TOKYO: Tonga's improvement over the 30 days from their last warm-up match to their final Rugby World Cup fixture was as good a proof as any that what Pacific island teams need to improve is time together and regular top-class opposition.
"We don’t have a lot. All we have is ourselves, which brings us together," said fullback Telusa Veainu, who scored the last Tongan try of the tournament. They got even closer to a win over tier one opposition after another poor start against France, rallying from 17-0 down to give the three-times finalists a mighty scare.
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