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 Tongan captain Sika Manu celebrates victory by brandishing the proud nation's flag @gettyimages

Tongan captain Sika Manu celebrates victory by brandishing the proud nation's flag @gettyimages

 Jason Taumalolo is an unstoppable force for Tonga @gettyimages

Jason Taumalolo is an unstoppable force for Tonga @gettyimages

Seeing red

November 12, 2017

Tonga coach Kristian Woolf says his side is good enough to win the entire World Cup after their historic 28-22 upset of New Zealand on Saturday. It was the first time the Kiwis have ever lost a test to Tonga who became the first ever tier-two rugby league nation to beat a tier-one nation after coming back from a 16-2 halftime deficit.

In what is an extraordinary achievement for a side made up mostly of Australian and Kiwi-born players, Tonga have now topped Pool B ahead of the Kiwis and will now almost certainly evade Cup favourites Australia until the final.

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