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Full time1 September 1979
Tonga
18–10
Samoa
Venue not recordedHead-to-head

Tonga won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. –CTonga conversion · Valita Ma'ake2–0
  2. –CTonga conversion · Valita Ma'ake4–0
  3. –PTonga penalty · Valita Ma'ake7–0
  4. –PTonga penalty · Valita Ma'ake10–0
  5. –TTonga try · Nofomuli Taumoefolau14–0
  6. –TTonga try · Viliami Moala'eua18–0
  7. –PSamoa penalty · A Palamo18–3
  8. –PSamoa penalty · A Palamo18–6
  9. –TSamoa try · Taufusi Salesa18–10

Line-ups

Tonga

  1. 1Pangia KatoaProp
  2. 2Fola VunaHooker
  3. 3Malakai PulumuProp
  4. 4M MaluSecond row
  5. 5M Tuku'ahoSecond row
  6. 6Sitani Hala'ufiaFlanker
  7. 7Fakahau ValuFlanker
  8. 8Puni Tu'ipulotuNumber 8
  9. 9Peseti Ma'afuScrum-half
  10. 10Hala MakahoiFly-half
  11. 11Molitoni FinauWing
  12. 12Viliami Moala'euaCentre
  13. 13Nofomuli TaumoefolauCentre
  14. 14Tu'ipulotu MakaWing
  15. 15Valita Ma'akeFull-back

Samoa

  1. 1F MaleleProp
  2. 2Se Ati'ifaleHooker
  3. 3S LeaupepeProp
  4. 4A LeavasaSecond row
  5. 5Keli SaifoloiSecond row
  6. 6I Laga'aiaFlanker
  7. 7Faitala TalapusiFlanker
  8. 8Susuga AlesanaNumber 8
  9. 9Ricky SchmidtScrum-half
  10. 10A PalamoFly-half
  11. 11Taufusi SalesaWing
  12. 12Niko PalamoCentre
  13. 13A Utu'utuCentre
  14. 14P GreyWing
  15. 15T PatuFull-back
  16. F ToloaBench

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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

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.