| TONGA 25 | V | UNITED STATES 15 | |||||
| COMPETITION: RWC 2007 FINALS POOL A Updated 14.09.2007 | |||||||
| VENUE: Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier | DATE: 12 September 2007 | SPECTATORS: 24 243 | |||||
| REFEREE: Stuart Dickinson (Australia) | HALFTIME: 3 - 13 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Maka, Vaka, Vaki | TRIES: MacDonald, Stanfill | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Hola (2) | CONVERSIONS: Hercus | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Hola (2) | PENALTY GOALS: Hercus | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | Vungakoto Filimone Lilo | Tautahi Gold | 15 | Chris Wyles | Belmont Shore | ||
| 14 | Tevita Hemilitoni Tu'ifua | Counties Manukau, NZ | 14 | Salesi Sika | Beziers, France | ||
| 13 | Sukanaivalu Hufanga | CA Brive, France | 13 | Albert Tuipulotu | San Mateo | ||
| 12 | Epeli Taione (21) | Sanyo, Japan | 12 | Vaha Esikia (22) | San Mateo | ||
| 11 | Joseph Wilson Vaka (22) | World, Japan | 11 | Takudzwa Ngwenya | Dallas Athletic Club | ||
| 10 | Raymond Pierre Hola | Kobe, Japan | 10 | Mike Hercus (Capt) | Belmont Shore | ||
| 9 | Soane Havea (20) | Marist | 9 | Chad Erskine | Waterloo, England | ||
| 8 | Finau Maka (19) | Toulouse, France | 8 | Henry Bloomfield (19) | Belmont Shore | ||
| 7 | Otenili Langilangi (Capt) (18) | NEC, Japan | 7 | Todd Clever | OMBAC | ||
| 6 | Hale T Pole | Southland, NZ | 6 | Louis Stanfill | UC Berkeley | ||
| 5 | Kelekolio Paino Hehea | Metro-Racing, France | 5 | Mike Mangan | Denver Barbarians | ||
| 4 | Lisiate Fa'aoso | Manawatu, NZ | 4 | Alec Parker | Aspen | ||
| 3 | Kisi Pulu | Albi, France | 3 | Chris Osentowski | Belmont Shore | ||
| 2 | Aleki 'Aho Lutui (16) | Worcester, England | 2 | Owen Lentz (16) | Maryland Exiles | ||
| 1 | Soane Tonga'uiha (17) | Northampton, England | 1 | Mike MacDonald (17) | Leeds Tykes, England | ||
| 16 | Ephraim Taukafa (2) | Oyonnax, France | 16 | Blake Burdette (2) | NYAC | ||
| 17 | Toma Toke (1) | Spartan | 17 | Matekitonga Moeakiola (1) | Park City Haggis | ||
| 18 | Viliami Laukau Vaki (7) | Perpignan, France | 18 | Hayden Mexted | St. Louis | ||
| 19 | Lotu Filipine (8) | IBM, Japan | 19 | Inaki Basauri (8) | Agen, France | ||
| 20 | Sione Tu'ipulotu (9) | Yokogawa, Japan | 20 | Mike Petri | Belmont Shore | ||
| 21 | Isileli Tupou (12) | Tautahi Gold | 21 | Valenese Malifa | Belmont Shore | ||
| 22 | Aisea Havili Kaufusi (11) | Worcester, England | 22 | Phillip Eloff (12) | Chicago Lions | ||
| COACH: Quddus Fielea | COACH: Peter Thorburn | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES Otenili Langilangi aka Nili Latu 3rd meeting of the two teams, first in the RWC. Scoring sequence: 0 - 7 (Maka, Hola 3); 0 - 10 (Hola 7); 0 - 13 (Hola 26); 3 - 13 (Hercus 33); HT 8 - 13 (MacDonald 48); 8 - 18 (Vaka 59); 15 - 18 (Stanfill, Hercus 67); 15 - 25 (Vaki, Hola 70) No red/yellow cards issued. Stanfill's try was his first for the USA. Joseph Vaka and Finau Maka were making their test debut for Tonga. Both also scored their first tries for Tonga. Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/rugby/article2440018.ece?token=null&offset=12 Complied by Quentin Davies and Gary Carbines |
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