Date : Sunday, October 1, 2023 Kick Off : 21:00 Venue : Orange Vélodrome Tournament : Rugby World Cup Round : pool stage
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South Africa

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Tonga

Match South Africa vs Tonga

Match between South Africa squad and Tonga squad was played at Orange Vélodrome as of round #4 of Rugby World Cup . Before kick-off South Africa was in 1st position and Tonga 4th.

Lineups

Game sheet South Africa vs Tonga
YC	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Penalty
			Ox NCHÉ	1	Siegfried FISI'IHOI
		31'	Deon FOURIE	2	Paula NGAUAMO
			Vincent KOCH	3	Ben TAMEIFUNA	37'
			Eben ETZEBETH	4	Leva FIFITA
			Marvin ORIE	5	Sam LOUSI
			Siya KOLISI	6	Tanginoa HALAIFONUA
			Duane VERMEULEN	7	Sione HAVILI
			Jasper WIESE	8	Semisi PAEA
		4'	Cobus REINACH	9	Augustine PULU
	5' 20' 32' 50'		Handré POLLARD	10	Willy HAVILI		2'
			Makazole MAPIMPI	11	Anzelo TUITAVUKI
			André ESTERHUIZEN	12	Pita AHKI
		19'	Canan MOODIE	13	Malakai FEKITOA
			Grant WILLIAMS	14	Fine INISI	52'
		57'	Willie LE ROUX	15	Charles PIUTAU

		62'	Marco VAN STADEN	16	Sam MOLI
			Steven KITSHOFF	17	Tau KOLOAMATANGI
			Trevor NYAKANE	18	Joe APIKOTOA
			Franco MOSTERT	19	Adam COLEMAN
		80'	Kwagga SMITH	20	Sione VAILANU
			Jaden HENDRIKSE	21	Tane TAKULUA
	58' 64' 81'		Manie LIBBOK	22	Pat PELLEGRINI	72'
		48'	Jesse KRIEL	23	Afusipa TAUMOEPEAU
Replacements
MAPIMPI 🡇 🡅 KRIEL 28'				#1	50' LOUSI 🡇 🡅 COLEMAN
KOCH 🡇 🡅 NYAKANE 44'				#2	50' NGAUAMO 🡇 🡅 MOLI
NCHÉ 🡇 🡅 KITSHOFF 44'				#3	51' PULU 🡇 🡅 TAKULUA
WIESE 🡇 🡅 SMITH 50'				#4	54' TAMEIFUNA 🡇 🡅 APIKOTOA
REINACH 🡇 🡅 HENDRIKSE 50'				#5	58' PAEA 🡇 🡅 VAILANU
POLLARD 🡇 🡅 LIBBOK 50'				#6	64' MOLI 🡇 🡅 NGAUAMO
KITSHOFF 🡇 🡅 NCHÉ 54'				#7	68' FEKITOA 🡇 🡅 TAUMOEPEAU
KOLISI 🡇 🡅 VAN STADEN 58'				#8	70' FISI'IHOI 🡇 🡅 KOLOAMATANGI
NCHÉ 🡇 🡅 KITSHOFF 58'				#9	70' HAVILI 🡇 🡅 PELLEGRINI
ORIE 🡇 🡅 MOSTERT 61'				#10

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

South Africa	VS	Tonga
928 kg (116.00 kg)	Pack weight (average)	970 kg (121.25 kg)
32 ans	Forwards average age	30 ans
29 ans	Backs average age	29 ans
203 cm	Tallest player	198 cm
South Africa : 100% (15/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	Tonga : 53% (8/15) New Zealand : 47% (7/15)
South Africa : 100% (23/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	Tonga : 48% (11/23) New Zealand : 39% (9/23) Australia : 13% (3/23)

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

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 0 - 3, 5 - 3, 7 - 3, 12 - 3, 14 - 3, 19 - 3, 21 - 3, 21 - 8, 26 - 8, 28 - 8, 28 - 13, 33 - 13, 35 - 13, 40 - 13, 42 - 13, 42 - 18, 47 - 18, 49 - 18
Gap : 0, -3, +2, +4, +9, +11, +16, +18, +13, +18, +20, +15, +20, +22, +27, +29, +24, +29, +31