Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · Canberra Stadium, Canberra · 19 October 2003Head-to-head
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Wales won by 7 points.Half-time 14–10 · Tries 2–3
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← Tonga attack · Wales 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
| Min | Team | What | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26′ | Wales | Try, Gareth Cooper | 11–3 |
| 30′ | Tonga | Try, Pierre Hola, converted | 11–8 |
| 66′ | Tonga | Try, Benhur Kivalu | 20–15 |
| 69′ | Wales | Try, Martyn Williams, converted | 25–15 |
| 79′ | Tonga | Try, Heamani Lavaka | 27–20 |
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
Drag to replay the match on the pitchSwipe the chart sideways for the full match.26′Gareth Cooper30′Pierre Hola66′Benhur Kivalu69′Martyn Williams79′Heamani Lavaka
WAL
Team stats
TGA40%Possession60%
96Carries110
458Metres gained542
11Clean breaks15
18Defenders beaten25
106Passes71
3Offloads8
96Tackles made64
25Tackles missed18
52/54Rucks won64/68
11/13Lineouts won9/11
10/12Scrums won12/14
5/7Mauls won4/4
9Turnovers won3
12Penalties conceded15
29Kicks from hand19
893Kick metres699
Goal kicking
WAL conversions 1/1, penalties 4/4 · TGA conversions 1/1, penalties 1/1. Pale segment = set piece lost.
WAL conversions 1/1, penalties 4/4 · TGA conversions 1/1, penalties 1/1. 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
Wales
- 1Iestyn ThomasProp
- 2Mefin DaviesHooker
- 3Gethin JenkinsProp
- 4Gareth LlewellynSecond row
- 5Rob SidoliSecond row
- 6Dafydd JonesFlanker
- 7Colin CharvisFlanker
- 8Alix PophamNumber 8
- 9Gareth CooperScrum-half
- 10Stephen JonesFly-half
- 11Tom ShanklinWing
- 12Iestyn HarrisCentre
- 13Mark TaylorCentre
- 14Mark JonesWing
- 15Rhys WilliamsFull-back
- 16Huw BennettBench
- 17Adam JonesBench
- 18Chris WyattBench
- 19Martyn WilliamsBench
- 20Dwayne PeelBench
- 21Shane WilliamsBench
- 22Garan EvansBench
Tonga
- 1Kisi PuluProp
- 2Viliami Ma'asiHooker
- 3Heamani LavakaProp
- 4Usaia LatuSecond row
- 5Viliami VakiSecond row
- 6Ipolito FenukitauFlanker
- 7Stanley AfeakiFlanker
- 8Benhur KivaluNumber 8
- 9Sililo MartensScrum-half
- 10Pierre HolaFly-half
- 11Tevita TuifuaWing
- 12John PayneCentre
- 13Suka HufangaCentre
- 14Sione FonuaWing
- 15Sila Va'enukuFull-back
- 16Ephraim TaukafaBench
- 17Tonga Lea'aetoaBench
- 18Milton NgauamoBench
- 19Nisifolo NaufahuBench
- 20David PaluBench
- 21Sateki TuipulotuBench
- 22Gus LegerBench
Match officials
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Context
All-time, Wales 10–0 Tonga in 10 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Wales going in
Tonga going in
- Previous meeting: 17 November 2001, Wales 51–7 Tonga
- Next meeting on record: 22 November 2013
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.