Summary

  • Tonga recover from opening Georgia defeat

  • Tonga score three first-half tries before sealing bonus point

  • Namibia have lost all 17 of the Rugby World Cup matches

  1. Great end to a great halfpublished at 17:42 British Summer Time 29 September 2015

    Tonga 22-7 Namibia

    Brent Pilnick, BBC Sport

    Veainu's disallowed try encapsulated the entire first half there. Brilliant flowing rugby, a poor pass, and an dive for the line. High entertainment, not always the most cultured of hands on show!

  2. Half-timepublished at 17:36

    Tonga 22-7 Namibia

    Half timeImage source, .
  3. Half-timepublished at 17:33

    Tonga 22-7 Namibia

    Toot, toot! Referee Glen Jackson blows time on a thrilling first-half in Exeter. Tonga have been much, much improved from their miserable opener against Georgia. They have got plenty of punch up front, but the real damage is coming from some incisive attack. A bonus point looks to be a formality...

  4. No trypublished at 40 mins

    Tonga 22-7 Namibia

    Cheers from the Namibian-supporting Exeter crowd as the super slo-mo television replays show that Telusa Veainu's left hand touches the whitewash just before he grounds the ball. Shame. That would have staked a claim for one of the best finishes of the tournament so far.

    Telusa VeainuImage source, Reuters
  5. Try review - Tongapublished at 40 mins

    Tonga 22-7 Namibia

    Cheers Brent. The famous (or is that infamous) commentator's curse spurs Tonga into try-scoring action. Or has it? Telusa Veainu shows remarkable agility to dive over in the corner. But was he in touch? Let's find out....

    Telusa Veainu dives for the try line but the try was disallowedImage source, Getty Images
  6. Score board operator's having a restpublished at 17:31 British Summer Time 29 September 2015

    Brent Pilnick, BBC Sport

    We've not had a try for all of 10 minutes. I might put in an official complaint, although my note pad is happy to have a rest, as is the man operating the scoreboard! 

  7. Postpublished at 37 mins

    Tonga 22-7 Namibia

    The Tongan left wing is like a rush-hour platform at Euston station. Packed. And that means the Pacific Islanders cannot get over the line for that bonus-point try as Namibia manage to squeeze them out. Too many Tongan cooks spoil the broth and all that...

  8. Postpublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 29 September 2015

    Tonga 22-7 Namibia

    The penalty count against Namibia is already at nine after only 36 minutes of play.

    PenaltiesImage source, Opta
  9. Penalty - Tonga 22- 7 Namibiapublished at 34 mins

    Vunga Lilo

    Namibia give away another penalty at the breakdown - taking their tally to nine compared to Tonga's two - gives Vunga Lilo another chance to extend his team's lead. And that is exactly what he does, using his right-foot as a bow to arrow the ball over the posts from out left.

  10. Replacementpublished at 32 mins

    Tonga 19-7 Namibia

    Back row change for Tonga. Off comes Sione Kalamafoni with Opeti Fonua -  the new Leicester Tiger - taking his place. Any hope Namibia had of this switch lightening the Tongan pack soon disappears. Fonua is built like a brick outhouse.

  11. Try, try, try againpublished at 17:21 British Summer Time 29 September 2015

    Brent Pilnick, BBC Sport

    If you like free-flowing rugby then this is the game for you. The handling might not be great, but the entertainment value is right up there. 

  12. Postpublished at 30 mins

    Tonga 19-7 Namibia

    Renaldo Bothma, the Namibia number eight who I earlier likened to a young Boris Johnson, gets on his bike to alleviate the Tongan pressure. Bothma glances to his right, sees team-mate Johan Tromp in support, but the winger fumbles the ball with plenty of grass ahead of him. Very frustrating.

  13. Vunga go homepublished at 17:19 British Summer Time 29 September 2015

    Brent Pilnick, BBC Sport

    Tonga's Vungokoto Lilo, or Vunga to his mates, knows this place well. He had a brief spell for Exeter's big rivals Cornish Pirates five years ago when both clubs were in the second tier of English rugby. 

  14. Get involvedpublished at 17:18 British Summer Time 29 September 2015

    #bbcrugby

  15. Postpublished at 17:18 British Summer Time 29 September 2015

    Tonga 19-7 Namibia

    TongaImage source, .
  16. Postpublished at 27 mins

    Tonga 19-7 Namibia

    Fastest four-try bonus-point in the tournament so far? Just 31 minutes. Tonga couldn't, could they? The ball is being carried forward again by a red shirt...

  17. converted try

    Converted try - Tonga 19-7 Namibiapublished at 25 mins

    Latiume Fosita, con Vunga Lilo

    Normal service resumed. Tonga grab their third try of the afternoon as Latiume Fosita - a former Doncaster Knights player in the English Championship - scoops up an offload from bulky forward Joseph Tuineau to cross. Vunga Lilo sticks his size nine straight through the kick from in front of the posts.

    Latiume Fosita scores a tryImage source, Getty Images
    Vungakoto LiloImage source, Getty Images
  18. Missed penaltypublished at 22 mins

    Tonga 12-7 Namibia

    Tonga full-back Vunga Lilo might want to have a look in his kit bag - I think he's forgotten his kicking boots. Namibian indiscipline gives Lilo a penalty chance from about 30 metres out, quite central, but he drags his effort wide to the delight of the Exeter crowd. 

  19. It's not over yetpublished at 17:10 British Summer Time 29 September 2015

    Brent Pilnick, BBC Sport

    That's the biggest cheer of the day by a long chalk as Namibia get on the scoreboard. This game has try-fest written all over it. 

    Johan Tromp celebratesImage source, Reuters
  20. converted try

    Converted try - Tonga 12-7 Namibiapublished at 18 mins

    Johan Tromp, con Theuns Kotze

    Oh hello! Namibia are back in this. Largely down to sloppy Tongan play in their own 22, allowing wing Johan Tromp to scamper through next to the posts. Theuns Kotze boots the simplest of conversions, cue plenty of flag-waving and whoops of joy from the Namibians in the Sandy Park crowd.

    Johan Tromp scores a tryImage source, Reuters