Tonga's Sililo Martens says he had to forget his Welsh connections ahead of the South Sea islanders' narrow World Cup defeat to the men in red. The scrum-half plies his daily trade with Welsh regional side Celtic Warriors - and has even found an acting role in Welsh language soap opera Pobol y Cwm - but the physical number nine says he forgot about friendship for the sake of his country.
"I put aside mates today, I was there for my Tongan team-mates, but I'll have a drink with the Welsh boys afterwards," said Martens.
 |  Polynesians traditionally die off in the last 20 minutes of a game, but against Wales we just got stronger |
"We (Tonga) were disappointed with our attitude against Italy but we made up for it against Wales. "Against Italy we stepped back, which isn't the Tongan style - this time we just said 'why not' and stepped up.
"Polynesians traditionally die off in the last 20 minutes of a game, but against Wales we just got stronger - unfortunately we couldn't find the finish."
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