Manu Samoa overcame a tenacious Tonga 34-9 at Apia Park on Saturday afternoon in a match that started slow but built up in momentum as time went on.

The game started at the Apia Park stadium with both teams playing cautiously. However, Tonga went up on the scoreboard first with a penalty and five minutes later Samoa answered with a spot kick as well.

It was Samoa who scored next through a try to their hooker Sama Mall to enable the home side to lead 10-3. But Tonga converted two more penalties to edge closer 10-9 but Samoa had the last say as they also slotted in a penalty to lead 13-9 at halftime.

The second half was a different story as Samoa scored three tries and didn’t allow Tonga to score any more points.

Samoa managed to show what they can do with the ball and was very impressive with their ball control and defence.

Manu Samoa now heads to France next week with two wins out of three games.

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