Full time22 June 1983
National Stadium, Suva, FijiHead-to-head
Tonga won by 9 points.
Scoring
- –CTonga conversion · Rocky Fotu2–0
- –CTonga conversion · Alamoni Liava'a4–0
- –PTonga penalty · Rocky Fotu7–0
- –TTonga try · Filimone Moala11–0
- –TTonga try · Otenili Pifeleti15–0
- –CSamoa conversion · Taufusi Salesa15–2
- –TSamoa try · Andrew Aiolupo15–6
Line-ups
Tonga
- 1Heneli Pau'uProp
- 2Filimone MoalaHooker
- 3Kouliti Ma'uProp
- 4Tevita SoaneSecond row
- 5Viliami MakaSecond row
- 6Fakahau ValuFlanker
- 7Pau'u AfeakiFlanker
- 8Otenili PifeletiNumber 8
- 9Feleti MoalaScrum-half
- 10Kapelieli VunipolaFly-half
- 11Sweet LeilaniWing
- 12Alamoni Liava'aCentre
- 13Rocky FotuCentre
- 14Laukau OfaWing
- 15Tu'ikolovatu HalafihiFull-back
- 16Ofa BlakeBench
- 17Tohi LehaBench
- 18Talai FifitaBench
- 19Molitoni FinauBench
- 20Mo'unga TaufateauBench
- 21Tevita HafokaBench
Samoa
- 1Lomitusi SasiProp
- 2Faafetani SuaHooker
- 3Samuelu PunivaluProp
- 4Taei AoeseSecond row
- 5Sepe TupuolaSecond row
- 6Titimaea TafuaFlanker
- 7Pati MaligiFlanker
- 8Susuga AlesanaNumber 8
- 9Toma AleniScrum-half
- 10Ta'i FongFly-half
- 11Rolagi KokoWing
- 12Andrew AiolupoCentre
- 13Taufusi SalesaCentre
- 14Va'a TasiWing
- 15David SchusterFull-back
- 16Winston RyanBench
- 17Kini VaegaBench
- 18Filipo LoseBench
- 19Maatusi KrauseBench
- 20Keith McFallBench
- 21Taumoloto TofeilauBench
Match officials
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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: 25 August 1982, Tonga 3–11 Samoa
- Next meeting on record: 4 July 1984
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.