TheBreakdown
Full time13 July 1996
Samoa
30–15
Tonga
Venue not recordedHead-to-head

Samoa won by 15 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSamoa conversion · Fa'avaivai Tanoa'i2–0
  2. –CSamoa conversion · Fa'avaivai Tanoa'i4–0
  3. –PSamoa penalty · Fa'avaivai Tanoa'i7–0
  4. –PSamoa penalty · Fa'avaivai Tanoa'i10–0
  5. –TSamoa try · Alex Telea15–0
  6. –TSamoa try · Alex Telea20–0
  7. –TSamoa try · George Leaupepe25–0
  8. –TSamoa try · George Leaupepe30–0
  9. –TTonga try · Taholo Anitoni30–5
  10. –TTonga try · Va'a Toloke30–10
  11. –TTonga try · Sione Palenapa30–15

Line-ups

Samoa

  1. 1Brendan ReidyProp
  2. 2Tala LeiasamaivaoHooker
  3. 3Mark FatialofaProp
  4. 4Mailo Potu LeavasaSecond row
  5. 5Sene Ta'alaSecond row
  6. 6Steve SmithFlanker
  7. 7Tuala Sila VaifaleFlanker
  8. 8Pat LamNumber 8
  9. 9Joe FilemuScrum-half
  10. 10Fa'avaivai Tanoa'iFly-half
  11. 11Brian LimaWing
  12. 12George LeaupepeCentre
  13. 13To'o VaegaCentre
  14. 14Alex TeleaWing
  15. 15Tupo Fa'amasinoFull-back
  16. Onehunga MatauiauBench

Tonga

  1. 1Heamani LavakaProp
  2. 2Feao VunipolaHooker
  3. 3Ngalu Taufo'ouProp
  4. 4Falamani MafiSecond row
  5. 5Sione PalenapaSecond row
  6. 6Va'a TolokeFlanker
  7. 7Feleti MahoniFlanker
  8. 8Lone KatoaNumber 8
  9. 9Manu VunipolaScrum-half
  10. 10'Elisi VunipolaFly-half
  11. 11Tevita AsiWing
  12. 12J KalaivaluCentre
  13. 13Etuate ManuCentre
  14. 14Siua TaumaloloWing
  15. 15Taholo AnitoniFull-back

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Context

All-time, Samoa 40–27 Tonga, 4 drawn in 71 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Samoa going in
Tonga 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.