Transcript

Tonga stuns England in Rugby League World Cup · Best of: Features

0:05
Tonga stuns England in Rugby League World Cup This article is beating
0:10
read by an automated voice generated by Everlett. Perth, Australia, the AP.
0:16
Tonga pulled off a stunner at the Rugby League World Cup on
0:19
Saturday by beating England 30-12. It was another shock result against a
0:24
Pacific Island nation for the English, who were beaten by Samoa in
0:27
the semifinals on home soil in twenty twenty two. It was the
0:31
first of third ranked England's three group stage games, and immediately jeopardizes
0:36
its progress to
0:37
the semifinals, with games still to come against France and Papua New
0:41
Guinea. Tonga, which had never previously beaten England, is ranked number five
0:46
in the world, and has other group games against Lebanon and Samoa.
0:50
Only two of those six teams advanced to the last four. The
0:54
semifinals of the month-long World Cup are scheduled for November seventh and
0:58
eighth, with the final at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium on november fifteenth. See
1:03
the AP's full sports coverage here.