Match report USA 19 - 31 Tonga, 13/10/2019 - Rugby World Cup

Date : Sunday, October 13, 2019 Kick Off : 07:45 Venue : Hanazono Rugby Stadium Tournament : Rugby World Cup Round : pool stage
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Pre-match Overview

Match between USA and Tonga was played at Hanazono Rugby Stadium as of round #5 of Rugby World Cup . Before kick-off USA was in 5th position and Tonga 4th

Lineups

Game sheet USA vs Tonga
YC	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion	Penalty
			FRY	1	FISI'IHOI	16'
			TAUFETE'E	2	NGAUAMO
			LAMOSITELE	3	HALANUKONUKA
			PETERSON	4	LOUSI
			CIVETTA	5	FIFITA
		76'	LAMBORN	6	KALAMAFONI
			AL-JIBOORI	7	KAPELI
			DOLAN	8	VAIPULU
			DE HAAS	9	TAKULUA		18' 59'	50'
	21' 77'		MACGINTY	10	FAIVA		63'
			BRACHE	11	LOLOHEA
			LASIKE	12	PIUTAU	61'	81'
			CAMPBELL	13	HINGANO	57'
			SCULLY	14	PAKALANI
			HOOLEY	15	VEAINU	80'
			HILTERBRAND	16	MAILE
			KILIFI	17	FIFITA
			MULLEN	18	FIA
			LANDRY	19	FALEAFA
			GERMISHUYS	20	MANU
			PINKELMAN	21	FUKOFUKA
			AUGSPURGER	22	FOSITA
		20' 25'	TE'O	23	HALAIFONUA
Replacements
FRY for KILIFI, 18'					44', HALANUKONUKA for FIA
SCULLY for TE'O, 19'					48', LOLOHEA for HALAIFONUA
LAMOSITELE for MULLEN, 45'					59', TAKULUA for FUKOFUKA
PETERSON for LANDRY, 45'					59', KAPELI for MANU
DOLAN for GERMISHUYS, 51'					65', FISI'IHOI for FIFITA
DE HAAS for AUGSPURGER, 65'					75', NGAUAMO for MAILE
AL-JIBOORI for PINKELMAN, 65'					75', FIFITA for FALEAFA
TAUFETE'E for HILTERBRAND, 72'					75', FAIVA for FOSITA

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

USA	VS	Tonga
939 kg (117.38 kg)	Pack weight (average)	942 kg (117.75 kg)
27 ans	Forwards average age	30 ans
27 ans	Backwards average age	28 ans
204 cm	Tallest player	199 cm
United-States : 67% (10/15) New Zealand : 13% (2/15) South Africa : 7% (1/15) Ireland : 7% (1/15) England : 7% (1/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	Tonga : 80% (12/15) New Zealand : 13% (2/15) Australia : 7% (1/15)
United-States : 65% (15/23) New Zealand : 9% (2/23) South Africa : 9% (2/23) Ireland : 9% (2/23) England : 4% (1/23) Australia : 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, 0 - 5, 0 - 7, 5 - 7, 7 - 7, 12 - 7, 12 - 10, 12 - 15, 12 - 17, 12 - 22, 12 - 24, 17 - 24, 19 - 24, 19 - 29, 19 - 31
Gap : 0, -5, -7, -2, 0, +5, +2, -3, -5, -10, -12, -7, -5, -10, -12

Standings before and after

Before