WELLINGTON: Tonga got their first victory in their final match of the Pacific Nations Cup when they fought off a late surge from Canada to triumph 33-23 in Fiji on Friday and leave the North Americans winless in the six-team tournament.
The Canadians, well-beaten by the United States and Fiji in their first two matches, were struggling to contain the powerful Tongan runners but got a try of their own just before the break when winger Jeff Hassler got over in the corner. The Canadians hit back just after the hour mark when Tonga failed to deal with a crosskick and replacement winger Patrick Parfrey pounced to reduce the deficit to 26-13.The Tongans continued to be too strong when they ran straight and hard and replacement loose forward Sione Vailanu got his reward for a fine display when he flew over the line, leaving Canada with too much to do in the last eight minutes.
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