Indestructible Tongan back row Ma’ama Molitika tells NEALE HARVEY about his remarkable career
Top table: Ma’ama Molitika playing for Cardiff Blues against Stade Francais in the Heineken Cup
Nearly 23 years ago, on November 8, 1996, Ma’ama Molitika lined up for Tonga on his international debut against the touring New Zealand Maori. A proud moment indeed, but nothing too remarkable about that for the 22-year-old lock-cum-flanker setting out on his senior career. Until, that is, you consider two things: one, that among the men he played alongside in Nuku’alofa that d...