Overview

• Ikale Tahi beat Canada 35-24 at America First Field in Salt Lake City to secure third place in the tournament.
• Moana Pasifika playmaker Patrick Pellegrini scored three tries, with additional Tongan scores from Tupou Afungia and Siegfried Fisi’ihoi.
• Canada trailed 14-7 at halftime and struck first after the break through scrum-half Brock Gallagher following Matt Oworu’s first-half try.
• Both nations had already qualified for the 2027 Rugby World Cup earlier in the competition, so this match settled placement and ranking points.
• The result extends Tonga’s series edge over Canada and gives Canada a fourth-place finish, their best Pacific Nations Cup outcome since 2013.