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Full time2 June 1980
Samoa
12–15
Tonga
Venue not recorded · Tour 1980Head-to-head

Tonga won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSamoa conversion · Taufusi Salesa
  2. –PSamoa penalty · Taufusi Salesa
  3. –PSamoa penalty · Taufusi Salesa
  4. –TSamoa try · Taufusi Salesa

The scoring record for this Test does not add up to the final score, so running scores are hidden.

Line-ups

Samoa

  1. 1F MaleleProp
  2. 2Se Ati'ifaleHooker
  3. 3S LeaupepeProp
  4. 4A LeavasaSecond row
  5. 5Keli SaifoloiSecond row
  6. 6P SchmidtFlanker
  7. 7F ToloaFlanker
  8. 8Faitala TalapusiNumber 8
  9. 9Ricky SchmidtScrum-half
  10. 10A PalamoFly-half
  11. 11Susuga AlesanaWing
  12. 12Taufusi SalesaCentre
  13. 13O PatuCentre
  14. 14P GreyWing
  15. 15T PatuFull-back
  16. Feausiga SililotoBench

Tonga

  1. 2Soakai Motu'apuakaHooker
  2. 3Peni KioleProp
  3. 4Mana HafokaSecond row
  4. 5M Tuku'ahoSecond row
  5. 6Malakai PulumuFlanker
  6. 7Fakahau ValuFlanker
  7. 8Puni Tu'ipulotuNumber 8
  8. 9Peseti Ma'afuScrum-half
  9. 10Hala MakahoiFly-half
  10. 14Molitoni FinauWing
  11. 15Valita Ma'akeFull-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.