Match report France 23 - 21 Tonga, 06/10/2019 - Rugby World Cup

Date : Sunday, October 6, 2019 Kick Off : 09:45 Venue : Kumamoto Stadium Tournament : Rugby World Cup Round : pool stage
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21LB

Pre-match Overview

Match between France and Tonga was played at Kumamoto Stadium as of round #4 of Rugby World Cup . Before kick-off France was in 2nd position and Tonga 4th

Lineups

Game sheet France vs Tonga
YC	Penalty	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion
				POIROT	1	FISI'IHOI
				CHAT	2	NGAUAMO
				SLIMANI	3	FIA
				GABRILLAGUES	4	LOUSI
				VAHAAMAHINA	5	FIFITA
				LAURET	6	KALAMAFONI
				OLLIVON	7	KAPELI	78'
				ALLDRITT	8	VAIPULU
				SERIN	9	TAKULUA	39'	40' 48'
	3' 51' 59'	6' 33'		NTAMACK	10	FAIVA
			31'	RAKA	11	HALAIFONUA
				GUITOUNE	12	PIUTAU
			5'	VAKATAWA	13	HINGANO	46'
				PENAUD	14	VUNA
				MÉDARD	15	VEAINU
				GUIRADO	16	SAKALIA
				BAILLE	17	FIFITA
				SETIANO	18	HALANUKONUKA
				LE ROUX	19	FALEAFA
				CAMARA	20	MANU
				DUPONT	21	FUKOFUKA
				LOPEZ	22	FOSITA		79'
				BARASSI	23	PAKALANI
Replacements
VAHAAMAHINA for LE ROUX, 52'						40', FIA for HALANUKONUKA
SLIMANI for SETIANO, 52'						56', NGAUAMO for SAKALIA
POIROT for BAILLE, 52'						59', TAKULUA for FUKOFUKA
SERIN for DUPONT, 53'						60', FIFITA for FALEAFA
CHAT for GUIRADO, 59'						61', SAKALIA for NGAUAMO
ALLDRITT for CAMARA, 61'						61', VAIPULU for MANU
NTAMACK for LOPEZ, 66'						64', FISI'IHOI for FIFITA
VAKATAWA for BARASSI, 66'						66', FAIVA for FOSITA
						66', HALAIFONUA for PAKALANI
						69', FALEAFA for FIFITA
						71', LOUSI for FALEAFA

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

France	VS	Tonga
910 kg (113.75 kg)	Pack weight (average)	946 kg (118.25 kg)
26 ans	Forwards average age	30 ans
26 ans	Backwards average age	29 ans
203 cm	Tallest player	199 cm
France : 87% (13/15) Fiji : 13% (2/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	Tonga : 80% (12/15) New Zealand : 13% (2/15) Australia : 7% (1/15)
France : 87% (20/23) Fiji : 9% (2/23) South Africa : 4% (1/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	Tonga : 74% (17/23) New Zealand : 22% (5/23) Australia : 4% (1/23)

(1) Calculations based on data in the database, which may be incomplete.

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 3 - 0, 8 - 0, 10 - 0, 15 - 0, 17 - 0, 17 - 5, 17 - 7, 17 - 12, 17 - 14, 20 - 14, 23 - 14, 23 - 19, 23 - 21
Gap : 0, +3, +8, +10, +15, +17, +12, +10, +5, +3, +6, +9, +4, +2

Standings before and after

Before