Other rugby universities and high schools followed suit in recruiting students from Tonga as well as New Zealand , Australia , the British Isles , and other Pacific Island countries .
Tongans remain to this day the most prominent in number and impact .
Other rugby universities and high schools followed suit in recruiting students from Tonga as well as New Zealand , Australia , the British Isles , and other Pacific Island countries , although Tongans remain to this day the most prominent in number and impact .