Tonga advanced to next year's Rugby World Cup finals after crushing Hong Kong 44-22 on Australia's Sunshine Coast on Saturday.Sonatane Takulua scored a hat-trick of tries as the Tongans claimed the final berth in Pool B, where they will face defending champions South Africa, Ireland, Scotland and Romania.
Tonga advanced to next year's Rugby World Cup finals after crushing Hong Kong 44-22 on Australia's Sunshine Coast on Saturday.
Hong Kong, who have never played at the World Cup, drop into a four-team repechage tournament alongside Kenya, the United States and Portugal for the last remaining spot at the tournament in France. The Tongans were dominant throughout, seeing two opportunities to open the scoring overturned by the video referee before William Havili slotted over a penalty for the Pacific Islanders.
Hong Kong responded quickly when Gregor McNish released Alex Post to score in the corner and reduce the deficit to five points, but the Tongans were soon back on the offensive.
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