Tongans have a plan for Ireland

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HAMILTON, NEW ZEALAND - SEPTEMBER 07: Siale Piutau of Tonga leads the Sipi Tau ahead of the rugby Test Match between the New Zealand All Blacks and Tonga at FMG Stadium on September 07, 2019 in Hamilton, New Zealand. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

CHRIS HEWETT

Interesting rumblings from down Tonga way, where Toutai Kefu, the magnificent Wallaby No.8 who rumbled all the way to a World Cup winner’s medal in 1999, has been coaching his homeland team for the last seven years.
In that time, he has not for a moment been tempted to make daft predictions about ‘Ikale Tahi prospects at elite level. But just a few days ago, he quietly suggested that his band of second-class citizens, used and abused by the rugby’s governing class for longer than any of us can remember, might be ready to turn the forthcoming global tournament’s “pool of not fee...

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