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Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · Canberra Stadium, Canberra · 15 October 2003Head-to-head
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Italy won by 24 points.Half-time 9–7 · Tries 3–2 · ITA 1 yellow card · TGA 2 yellow cards

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Tacklesmademissed
ITA9925
TGA5317
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ITA3/35/50
TGA1/10/00
← Tonga attack · Italy attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
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  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
36′TongaTry, John Payne, converted9–5
51′ItalyTry, Manuel Dallan, converted14–7
59′TongaTry, Tevita Tuifua16–12
74′ItalyTry, Denis Dallan, converted27–12
81′ItalyTry, Denis Dallan, converted34–12
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′1 ITA card · 2 TGA cards
36′John Payne51′Manuel Dallan59′Tevita Tuifua74′Denis Dallan81′Denis Dallan
ITA

Team stats

TGA
60%Possession40%
85Carries118
529Metres gained370
15Clean breaks3
17Defenders beaten25
105Passes102
10Offloads11
99Tackles made53
25Tackles missed17
40/42Rucks won80/86
13/15Lineouts won19/25
9/10Scrums won8/11
13/14Mauls won12/12
6Turnovers won11
11Penalties conceded10
32Kicks from hand31
1,194Kick metres1,024
Goal kicking
ITA conversions 3/3, penalties 5/5 · TGA conversions 1/1, penalties 0/0. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Andrea Lo CiceroProp
  2. 2Fabio OngaroHooker
  3. 3Martin CastrogiovanniProp
  4. 4Santiago DellapèSecond row
  5. 5Marco BortolamiSecond row
  6. 6Andrea de RossiFlanker
  7. 7Aaron PersicoFlanker
  8. 8Sergio ParisseNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro TronconScrum-half
  10. 10Rima WakaruaFly-half
  11. 11Denis DallanWing
  12. 12Manuel DallanCentre
  13. 13Cristian StoicaCentre
  14. 14Nicola MazzucatoWing
  15. 15Gonzalo CanaleFull-back
  16. 16Carlo FestucciaBench
  17. 17Salvatore PeruginiBench
  18. 18Carlo ChecchinatoBench
  19. 19Mauro BergamascoBench
  20. 20Matteo MazzantiniBench
  21. 21Francesco MazzariolBench
  22. 22Andrea MasiBench

Tonga

  1. 1Tonga Lea'aetoaProp
  2. 2Ephraim TaukafaHooker
  3. 3Heamani LavakaProp
  4. 4Viliami VakiSecond row
  5. 5Milton NgauamoSecond row
  6. 6Inoke AfeakiFlanker
  7. 7Ipolito FenukitauFlanker
  8. 8Benhur KivaluNumber 8
  9. 9Sililo MartensScrum-half
  10. 10Sateki TuipulotuFly-half
  11. 11Tevita TuifuaWing
  12. 12John PayneCentre
  13. 13Gus LegerCentre
  14. 14Sione FonuaWing
  15. 15Pierre HolaFull-back
  16. 16Viliami Ma'asiBench
  17. 17Kisi PuluBench
  18. 18Usaia LatuBench
  19. 19Stanley AfeakiBench
  20. 20Tony AlatiniBench
  21. 21Johnny NgauamoBench
  22. 22Sila Va'enukuBench

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Context

All-time, Italy 4–2 Tonga in 6 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Italy 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.