Quote: roopy "Polynesians are all about family, religion and culture in that order, and western notions of national patriotism is a fairly new concept for them.
A Tongan is a Tongan because his family is Tongan. It wouldn't matter if he was born and lived on Mars - he'd still be Tongan as long as that was where his family was.
The massive crowd that supported them would have only had a handful of current residents of Tonga, because people who live there are pretty poor, but all those who travelled from all over NZ, Australia and America were all Tongans. If you don't believe that, you should tell them. I think they'd take it badly.'"
1. The 15k Tongan support came from South Auckland...well, 99.9% of it did.
2. The born to a tongan = you're a tongan debate is rubbish.......show them the 20k game money and they'll be whatever you want them to be.......
3. Play a game away from Auckland and see what you get.
4. The Tongan revolution is down to 1 player not agreeing with 2 players being unselected for snorting coke.....or am the only person to see this?
5. Tonga's rise isn't good for international RL as it shows what a sham we are in terms of eligibity rules. Half the squad have payed for other nations and only one was born in tonga.
6. Tonga RL at home (in Tonga) is a shambles.....
BTW. Polynesian Culture is as transient as any on the planet. The Rivalry between islands is fierce, except when there's money involved, then so long as you pay them, they will wear whatever shirt you want. That's not culture, that's commerce!
