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The 'Ikale Tahi has made a few changes to its starting line up to face a Springbok team that has been dubbed as the "second-stringers".

Walter Pupu'a (32) of Vaotu'u, Tongatapu, is the new South Pacific Light Heavyweight Champion after knocking out former Samoan champion Alapati Kitiona in the first round of their 12 round professional fight in Apia, Samoa on September 10.

Tonga's third gold medal in the South Pacific Games came from 'Ana Po'uhila, in the women's Shot Put with a throw of 16.60m, on Friday.

The Tongan team may have stunned pub staff in London recently with their enormous appetites, but the Pacific Islanders remain very humble, and deeply religious people.

The Australian and Tongan teams received their IRB Rugby World Cup honour caps at an official welcome ceremony at Montpellier's Stade Yves du Manoir on Monday night.

Tonga's second gold medal at Apia, won by Paula Sitapa in the Taekwondo Male Black Belt 67kg - 72kg Light Weight, on 30 August 2007, put Tonga in 10th position on the gold medal tally after six days of competition at the South Pacific Games.

AFTER four days of competition in the 2007 South Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa, Tonga has won 11 medals in three sports, with Judo boasting the only Gold, while the Burling family took three Silver medals in surfing, and the weightlifting team collected six medals - three by Kefilini Tualau.

Tonga's 'Epoki Faka'osi yesterday evening secured a Judo Gold medal for Tonga in the Men's - under 90kg category in the South Pacific Games Judo tournament. It was the first medal for Tonga at Apia.

New Zealand, the hosts of the 2011 Rugby World Cup would prefer to have only 16 teams competing in the 2011 World Cup, reported the New Zealand Herald today.