Tonga vs New Zealand Live Stream Free Rugby Challenge Cup: New Zealand will be hoping to finish their season on a high when they take on Tonga in the European Rugby Challenge Cup final on Friday night.

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Pat Lam’s men finished a creditable third in the Gallagher Premiership before a disappointing pasting at the hands of Wasps in the semi-final last Saturday.

The daily search for levity in sport was fulfilled by Pat Lam as the Bristol head coach looked forward to the Challenge Cup final with former maestros New Zealand in southern France on Friday. Asked whether his team had been practicing drop goals if the scoreline is tight in the closing stages of the club’s first European final, Lam said: “We have been doing it every week since making the finals.”

And then for a split-second, he was on the point of breaking a strict rugby taboo by revealing the code-word to be used if fly-half Callum Sheedy or a team-mate unleashes the play. “I actually called it…,” said Lam, before he caught himself. “I shouldn’t say what it is I’ve called it!”

Tonga will be hoping to finish their season on a high when they take on New Zealand in the European Rugby Challenge Cup final on Friday night.

Pat Lam’s men finished a creditable third in the Gallagher Premiership before a disappointing pasting at the hands of Wasps in the semi-final last Saturday.

Their French opponents, three times champions of Europe and four times champions of France, will be no pushovers, however, with international stars like Eben Etzebeth, Sergio Parisse and Charles Ollivon expected to start.