TON
No.Name
15Vunga Lilo, FB
14Fetu'u Vainikolo, W
T
13Siale Piutau, C
12'Alipate Fatafehi, C
11Suka Hufanga, W
10Kurt Morath, FH
2
4
9Taniela Moa, SH
1Soane Tonga'uiha, P
2Aleki Lutui, H
3Taufa'ao Filise, P
4Lua Lokotui, L
T
5Kele Hehea, L
6Sione Kalamafoni, FL
7Sione Vaiomounga, FL
8Viliami Ma'afu, N8
T
Replacements
16Ilaisa Ma'asi, H
17Sona Taumalolo, P
18Halani 'Aulika, P
19Joe Tuineau, L
20Samiu Vahafolau, FL
21Samisoni Fisilau, SH
22Andrew Ma'ilei, W

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Semenoff Stadium
5:30 PM, September 21, 2011
Attendance: 17,364
All CommentaryKey Events

Match Commentary

82'18-31 End of half
82'18-31 End of half
81'+118-31 End of second half
79'Yellow card - Lua Lokotui , Tonga
78'Lua Lokotui is sin binned for Tonga after a succession of penalties as Japan pile on the pressure
74'Substitute on - Samisoni Fisilau , Tonga
74'Player substituted - Taniela Moa , Tonga
72'Substitute on - Sione Vaiomounga , Tonga
72'Player substituted - Sione Vaiomounga , Tonga
72'Player substituted - Taufa'ao Filise , Tonga
72'Substitute on - Samiu Vahafolau , Tonga
69'Player substituted - Kensuke Hatakeyama , Japan
69'Substitute on - Nozomu Fujita , Japan
68'Substitute on - Andrew Ma'ilei , Tonga
68'Player substituted - Suka Hufanga , Tonga
67'18-31 Penalty goal - Kurt Morath , Tonga
66'Kurt Morath extends Tonga's lead again with another successful penalty
65'Substitute on - Joe Tuineau , Tonga
65'Player substituted - Kele Hehea , Tonga
64'18-28 Try - Alisi Tupuailei , Japan
63'Following a solid Japan scrum, fly-half James Arlidge pops the ball up to Alisi Tupuailei on the switch and the giant centre crashes over
63'Substitute on - Taufa'ao Filise , Tonga
63'Player substituted - Sione Vaiomounga , Tonga
62'Yellow card - Halani 'Aulika , Tonga
61'Tonga's replacement prop Halani 'Aulika is sent to the sinbin for ten minutes
57'Player substituted - Toshizumi Kitagawa , Japan
57'Substitute on - Hitoshi Ono , Japan
56'13-28 Conversion - Kurt Morath , Tonga
55'Kurt Morath lands the conversion from the right
55'13-26 Try - Fetu'u Vainikolo , Tonga
54'Kurt Morath and Siale Piutau combine to give Fetu'u Vainikolo space out wide and the winger bursts through some poor Japanese tackling to score in the corner.
53'Player substituted - Itaru Taniguchi , Japan
53'Substitute on - Sione Vatuvei , Japan
52'Player substituted - Fumiaki Tanaka , Japan
52'Substitute on - Atsushi Hiwasa , Japan
49'13-21 Penalty goal - Kurt Morath , Tonga
48'Kurt Morath lands his third penalty as Tonga extend their lead
48'Substitute on - Ilaisa Ma'asi , Tonga
48'Player substituted - Aleki Lutui , Tonga
41'Substitute on - Sona Taumalolo , Tonga
41'Player substituted - Soane Tonga'uiha , Tonga
41'Substitute on - Halani 'Aulika , Tonga
41'Player substituted - Taufa'ao Filise , Tonga
41'13-18 End of first half
40'13-18 Start of second half
40'13-18 Penalty goal - Shaun Webb , Japan
39'With regular kicker James Arlidge off, fullback Shaun Webb lands a penalty for Japan
32'10-18 Penalty goal - Kurt Morath , Tonga
31'Kurt Morath converts the penalty following Arlidge's yellow card
31'Yellow card - James Arlidge , Japan
30'Japan fl-half James Arlidge is sin binned for stepping offside as Tonga pile on the pressure
29'10-15 Penalty goal - Kurt Morath , Tonga
28'Kurt Morath lands a penalty from the left side of the posts to edge Tonga further ahead
26'10-12 Try - Michael Leitch , Japan
25'Michael Leitch rounds off a thrilling move from Japan as the ball is moved wide to the right and Kosuke Endo pass back inside for the flanker to burst over
16'5-12 Conversion - Kurt Morath , Tonga
15'5-10 Try - Lua Lokotui , Tonga
14'Second-row Lua Lokotui sprints into the left corner after Japan bungle the restart and allow Tonga to hit-back immediately
14'5-5 Try - Kensuke Hatakeyama , Japan
13'Japan prop Kensuke Hatakeyama picks and drive and plunges over the line after sustained pressure from the Japanese prop
7'0-5 Try - Viliami Ma'afu , Tonga
6'Vili Ma'afu barges his way over after picking up from the base of the scrum to score his second international try.
1'0-0 Start of first half

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