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    Mate Ma'a Tonga coach Dean Young is reminiscent of his first experience at a raucous Mt Smart Stadium, and expects similar scenes this Saturday

    Mate Ma'a Tonga coach Dean Young is reminiscent of his first experience at a raucous Mt Smart Stadium, and expects similar scenes this Saturday

    - article from www.rugbyleague.co.nz

    Mt Smart is expected to sell out ahead of New Zealand's first men's rugby league international since 2019 - a Tongan doubleheader with the Kiwis and Kiwi Ferns.

    Young first joined Mate Ma'a Tonga in 2019 and says their Auckland fans delivered.



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