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After an impressive start with new Super Rugby club Melbourne Rebels, Cooper Vuna has earned a call-up into Tongas 50-man squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Vuna, who has proven himself in a number of positions, is joined in the extended Tongan squad by New South Wales Waratahs second-rower Sitaleki Timani.
Coach Isitolo Maka named the squad, which will be cut to 30 later in the season.
Before the squad is finalised for the September World Cup Maka must also select teams for the Churchill Cup and Pacific Nations Cup.
Vuna, who played several seasons in the NRL, and Timani, will join a squad composed of a number players who play their club rugby in New Zealand, England, Ireland and France.
Tonga’s first match of the World Cup is the tournament opener against New Zealand in Auckland on September 9.
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