Why the Pacific Championship final is Tonga's arrival at Test football's final frontier
ABCTonga making their first major international final is cause for celebration, so it's a good thing Tonga do that better than just about anyone else. The only one bigger than this is the World Cup which, for all their talent and passion, might never make it Tonga — England and New Zealand both have close to a century's head start and they have one World Cup between them over the past 50 years. They still look to him so often, like they did in last week's stirring win over New Zealand, and the blueprint for beating Australia is contained in that match, which followed the same pattern as all of Tonga's greatest triumphs. Chances will be hard to come by, so they must be taken — that was Tonga's undoing in their last meeting with Australia three weeks ago.
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