Tonga rugby coach Woolf savours farewell tour

Tonga coach Kristian Woolf reflects on a levelling of rugby league's international playing field. Video by AAP

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00:00Your last hurrah with Tonga, the foundation you've set with this team?

00:05I don't think I've made that official yet, have I?

00:09Look, my involvement with Tonga, it actually started in 2013.

00:15I can certainly say that it's one of the proudest things that I've done in my life

00:18and one of the best things that I've done in terms of rugby league but life in general.

00:23I've learned a lot.

00:25The players and the people I've been involved with are some outstanding people

00:29that I've had the opportunity to be involved with and work with

00:32and I've learned a lot from those people as well.

00:35So, as I said, it's something I'm very proud of

00:38and something I'm very grateful for being involved with as well.

00:41What we don't want is three teams that can win things internationally

00:45and three teams that are strong and that's all anyone talks about or is interested in.

00:50At the moment we've got more than that.

00:52We've got five, six, seven teams that I think are all really capable.

00:56They can all beat each other on their day and we've all shown that

00:59and Samara are a great example of that in the World Cup

01:01and we've certainly shown that before as well.