TheBreakdown
Full time6 December 2002
Tonga
84–12
Papua New Guinea
Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa, Tonga · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2003Head-to-head

Tonga won by 72 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’TTonga try · Taniela Tulia5–0
  2. 1’TTonga try · Viliami Vaki10–0
  3. 1’TTonga try · Viliami Vaki15–0
  4. 11’TTonga try · Fepikou Tatafu20–0
  5. 13’CTonga conversion · Pierre Hola22–0
  6. 17’PTonga penalty · Pierre Hola25–0
  7. 21’TTonga try · Fepikou Tatafu30–0
  8. 22’CTonga conversion · Pierre Hola32–0
  9. 26’TTonga try · Kisi Pulu37–0
  10. 27’CTonga conversion · Pierre Hola39–0
  11. 29’TTonga try · Stanley Afeaki44–0
  12. 30’CTonga conversion · Pierre Hola46–0
  13. 35’TTonga try · Andrew Mailei51–0
  14. 36’CTonga conversion · Pierre Hola53–0
  15. 38’DTonga drop goal · Pierre Hola56–0
  16. 39’TTonga try · Stanley Afeaki61–0
  17. 46’TTonga try · David Palu66–0
  18. 62’CTonga conversion · Pierre Hola68–0
  19. 64’CPapua New Guinea conversion · Raymand Romalus68–2
  20. 65’TPapua New Guinea try · Raymand Romalus68–7
  21. 69’CTonga conversion · Pierre Hola70–7
  22. 71’TPapua New Guinea try · Raymand Romalus70–12
  23. 72’TTonga try · Taniela Tulia75–12
  24. 74’TTonga try · Benhur Kivalu80–12
  25. 75’CTonga conversion · Pierre Hola82–12
  26. 80’CTonga conversion · Pierre Hola84–12

Line-ups

Tonga

  1. 1Tonga Lea'aetoaProp
  2. 2Ephraim TaukafaHooker
  3. 3Kisi PuluProp
  4. 4Milton NgauamoSecond row
  5. 5Usaia LatuSecond row
  6. 6Nisifolo NaufahuFlanker
  7. 7Stanley AfeakiFlanker
  8. 8Benhur KivaluNumber 8
  9. 9David PaluScrum-half
  10. 10Willie GibbonsFly-half
  11. 11Andrew MaileiWing
  12. 12John PayneCentre
  13. 13Fepikou TatafuCentre
  14. 14Kilikoni BakewaWing
  15. 15Pierre HolaFull-back
  16. Lisiate UlufonuaBench
  17. Latiume MakaBench
  18. Viliami VakiBench
  19. Solomone MatangiBench
  20. Taniela TuliaBench
  21. Aisea LatuBench
  22. Feki LatuselaBench
  23. Manako TongaBench

Papua New Guinea

  1. 1Richard PangkatanaProp
  2. 2Anthony PangkatanaHooker
  3. 3Carl HootProp
  4. 4Ian LiverasSecond row
  5. 5Willie RikisSecond row
  6. 6Edeck GulaFlanker
  7. 7Ian LeklekFlanker
  8. 8Winston NinjipaNumber 8
  9. 9Nathan ChangScrum-half
  10. 10Paul JosephFly-half
  11. 11Jessie MonoWing
  12. 12Kevin VitoloCentre
  13. 13Warren TenoCentre
  14. 14Raymand RomalusWing
  15. 15Paul PomosoFull-back
  16. Asi Vele TolaBench
  17. Keith PuariaBench
  18. Reah HenaoBench
  19. Jonny MartaBench
  20. Raymond YauiebBench
  21. Jonathan KairuBench
  22. Aaron MiaiBench

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Context

All-time, Tonga 2–0 Papua New Guinea in 2 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Tonga going in
Papua New Guinea 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.