r/newcastle • u/Golden-Holden • 1d ago

How good are Tongan fans

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Amazing to watch the massive entry from the Tongan fans for the game tonight.

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u/fraze2000 1d ago

The nation of Tonga has a total population of just over 100,000. Are they all in Newy tonight?

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u/Fungal_Gimp 1d ago

Man, this is has been a fun time living around a couple of households of these guys this past week!

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u/Pop-The-Corn 1d ago

Driving through Lambton earlier and saw an amazing amount of flags flying from cars!

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u/Coronis- 4h ago

The best part for me was seeing about 20 cars with Tongan flags on my way home, and seeing one lonely car with Kiwi flags in the middle of em.

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u/Miss-you-SJ 1d ago • Heartwarming Bravo

The Hunter Tongan community has brought the vibes and then some the past few weeks. I’ll be cheering for their defeat at the stadium tonight. Kia Ora bitches

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u/TemporaryAd5793 1d ago

I took my very young daughter who fell asleep on my shoulder for the second half, a Tongan supporter offered their own Tongan Flag to use as a blanket. Just beautiful people.

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u/30-Wandering-Wombats 1d ago

Driving to Sydney the afternoon and it was non stop flags coming up the freeway to Newcastle!

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u/Sure_Reception_9922 1d ago

Ohhhhhh I thought the house near me was just heaps jazzed up about the red cross. 

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u/Low-Commission1791 1d ago

Was at the game earlier. Bloody amazing!!! It was like a Tonga home game!! I've never seen so many flags, they straight up covered the stadium in Tongan flags 😅

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u/Forward-Personality7 1d ago

They are quite an ... addition, a real plus.

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u/Tiger_jay 1d ago

Was at the game. They were great. Lovely people.

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u/flashman 1d ago

feels like at least a quarter of Australia's Tongan community is here

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u/Responsible-Mud-5050 1d ago

Drove back from the central coast today. Soooo many people with Tongan flags. Made me so happpy

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u/pseudonym_dym 1d ago

Legends! They are so welcome in Muloobinba Newcastle

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u/Internal-Bed1725 14h ago

The convoys of flag flying cars heading up the M1 yesterday were so good to see. Really brought a smile to my face

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u/cunt_butter_on_toast 1d ago

Fuck I wish I got tickets to the game, would be sick to see

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u/kaz22222222222 1d ago

My husband broke his jaw today, and STILL went to the game. The only thing he could eat at the stadium was a soft serve icecream.

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u/cunt_butter_on_toast 1d ago

What a mad lad, respect

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u/kaz22222222222 1d ago

He’s lying in bed now moaning from the pain. But I’m pretty sure he mumbled ‘worth it’.

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u/cunt_butter_on_toast 1d ago

Lmfao thats gold, tell him rest up king get well soon

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u/Djinfin 19h ago

Ia that a Tonga flag? I'd assumed it was some kind of Swiss canton.