TheBreakdown
Full time14 June 2003
Tonga
19–40
Ireland
Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa, Tonga · Tour 2003Head-to-head

Ireland won by 21 points.

Scoring

  1. –PTonga penalty · Pierre Hola3–0
  2. –PTonga penalty · Pierre Hola6–0
  3. –PTonga penalty · Pierre Hola9–0
  4. –TTonga try · Pierre Hola14–0
  5. –TTonga try · Pierre Hola19–0
  6. –CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara19–2
  7. –CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara19–4
  8. –PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara19–7
  9. –PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara19–10
  10. –TIreland try · Mark McHugh19–15
  11. –TIreland try · John Kelly19–20
  12. –TIreland try · John Kelly19–25
  13. –TIreland try · Jonathan Bell19–30
  14. –TIreland try · Guy Easterby19–35
  15. –TIreland try · Guy Easterby19–40

Line-ups

Tonga

  1. 1Tonga Lea'aetoaProp
  2. 2Viliami Ma'asiHooker
  3. 3Heamani LavakaProp
  4. 4Milton NgauamoSecond row
  5. 5Inoke AfeakiSecond row
  6. 6Nisifolo NaufahuFlanker
  7. 7Stanley AfeakiFlanker
  8. 8Usaia LatuNumber 8
  9. 9David PaluScrum-half
  10. 10Tony AlatiniFly-half
  11. 11Simana Mafile'oWing
  12. 12John PayneCentre
  13. 13Johnny NgauamoCentre
  14. 14Pierre HolaWing
  15. 15Gus LegerFull-back
  16. 16Ephraim TaukafaBench
  17. 17Kisi PuluBench
  18. 18Viliami VakiBench
  19. 19Benhur KivaluBench
  20. 20Willie GibbonsBench
  21. 21Taniela TuliaBench
  22. 22Tevita TuifuaBench

Ireland

  1. 1Justin FitzpatrickProp
  2. 2Shane ByrneHooker
  3. 3Reggie CorriganProp
  4. 4Leo CullenSecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Simon EasterbyFlanker
  7. 7Kieron DawsonFlanker
  8. 8Eric MillerNumber 8
  9. 9Guy EasterbyScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Tyrone HoweWing
  12. 12Jonathan BellCentre
  13. 13Mike MullinsCentre
  14. 14John KellyWing
  15. 15Mark McHughFull-back
  16. 16Paul ShieldsBench
  17. 17Simon BestBench
  18. 18Donncha O'CallaghanBench
  19. 19David WallaceBench
  20. 20Brian O'MearaBench
  21. 21Paul BurkeBench
  22. 22Gordon D'ArcyBench

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Context

All-time, Tonga 0–3 Ireland in 3 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Tonga going in
Ireland 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.