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Romania make Tonga work hard

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The Rugby Paper Team
15 October 2023

Tonga............... 45 Romania ......... 24
TONGA had to work hard to overcome a resilient Romania side and claim their only win of the tournament.
A sense of familiarity quickly dawned upon the game for Romania as Solomone Kata opened the scoring for Tonga after 11 minutes. Just four minutes later, centre George Moala shrugged off two defenders to score under the sticks.
Scrum-half Sonatane Takulua then recycled quickly to give Afusipa Taumoepeau a walk in.
Romania kicked off a sensationally unlikely first half comeback when Cristi Boboc crashed over from close range. Halaleva Fi...

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