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Pride and passion take centre stage at inaugural netball tournament

It's a remarkable performance by a team that is unranked on the world ladder and made up of players based in Australia and New Zealand; no-one is allowed out of Tonga right now with the country in lockdown.

It's been an emotional week for the Tongan squad, and goalkeeper, Renee Vaioleti, says they have dedicated their matches to their friends and relatives back in the islands, as the recovery from January's natural disaster and now a fast-spreading outbreak of COVID-19 continues.