faka 'osi'folauWing
  12. 12Viliami UhiCentre
  13. 13Fepikou TatafuCentre
  14. 14Simana Mafile'oWing
  15. 15Kusitafu TongaFull-back
  16. Feao VunipolaBench
  17. Tony AlatiniBench
  18. Heamani LavakaBench
  19. Katilimoni Tu'ipulotuBench
  20. Kilioni TuipulotuBench

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Context

All-time, Namibia 0–2 Tonga in 2 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Namibia going in
Tonga going in

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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.