How Tongan rugby league international Etu Uaisele built community through food
For many Pacific Islanders living overseas, home is often found in the simplest of things. For former 2000s Tongan rugby league and Super League player Etu Uaisele, it was a spit-roasted pig that brought a taste of home. Using classic Tongan ingenuity, Uaisele recreated a style of cooking usually only seen back in the islands, building a makeshift spit from a wooden pallet and hand-turning the pig for more than three hours.Today, he calls Wodonga, regional Victoria, home. Far from the bright lights of professional rugby league, Uaisele still proudly represents Tonga in his own way, and every…
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