Full time26 August 1987
Venue not recordedHead-to-head
Samoa won by 3 points.
Scoring
- –TTonga try · Inoke Finau4–0
- –PSamoa penalty · Taufusi Salesa4–3
- –TSamoa try · Rolagi Koko4–7
Line-ups
Tonga
- 1Amone FungavakaProp
- 2Inoke FinauHooker
- 3Ofa BlakeProp
- 4Tevita Lolo'aheaSecond row
- 5Kite TuivailalaSecond row
- 6Maimoa HaviliFlanker
- 7Seni VeehalaFlanker
- 8Siaosi AtiolaNumber 8
- 9Manu VunipolaScrum-half
- 10Lisiate UhatafeFly-half
- 11Quddus FieleaWing
- 12Vaivai Fa'aumuCentre
- 13Pule MoalaCentre
- 14Tomasi LovoWing
- 15'Asaeli AmoneFull-back
- S FolauBench
- Chris ManuBench
- Tevita HafokaBench
- Liueli FusimalohiBench
Samoa
- 1Lomitusi SasiProp
- 2T JensenHooker
- 3Afa Le'uProp
- 4Sepe TupuolaSecond row
- 5Ekeroma LuaiufiSecond row
- 6Titimaea TafuaFlanker
- 7Tuise SefoFlanker
- 8Kitiona VaiNumber 8
- 9Seleni TanukoScrum-half
- 10Ta'i FongFly-half
- 11Andrew AiolupoWing
- 12John Ah KuoiCentre
- 13Taufusi SalesaCentre
- 14Rolagi KokoWing
- 15Petaia NeeneeFull-back
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Context
All-time, Tonga 27–40 Samoa, 4 drawn in 71 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Tonga going in
Samoa going in
- Previous meeting: 5 July 1986, Tonga 31–15 Samoa
- Next meeting on record: 28 May 1988
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.