Tongans Dethroned

The pre-Pacific Cup tournaments favorites, Mate Ma'a Tonga side boasting several seasoned NRL campaigners succumbed to its second defeat, this time at the hands of a spirited Fiji Batis side yesterday at the PRL grounds with a 24-14 scoreline.
The Tongans were equal to the task in defencse and attach with Paramatta Eels star Feleti Mateo orchestrating play with some brilliant individual line breaks, but the Fijians were vigilant on his attacking raids and didn't give him room to progress.
Necastle Knights winger, Aquila Uate was outstanding for Batis, bagging a double for the and was unstopable when in possession of the ball.
Fiji is now the third ranked nation in the Pacifc folowed by Tonga. PNG and Cook Islands will battle out this afternoon for the First and and Second spots.

Fijian supporters celebrate their victory.