There will be no battle of the Bristol Bears' Pacific Island superstars on Saturday as Charles Piutau has been left out of Tonga's squad to face Samoa.
Bears star lock Chris Vui starts in the second row for Samoa in the Pacific Nations Cup clash, but Tonga head coach Kini Fotu has reacted to a 36-0 loss to Fiji last weekend by leaving out his trio of former Tier One nation stars, former controversial Wallaby Isreal Folau, who injured his hamstring last time out, and former All Blacks Malakai Fekitoa and Piutau.
While Tonga's new dawn rather false-started against Fiji, the contest was closer than the scoreline suggested with the Ikale Tahi having a couple of tries disallowed by the TMO for forward passes and knock-ons.
