Scotland 4–50 Tonga — Group B, 2017 Rugby League World Cup

29 Oct 2017 · Barlow Park, Cairns, Australia · Attendance: 9,216

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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Group B, 2017 Rugby League World Cup: Scotland 4–50 Tonga, at Barlow Park, Cairns, Australia on 29 Oct 2017.

Scorers

Scotland	Tries: Addy
Tonga	Tries: Jennings; Tupou; Hingano; Manu; Taumalolo; Terepo; 3 further tries — scorers not identified in any source found Goals: Taukeiaho (6/7); Hingano (1/2)

Teams

Scotland			Tonga
1	Lewis Tierney	Fullback	William Hopoate	1
2	Matthew Russell	Wing	Daniel Tupou	2
3	Ben Hellewell	Centre	Michael Jennings	3
4	Lachlan Stein	Centre	Konrad Hurrell — unusual squad number, unverified	20
5	Will Oakes	Wing	Manu Vatuvei	5
6	Danny Brough	Stand off/Five eighth	Tui Lolohea	6
7	Danny Addy	Scrum half/Half back	Ata Hingano	7
8	Luke Douglas	Prop forward	Andrew Fifita	8
9	Kane Bentley	Hooker	Siliva Havili	9
10	Ben Kavanagh	Prop forward	Siosiua Taukeiaho	10
11	Frankie Mariano	Second row	Manu Ma'u	11
12	Dale Ferguson	Second row	Sika Manu (c)	12
13	James Bell	Loose forward/Lock forward	Jason Taumalolo	13
Substitutes
14	Callum Phillips		Sione Katoa	14
15	Andrew Bentley		Sam Moa	15
16	Sam Brooks		Peni Terepo	16
17	Jonathan Walker		Ben Murdoch-Masila	17

Steve McCormack		Coach	Kristian Woolf

Match officials

Referee	Phil Bentham (England) — single-sourced
Touch judges	Chris McMillan — single-sourced, Mark Craven — single-sourced
Player of the match	Not confirmed to Tier-1 standard

Match report

Tonga thrashed Scotland 50-4 at Cairns, leading 38-0 at half-time. Only 6 of Tonga's 9 tries have an identified scorer in sources found — this gap is shown honestly rather than guessed.

Previous World Cup meetings

2008 Rugby League World Cup (7th Place Play-off): Scotland 0–48 Tonga
2013 Rugby League World Cup (Group C): Tonga 24–26 Scotland

Sources

← 2017 Rugby League World Cup — full match archive

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