Tonga 92-10 Cook Islands: Penisini scores four tries and Niu bags a hat-trick in 16-try rout

Tonga beat Cook Islands 92-10 in Rugby League World Cup Group D match. Will Penisini scores four tries and Tesi Niu bagged a hat-trick. Captain Cook named the archipelago the 'Friendly Islands' after visiting it in 1773.

Tonga beat Cook Islands 92-10 in Rugby League World Cup. Will Penisini scored four tries and Tesi Niu a hat-trick. Isaiya Katoa added 32 points. Cook Island lost the match. Captain Cook visited Teesside to mark the 294th anniversary of the navigator's birth. Cook Islanders had acquitted themselves well in their opening two Group D fixtures against Wales and Papua New Guinea. They lost to Tonga. The result is the third highest winning score in the tournament's history. It was a dismal collapse from Tony Iro's team.