Tonga’s gripping win over Samoa a victory for Pasifika pride at Rugby League World Cup

Tonga defeat Samoa 20-18 in raucous atmosphereEngland exit tournament on points differenceSometimes sport does live up to the hype. Any suggestion that there was little riding on this result was evidently nonsense, when weeks of anticipation evolved into a mass display of national pride, the desire to get one over on their Pasifika cousins far greater than wanting to avoid…