1997 Tonga rugby union tour of Africa

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

7	4	0	3

Test match

3	2	0	1

Opponent

P	W	D	L

Zimbabwe

1	1	0	0

Namibia

1	1	0	0

South Africa

1	0	0	1

The 1997 Tonga rugby union tour of Africa was a series of matches played in May and June 1997 in Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa by Tonga national rugby union team.

Results

Scores and results list Tonga's points tally first.

Opponent	For	Against	Date	Venue	Status
Zimbabwe	42	13	17 May 1997	Police Ground, Harare	Test match
Namibia B	31	38	21 May 1997		Tour match
Namibia	20	14	24 May 1997	South West Stadium, Windhoek	Test match
Northern Transvaal XV	6	46	28 May 1997	Pretoria	Tour match
Eastern Province	34	19	1 June 1997	Adcock Stadium, Port Elizabeth	Tour match
Border	27	10	4 June 1997	Waverley Park, East London	Tour match
South Africa	10	74	10 June 1997	Ellis Park, Cape Town	Test match

References

Mick Cleary, ed. (1998). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1998–99. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-7653-6.

Tonga rugby union tours

Japan (1995) Africa (1997) Great Britain (1997) Great Britain (2001) Italy and France (2005)

Rugby union tours of South Africa

British and Irish Lions	1891 1896 1903 1910 1924 1938 1955 1962 1968 1974 1980 1997 2009

New Zealand	1928 1949 1960 1970 1976 1992 1996

Australia	1933 1953 1961 1963 1969 1992

Argentina	1965 (no test) 1971 (no test) 1994 2002 2003

England	1972 1984 1994 1998 2000 2007 2012

France	1958 1964 1967 1971 1975 1980 1993 2001 2005 2006

Ireland	1961 1981 1998 2004

Italy	1973 (no test) 1999 2001 2008

Scotland	1999 (no test) 2003 2006

Wales	1964 1998 2002 2004 2008 2014

Fiji	1996

Samoa	2003 (no test) 2007

Tonga	1997

Various selections	1978 (American Cougars) 1980 (S.A.Jaguars) 1982 (S.A.Jaguars) 1985 (Cavaliers) 1987 (South Sea Barbarians) 1989 (World XV)

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