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Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · WIN Stadium, Wollongong · 29 October 2003Head-to-head
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Canada won by 17 points.Half-time 9–7 · Tries 2–1 · TGA 1 yellow card

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185282
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Tacklesmademissed
CAN10439
TGA8413
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
CAN1/14/40
TGA1/10/00
← Tonga attack · Canada 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
  • Territory is not in the feed for this match.
  • Zone counts are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • 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
18′TongaTry, Inoke Afeaki, converted3–5
52′CanadaTry, Sean Fauth14–7
82′CanadaTry, Aaron Abrams, converted22–7
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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18′Inoke Afeaki52′Sean Fauth82′Aaron Abrams
CAN

Team stats

TGA
67%Possession33%
90Carries115
213Metres gained439
2Clean breaks14
13Defenders beaten39
151Passes106
4Offloads10
104Tackles made84
39Tackles missed13
65/70Rucks won76/81
14/14Lineouts won15/23
13/13Scrums won8/8
11/13Mauls won9/9
10Turnovers won8
15Penalties conceded18
20Kicks from hand7
624Kick metres230
Goal kicking
CAN conversions 1/1, penalties 4/4 · 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

Canada

  1. 1Rod SnowProp
  2. 2Mark LawsonHooker
  3. 3Garth CookeProp
  4. 4Al CharronSecond row
  5. 5Mike JamesSecond row
  6. 6Jamie CudmoreFlanker
  7. 7Adam van StaverenFlanker
  8. 8Josh JacksonNumber 8
  9. 9Morgan WilliamsScrum-half
  10. 10Bobby RossFly-half
  11. 11Winston StanleyWing
  12. 12Marco di GirolamoCentre
  13. 13Nik WitkowskiCentre
  14. 14Sean FauthWing
  15. 15Quentin FyffeFull-back
  16. 16Aaron AbramsBench
  17. 17Kevin TkachukBench
  18. 18Colin YukesBench
  19. 19Jeff ReidBench
  20. 20Ed FairhurstBench
  21. 21Ryan SmithBench
  22. 22James PritchardBench

Tonga

  1. 1Tonga Lea'aetoaProp
  2. 2Ephraim TaukafaHooker
  3. 3Heamani LavakaProp
  4. 4Milton NgauamoSecond row
  5. 5Inoke AfeakiSecond row
  6. 6Nisifolo NaufahuFlanker
  7. 7Johnny TuamoheloaFlanker
  8. 8Benhur KivaluNumber 8
  9. 9Sililo MartensScrum-half
  10. 10Pierre HolaFly-half
  11. 11Sione FonuaWing
  12. 12John PayneCentre
  13. 13Johnny NgauamoCentre
  14. 14Pila FifitaWing
  15. 15Gus LegerFull-back
  16. 16Viliami Ma'asiBench
  17. 17Kafalosi TongaBench
  18. 18Usaia LatuBench
  19. 19Ipolito FenukitauBench
  20. 20David PaluBench
  21. 21Suka HufangaBench
  22. 22Viliami VakiBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Canada 5–8 Tonga in 13 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Canada 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.