Tonga coach Mana Otai still defends Tongan players against Canada match PNC 2013

Halaifonua contested a sketchy charge who was paper banned for six weeks until July 21 for a massive hit on winger Canadian Matt Evans that caused Evans to be taken off on a stretcher. Halaifonua might also be unavailable for the Sevens World Cup in Moscow this month. Tongan player Aholelei said it was obvious to punching flanker Canadian Jebb Sinclair, for which he was asked off in the first half. Aholelei might be suspended until July 12, 2013. Piutau was carded after taking down hooker Canadian Ray Barkwill. Tonga's coach Mana Otai said that Tonga was being unfairly penalized for their physical play. “I couldn’t really see why (the yellow cards were issued),”. Later Otai was asked if Pacific Island teams were being singled out, he said: “Absolutely", pointing out to the fear of dominating Pacific Island Rugby. In this years 2013 cup South Island Rugby with a combined population selection under "1 million" [Fiji and Tonga] took on combined mainland population selections of over 360 million people [USA, Canada, Japan].