TheBreakdown
Full time23 July 2005
Tonga
19–30
Samoa
Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa, Tonga · Pacific Tri Nations 2005Head-to-head

Samoa won by 11 points.

Scoring

  1. 7’PSamoa penalty · Roger Warren0–3
  2. 11’CSamoa conversion · Roger Warren0–5
  3. 11’TSamoa try · David Lemi0–10
  4. 21’PTonga penalty · Fangatapu Apikotoa3–10
  5. 23’PTonga penalty · Fangatapu Apikotoa6–10
  6. 29’CTonga conversion · Fangatapu Apikotoa8–10
  7. 29’TTonga try · Sila Va'enuku13–10
  8. 33’CSamoa conversion · Roger Warren13–12
  9. 33’TSamoa try · Daniel Farani13–17
  10. 36’CSamoa conversion · Roger Warren13–19
  11. 36’TSamoa try · Lome Fa'atau13–24
  12. 46’PTonga penalty · Fangatapu Apikotoa16–24
  13. 64’PTonga penalty · Fangatapu Apikotoa19–24
  14. 70’PSamoa penalty · Roger Warren19–27
  15. 75’PSamoa penalty · Roger Warren19–30

Line-ups

Tonga

  1. 1Kisi PuluProp
  2. 2Aleki LutuiHooker
  3. 3Taufa'ao FiliseProp
  4. 4Lisiate Fa'aosoSecond row
  5. 5Mosese MakasiniSecond row
  6. 6Sione TongaFlanker
  7. 7Chris Hala'ufiaFlanker
  8. 8Matini TupouNumber 8
  9. 9Soane HaveaScrum-half
  10. 10Fangatapu ApikotoaFly-half
  11. 11Taniela TuliaWing
  12. 12Sefa VakaCentre
  13. 13Andrew MaileiCentre
  14. 14Seti KioleWing
  15. 15Sila Va'enukuFull-back
  16. 16Viliami Ma'asiBench
  17. 17Fotu'aika NaitokoBench
  18. 18Benhur KivaluBench
  19. 19Rodney MaheBench
  20. 20Siaosi TaufaBench
  21. 21Hudson Tonga'uihaBench
  22. 22Sione TaukapoBench

Samoa

  1. 1Justin Va'aProp
  2. 2Loleni TafunaiHooker
  3. 3Census JohnstonProp
  4. 4Opeta PalepoiSecond row
  5. 5Daniel LeoSecond row
  6. 6Paul Tupa'iFlanker
  7. 7Simaika MikaFlanker
  8. 8Daniel FaraniNumber 8
  9. 9John SenioScrum-half
  10. 10Roger WarrenFly-half
  11. 11David LemiWing
  12. 12Anitele'a TuilagiCentre
  13. 13Apoua StewartCentre
  14. 14Lome Fa'atauWing
  15. 15Tanner ViliFull-back
  16. 16Jonathan MeredithBench
  17. 17Donald KerslakeBench
  18. 18Semo SititiBench
  19. 19Iosefa TainaBench
  20. 20Notise TauafaoBench
  21. 21Faleto'ese TalapusiBench
  22. 22Tuilagi Alesana TuilagiBench

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Context

All-time, Tonga 27–40 Samoa, 4 drawn in 71 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Tonga going in
Samoa 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.