BRENDAN GALLAGHER

Exile returns: Steve Mafi played for Australia U20 before going back to Tonga

Tonga will briefly enter our rugby consciousness later this morning when they tackle England and by tea-time tonight we won’t be giving them another thought so this is probably an opportune time to briefly consider what constitutes the Tongan rugby team these days.
My guess is that you have scarcely given them a second thought since Nili Latu and his brave men gave England plenty to think about at RWC2007. Indeed England have never played them in a capped Test outside of the World Cup.
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