Tonga meet Canada for bragging rights in their final Pool D match at WIN Stadium in Wollongong on Wednesday, 29 October.
Form guide
Tonga and Canada are searching for their first wins of the Tournament, competitive in their matches against Wales and Italy both suffered heavy defeats at the hands of the All Blacks.
Tonga will be smarting after their most recent 91-7 loss to New Zealand, struggling to contain the All Blacks back three - left wing Caleb Ralph, right wing Doug Howlett and full back Mils Muliaina - who revelled in the wealth of possession, scoring two tries each.
But the plucky Pacific Islanders never gave up and can take heart from some trademark big defence throughout the match.
In contrast, the Canadian defence held the All Blacks at bay for the opening 18 minutes before the New Zealanders finally scored their first try through Ralph.
Though the All Blacks added a further nine tries to their tally the Canucks won plenty of admirers.
In their last match against Italy the Canadian side again refused to go down without a fight, the Azzurri only getting on top after Canadian centre Marco di Girolamo was yellow carded in the 51st minute, scoring 10 points during his time on the sideline.
Previous meetings
Tonga and Canada have met four times with honours even, the Pacific Islanders having won the first encounter 40-14 in Vancouver in October 1974 and Canada the most recent with a 29-11 success in Vancouver in May 2000.
The two nations have met once in the Rugby World Cup, Canada emerging victorious 37-4 at McLean Park in Napier in the inaugural Tournament in New Zealand – the biggest winning margin in their four meetings.
Ins and Outs
Canada have made seven changes to its starting line up with Garth Cooke, Mike James, Adam van Staveren and Josh Jackson coming into the pack to replace Jon Thiel, Jamie Cudmore, Ryan Banks and Colin Yukes [who moves to the bench].
In the backs, veteran fly half Bob Ross returns to the starting line up at the expense of Jared Barker, Nikyta Witkowski comes into the midfield for John Cannon, while Sean Fauth replaces Dave Lougheed on the wing.
Tonga have made nine changes to their starting line up from their 91-7 loss, the main changes coming to their forward pack with only number 8 Benhur Kivalu and prop Heamani Lavaka remaining.
In the back line Johnny Ngauamo comes in at centre whilst Pila Fifita replaces Tevita Tu'ifua on the wing and Gus Leger moves from the bench to start at full back.
Key Players
For Tonga fly half Pierre Hola, who scored the first Test try against New Zealand by a Tongan, is their key play maker and top points scorer for the Tournament with 15 points.
Industrious number 8 Kivalu could also cause plenty of headaches in the midfield if allowed room to move by the Canadian defence.
Canada will also look to skipper Al Charron, possibly playing his last Test for Canada, and James for inspiration and go forward.
The Canucks were at their best against Italy when they spread the ball wide to their outside backs.
Australian born full back Quentin Fyffe also looked dangerous coming into the back line at speed.
What it means
With their Rugby World Cup dreams over, both sides will be playing for pride and bragging rights - their next chance to impress on the world stage comes around again in four years.
What they said
Canada captain Charron on the match against Tonga:
"They're very hard to tackle and very hard to bring down in the tackle for us.
"We really need to be at the top of our game so that means solid defence but we also need to execute with the ball."
On whether this match will be any different for him because it is probably his last for Canada:
"Every game's special and you have to treat every game as your last game. It's special every time I take the field for Canada."
Canada coach David Clark on the match against Tonga:
"The two teams meeting on Wednesday, on paper, are very similar. We have started to build a resolve in the team that means we want to end [the Tournament] with a win."
On Tonga's strengths:
"Their unpredictability. They can turn in an instant, a problem into some kind of an advantage. Their force, their power, they seem to have an inherent quality that comes from the [Pacific] Islands. [But] we've proved in this World Cup that we've got the stiffness to match that."
Match details:
Canada v Tonga
WIN Stadium, Wollongong
Kick off: 19:30 local time
Match officials:
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Touch judges: Chris White (England) and Andy Turner (South Africa)
Television match official: Alan Lewis (Ireland)