Tonga v Zimbabwe — Nations Cup
Tonga
4th in Nations Cup
· UTC
36
26
Full-time
1st half 19–52nd half 17–21
Zimbabwe
6th in Nations Cup
Tonga scorers:
Tries Veainu 24′, Paea 28′, Inisi 38′, Moli 69′, Tuipulotu 72′
Cons Pellegrini 25′, Pellegrini 39′, Havili 70′, Pellegrini 74′
Pens Pellegrini 80′
Zimbabwe scorers:
Tries Mandioma 31′, Mavesere 56′, Muzanargwo 59′, Sigauke 65′
Cons Prior 57′, Prior 60′, Prior 66′
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Match info
Kick-off, venue, form and the table.
Kick-off
· UTC
- UK & Ireland (BST)
- Sat 23:15
- South Africa (SAST)
- Sun 00:15
- Sydney (AEST)
- Sun 08:15
- New Zealand (NZST)
- Sun 10:15
Form and season so far
Zimbabwe
6th · 2 pts
LLLL- Pts / game
- 20.0
- PD
- −30
- Won
- 0 of 3
Season figures: Nations Cup table.
Nations Cup table
Scoring timeline
Final · newest first
- Full-time36–26
- 80′ Penalty goal Tonga: Patrick Pellegrini Penalty goal 36–26
- 78′ Yellow card Zimbabwe: Jason-Colin Fraser Yellow card
- 76′ Replacement Tonga: Mahroni Ngakuru On for Jimmy Tupou
- 74′ Conversion Tonga: Patrick Pellegrini Conversion 33–26
- 72′ Try Tonga: Sione Tuipulotu Try 31–26
- 70′ Conversion Tonga: William Havili Conversion 26–26
- 70′ Replacement Zimbabwe: Tijde Visser On for Victor Mupunga
- 70′ Replacement Tonga: Anzelo Tuitavuki On for John Tapueluelu
- 70′ Replacement Tonga: Sione Tuipulotu On for Semisi Paea
- 70′ Replacement Tonga: Sekope Lopeti Moli On for Samiuela Moli
- 69′ Try Tonga: Samiuela Moli Try 24–26
- 69′ Replacement Zimbabwe: Bryan Chiang On for Matthew Simba Mandioma
- 68′ Replacement Zimbabwe: Dion Khumalo On for Edward Sigauke
- 66′ Conversion Zimbabwe: Ian Prior Conversion 19–26
- 65′ Try Zimbabwe: Edward Sigauke Try 19–24
- 61′ Replacement Zimbabwe: Tadiwanashe Gwashu On for Gary Porter
- 60′ Conversion Zimbabwe: Ian Prior Conversion 19–19
- 59′ Try Zimbabwe: Godfrey Muzanargwo Try 19–17
- 59′ Yellow card Tonga: Patrick Pellegrini Yellow card
- 57′ Conversion Zimbabwe: Ian Prior Conversion 19–12
- 56′ Try Zimbabwe: Tino Mavesere Try 19–10
- 54′ Replacement Tonga: Siaoisi Nginingini On for Sonatane Takulua
- 54′ Replacement Tonga: Solomone Kata On for Telusa Veainu
- 50′ Replacement Tonga: Paula Latu On for Atu Moli
- 50′ Replacement Tonga: Siegfried Fisiihoi On for Fatongia Paea
- 50′ Replacement Zimbabwe: Bruce Houston On for Kudzai Mashawi
- 48′ Replacement Zimbabwe: Tyrone Gombe On for Hilton Mudariki
- 46′ Replacement Zimbabwe: Simba Siraha On for Dylan Utete
- 44′ Replacement Zimbabwe: Cleopas Kundiona On for Michael Kumbirai
- Half-time19–5
- 39′ Conversion Tonga: Patrick Pellegrini Conversion 19–5
- 38′ Try Tonga: Fine Inisi Try 17–5
- 33′ Yellow card Tonga: Telusa Veainu Yellow card
- 31′ Try Zimbabwe: Matthew Simba Mandioma Try 12–5
- 28′ Try Tonga: Fatongia Paea Try 12–0
- 25′ Conversion Tonga: Patrick Pellegrini Conversion 7–0
- 24′ Try Tonga: Telusa Veainu Try 5–0
TRY 5 ptsCON 2PEN 3YC yellow card (10 min)RC red cardSUB replacement
Line-ups
Tonga
Coach: Tevita Tuʻifua- 1 Fatongia Paea Prop
- 2 Samiuela Moli Hooker
- 3 Atu Moli Prop
- 4 Jimmy Tupou Lock
- 5 Veikoso Poloniati Lock
- 6 Sam Tuitupou Flanker
- 7 Semisi Paea Flanker
- 8 Otunuku Pauta No. 8
- 9 Sonatane Takulua (captain) Scrum-half
- 10 Patrick Pellegrini Fly-half
- 11 Telusa Veainu Wing
- 12 Fine Inisi Centre
- 13 John Tapueluelu Centre
- 14 Taniela Filimone Wing
- 15 William Havili Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Sekope Lopeti Moli on at 70′
- 17 Siegfried Fisiihoi on at 50′
- 18 Paula Latu on at 50′
- 19 Mahroni Ngakuru on at 76′
- 20 Sione Tuipulotu on at 70′
- 21 Siaoisi Nginingini on at 54′
- 22 Solomone Kata on at 54′
- 23 Anzelo Tuitavuki on at 70′
Zimbabwe
- 1 Victor Mupunga Prop
- 2 Matthew Simba Mandioma Hooker
- 3 Michael Kumbirai Prop
- 4 Gary Porter Lock
- 5 Godfrey Muzanargwo Lock
- 6 Tino Mavesere Flanker
- 7 Dylan Utete Flanker
- 8 Jason-Colin Fraser No. 8
- 9 Hilton Mudariki (captain) Scrum-half
- 10 Ian Prior Fly-half
- 11 Edward Sigauke Wing
- 12 Kudzai Mashawi Centre
- 13 Brandon Mudzekenyedzi Centre
- 14 Trevor Gurwe Wing
- 15 Tapiwa Mafura Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Bryan Chiang on at 69′
- 17 Tijde Visser on at 70′
- 18 Cleopas Kundiona on at 44′
- 19 Tadiwanashe Gwashu on at 61′
- 20 Simba Siraha on at 46′
- 21 Dion Khumalo on at 68′
- 22 Bruce Houston on at 50′
- 23 Tyrone Gombe on at 48′
Match stats · full-time
Possession: Tonga 56%, Zimbabwe 44%
Carries: Tonga 105, Zimbabwe 77
Metres made: Tonga 420, Zimbabwe 416
Line breaks: Tonga 4, Zimbabwe 5
Tackles made: Tonga 75, Zimbabwe 110
Tackles missed: Tonga 27, Zimbabwe 27
Turnovers won: Tonga 6, Zimbabwe 7
Lineouts won: Tonga 16/18, Zimbabwe 11/18
Scrums won: Tonga 4/4, Zimbabwe 5/5
Penalties conceded: Tonga 15, Zimbabwe 14
Yellow cards: Tonga 2, Zimbabwe 1
Red cards: Tonga 0, Zimbabwe 0
Passes: Tonga 144, Zimbabwe 99
Tries: Tonga 5, Zimbabwe 4
Try assists: Tonga 2, Zimbabwe 2
Conversions: Tonga 4, Zimbabwe 3
Penalty goals: Tonga 1, Zimbabwe 0
Drop goals: Tonga 0, Zimbabwe 0
Turnovers: Tonga 12, Zimbabwe 10
Offloads: Tonga 12, Zimbabwe 9
The leading value in each row is bold. Bars are relative to the combined total.
Head-to-head
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