Tonga face off against USA in Internationals on Sat 19th November 2016 at . Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 16:00. In South Africa it’s at 18:00 SAST, 05:00 NZST in New Zealand, 03:00 AEST in Australia and 08:00 EST in the US.
USA won the last encounter but both teams are in the same form for their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by just 2 places in the rankings with USA in position 16 and Tonga in position 18, underlining just how tight this match could be.
The official squads for Tonga vs USA will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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Sila Puafisi (Tonga) is shown a yellow card.
Sonatane Takulua makes no mistake with that penalty goal attempt.
William Holder does the business as his conversion attempt goes over.
Joseph Taufete'e scores a try for USA.
Sonatane Takulua kicks the penalty.
William Holder makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
Martin Iosefo scores a try for USA.
Sonatane Takulua converts the try.
Fetu'u Vainikolo scores a try for Tonga.
William Holder has kicked a penalty goal.
Sonatane Takulua has kicked a conversion.
Telusa Veainu scores a try for Tonga.