Full Time
80:00
3:00pm Sat November 11, 2017
Pool B - FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton / Aotearoa - Crowd: 24041
79

SCRUM TONGA - New Zealand knocks on with 7 seconds remaining.

Tonga 28-22

78

Lolohea's grubber for touch was blocked by Nikorima, who then regathered.

Tonga 28-22

78

UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION TONGA: Conversion attempt by Sio Siua Taukeiaho unsuccessful.

Taukeiaho from the touchline unable to add the extras

Tonga 28-22

77

TRY TONGA: Scored by David Fusitua. Kick to come.

Hurrell with a great catch, draw and pass puts Fusitua over for his third try of the game

Tonga 28-22

76

Asofa Solomona gets an offload away but Johnson can't hold it. Tonga gets the ball on halfway.

Tonga 24-22

74

SCRUM NEW ZEALAND - Lolohea finds touch deep inside the Kiwi half.

Tonga 24-22

73

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND: Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson successful.

Johnson slots the conversion and the deficit is back to 2 points

Tonga 24-22

71

TRY NEW ZEALAND: Scored by Roger Tuivasa-sheck. Kick to come.

RTS cleans up a stray pass and with a great broken field run, goes in to score

Tonga 24-20

67

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION TONGA: Conversion attempt by Sio Siua Taukeiaho successful.

Taukeiaho from right in front converts and takes the lead to 8

Tonga 24-16

64

TRY TONGA: Scored by William Hopoate. Kick to come.

The tries are coming thick and fast for Tonga now. Hopoate receives a good inside ball to score after a great break by Murdoch-Masila.

Tonga 22-16

63

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION TONGA: Conversion attempt by Sio Siua Taukeiaho successful.

Taukeiaho from right in front, converts

Tonga 18-16

61

TRY TONGA: Scored by Tuimoala Lolohea. Kick to come.

Lolohea with an intercept and steals a try for Tonga to equalise!

16 all

60

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION TONGA: Conversion attempt by Tuimoala Lolohea successful.

Lolohea slots the extras.

New Zealand 16-12

58

TRY TONGA: Scored by David Fusitua. Kick to come.

Hurrell with a flick pass back inside to Fusitua who comes infield to score on a play from nowhere.

New Zealand 16-10

56

SCRUM TONGA - Forward pass from Mannering

New Zealand 16-6

50

SCRUM NEW ZEALAND - Murdoch-Masila with a poor play the ball.

New Zealand 16-6

49

PENALTY TONGA - Johnson nabbed for infringing in the play the ball.

New Zealand 16-6

48

UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION TONGA: Conversion attempt by Tuimoala Lolohea unsuccessful.

Lolohea from the sideline just misses the conversion.

New Zealand 16-6

47

TRY TONGA: Scored by David Fusitua. Kick to come.

Fusitua with a great leap and catch to score in the corner.

New Zealand 16-6

46

PENALTY TONGA - From the scrum win, Tonga receive a penalty.

New Zealand 16-2

45

SCRUM TONGA - Asofa-Solomona caught for a bad play-the-ball

New Zealand 16-2

45

SCRUM NEW ZEALAND - Hurrell has a dart from dummy half and loses the ball while trying to score.

New Zealand 16-2

44

SCRUM TONGA - Takairangi attempts an intercept but knocks on.

New Zealand 16-2

43

Great run and pass by Tupou

New Zealand 16-2

41

The Kiwi's have out to play in the second half

New Zealand 16-2

39

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND: Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson successful.

Johnson takes plenty of time setting up the goal before converting.

New Zealand 16-2

39

TRY NEW ZEALAND: Scored by Roger Tuivasa-sheck. Kick to come.

Takairangi with a pass off the ground inside to RTS who scores

New Zealand 14-2

37

PENALTY NEW ZEALAND - Dangerous tackle by Tonga.

New Zealand 10-2

36

SCRUM NEW ZEALAND - Tupou with a magnificent catch off his shoelaces, dive and score, only to be called back for a forward pass.

New Zealand 10-2

35

PENALTY TONGA - NAS hits Pangai a bit high and a bit of a scuffle ensues.

New Zealand 10-2

34

Tonga gets a repeat set after a good grubber catches the Kiwi's in their own in-goal.

New Zealand 10-2

32

PENALTY TONGA - New Zealand up inside the ten

New Zealand 10-2

32

DWZ looked to have scored but he put his foot into touch.

New Zealand 10-2

29

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND: Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson successful.

From the other touchline now, Johnson's conversion attempt is a shocker, but it goes over the bar.

New Zealand 10-2

28

TRY NEW ZEALAND: Scored by Jordan Rapana. Kick to come.

After a great RTS kick return, the Kiwi's march downfield and then go wide to Rapana, who scores in the corner.

New Zealand 8-2

23

Great kick return by RTS, almost getting back to the halfway. New Zealand starting to get on top of Tonga.

New Zealand 4-2

23

PENALTY NEW ZEALAND - Hurrell impeding the play the ball.

New Zealand 4-2

21

UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND: Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson unsuccessful.

Johnson's sideline conversion is waved away.

New Zealand 4-2

20

TRY NEW ZEALAND: Scored by Dallin Watene Zelezniak. Kick to come.

DWZ gets a great pass which puts him outside the defence and he scores in the corner.

New Zealand 4-2

18

PENALTY NEW ZEALAND - Manu penalised and the Kiwi's will start their set well inside the Tonga half.

Tonga 2-0

16

PENALTY NEW ZEALND - coming at a good time, helping NZ get out of their own half.

Tonga 2-0

14

PENALTY TONGA - Taupau pinged for hands on the ball

Tonga 2-0

12

SCRUM TONGA - Nice catching and passing out wide by the Kiwi's but the last pass goes behind Rapana who can't keep control, losing the ball over the sideline

Tonga 2-0

10

SCRUM NEW ZEALAND - Hingano finds touch

Tonga 2-0

10

A real hard slog between both huge forward packs already. Classic battle through the middle so far. Tonga looks to have the slight advantage.

Tonga 2-0

6

SUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL TONGA: Penalty goal attempt by Sio Siua Taukeiaho successful.

Sio Siua Taukeiaho slots the penalty goal from in front.

Tonga 2-0

4

PENALTY TONGA - The Kiwi's give away a penalty on their own line. Tonga opting to take the two.

0 all

2

SCRUM TONGA - Both sides cough the ball up.

0 all

We're underway and Tonga gets the ball first

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Gerard Sutton

Touch Judges: Chris Butler, Mark Craven

Video Referee: Steve Chiddy

NEW ZEALAND (22)
Tries: Dallin Watene Zelezniak, Jordan Rapana, Roger Tuivasa-sheck (2)
Field Goals:
Conversions: Shaun Johnson (3/4)
Penalty Goals:

TONGA (28)
Tries: David Fusitua (3), Tuimoala Lolohea, William Hopoate
Field Goals:
Conversions: Sio Siua Taukeiaho (2/3), Tuimoala Lolohea (1/2)
Penalty Goals: Sio Siua Taukeiaho (1/1)