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Pacific Championship: Tonga's Target & Chaos Follows Ipape
The Pacific Championship is underway, and Tonga has an advantage by playing their opener in Week 2.
Jason Oliver
October 22, 2025
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Tonga’s Target
This week, I want to somewhat review Samoa’s left edge defence in their loss to the Kiwis, with a preview element of what might be to come against Tonga.
Casey McLean became a human highlight reel with his two tries on Sunday. His second ended up as a show of strength I didn’t know he had in him. However, it’s in the opportunities the Kiwis didn’t capitalise on that I think might appeal to Tonga.
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