At Valence d'Agen, France Spain 33 Tunisia 16 Spain advacnes to face the US for a spot in RWC Pool B. At Seoul (1st of 2 game series) Tonga 75 Korea 0 Winner of series advances to RWC Pool D.
The return match of the series will be Fort Lauderdale on the 27th of April. Russia, the country that had gotten DQ'd after beating Spain, crushed Spain 52-19 in Mallorca.
The first leg in Spain is on April 12. The return leg is at Lockhart Stadium, former home of the Miami Fusion. A couple articles from Planet Rugby about the US preparations: http://www.planet-rugby.com/LATEST_NEWS/story_26491.shtml http://www.planet-rugby.com/LATEST_NEWS/story_26452.shtml
Tonga isn't that bad. They certainly don't belong with the top teams but they are one of the better sides in the Pacific Rim (though the dropoff from the first to second tier is pretty sharp).
Yeah, but they're still Tonga. They could have the 15 best players in the world, but they'd still be Tonga.
Tiers of Rugby Nations. Tier 1 England Australia New Zealand France South Africa Tier 2 Rest of the 6 nations Romania Argentina Canada Fiji Samoa Tonga Tier 3 USA Spain Uruguay Chile Georgia Japan Give you an idea.