Canada Beat Tonga 25 - 20 In Rugby World Cup

Canada opened their World Cup account with a deserved 25-20 win over crowd favourites Tonga in Whangarei on Wednesday. Tonga full-back Kurt Morath had a chance to cut the deficit to just one point, but missed two straightforward efforts for the Pacific islanders - with frustrating errors a common theme in their play.Tonga had the territory and possession to drive Canada back but too often their handling let them down. And Canada made them pay as Pritchard extended their lead to 10-0 after 26 minutesThe Canucks outscored Tonga three tries to two in a cracking game, and were full value for their win after leading 10-7 at half-time.