NRL superstar fires ominous World Cup warning

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A adjacent to full-strength Tonga smashed France 48-12 successful a warm-up lucifer for the World Cup, arsenic Gold Coast superstar David Fifita ran riot, scoring a chapeau trick.

A stacked line-up bursting with NRL endowment were acold excessively bully for their opponents - and what's scariest for different teams successful the tourney is that respective stars, including Jason Taumalolo and Daniel Tupou, were rested.

The Gold Coast backrower was 1 of respective imaginable Kangaroos who opted to correspond their federation of practice instead, with galore giving Tonga the champion accidental of immoderate federation erstwhile it comes to upsetting either Australia oregon New Zealand.

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The tourney begins with England v Samoa adjacent weekend, and Tonga volition unfastened their run against Papua New Guinea connected Wednesday greeting Australian time.

Michael Cheika's foray into rugby league is disconnected to a palmy commencement arsenic Lebanon ran retired 38-22 winners implicit Wales successful their tune-up up of adjacent week's World Cup.

Cheika was named Lebanon manager during the tallness of the pandemic successful 2020, but this was the archetypal lucifer helium had overseen successful person.

A beardown Cedars squad, which included Jacob Kiraz, Adam Doueihi, and Josh Mansour, cruised to a comfy win.

In different pre-tournament fixtures, Greece came from 22-0 down to yet gully 34-34 with Super League broadside Bradford, Lachlan Ilias missing a precocious punishment extremity effort that would person fixed his broadside the win.

New Zealand near a big of prima players connected the sidelines for their warm-up crippled against Leeds but were inactive acold excessively good, claiming a 74-0 triumph - Canberra's Sebastian Kris bagging a chapeau trick.

Scotland were beaten 28-4 by and England Knights squad afloat of young talent, and connected Friday, England smashed an understrength Fiji 50-0 portion Jamaica suffered a daze 28-12 nonaccomplishment to Cumbria.

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