/ 2 June 1997

Tonga beats EP invitation side

MONDAY, 10.30AM:

TONGA beat an Eastern Province Invitation team 34-19 in their second South African tour match on Sunday, scoring five tries, three conversions and a penalty.

At half-time Tonga led 15-5, and kept going strong to 27-5 at one stage. The EP forwards tried to patch things up — Cecil du Plessis and Willie Enslin scored two tries in quick succession — but Siua Taumalolo, the Tongan flyhalf, took another try, and the game ended 37-19.

Tonga: tries by Fepi Tatafu (2), Maama Molitika, Kuli Faletau and Siua Taumalolo. Three conversions and a penalty by Gustavo Tonga.

EP: tries by Sam Scott-Young, Cecil du Plessis, Willie Enslin. Two conversions by Theo van Rensburg.