Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Tonga: 4–46 Western Samoa: Avarua Tereora Stadium, Avarua: Unknown 20 October 1988 Tonga: 38–14 American Samoa: 1988 Pacific Cup: Apia Park, Apia: Unknown 22 October 1988 Māori: 42–16 Tonga: Apia Park, Apia: Unknown 26 October 1988 Western Samoa: 40–30 Tonga: Apia Park, Apia: Unknown 29 October 1988 Tonga: 19–6 Cook Islands: Apia ...
From 2010 to 2012, the Pacific Nations Cup was a four-team tournament, contested by Japan, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, with Samoa winning in 2010 and 2012, and Japan winning in 2011. In January 2013, the IRB announced that both the United States and Canada teams would be joining the 2013 competition on a permanent basis.
The Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance (PIRA) was set up in 2002 as a basis of co-operation between the Fiji, Samoa and Tonga Rugby Unions. Niue and the Cook Islands also became members of the Alliance and supplied players to the Pacific Islanders team.
Rugby union is the national sport, [citation needed] and the national team (ʻIkale Tahi, or Sea Eagles) has performed quite well on the international stage. Though Tongans are passionate rugby followers and players, their small population base means that, much like its Pacific Island neighbours, Samoa and Fiji, Tonga has a limited yet talented player pool, and sometimes struggles with the ...
The American Samoa national rugby union team, also known as the "Talavalu", represents the American Samoa Rugby Union in international rugby union. As of September 2023, it is the lowest ranked World Rugby team. [1] The Talavalu is the name of a traditional Samoan war weapon, originally carved out of ironwood.
Players: Amerika Samoa Rugby League 2015 Squad: Tinetali Papali'i (C) Victor Tutuila (VC) Henry Teofilo Vinnie Uelese Henry Godinet Justin Lemalu Denny Godinet Tutuila Tutuila Enoka Time Tarrant Mariner Raymond Ioane Aaron Teariki Liam Roebeck Ben Masoe Jordan Meads Tyga Vatuvei
American Samoa played some international rugby matches before being affiliated to IRB, including winning the rugby 15's silver medal at the 1991 South Pacific Games in Port Moresby. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The American Samoan team is known as the "Talavalu"—named after a traditional ironwood war club with eight carved diamond-shaped teeth on one edge.
The Tonga Rugby Union is the governing body of the sport of rugby union in Tonga. They are members of Oceania Rugby. There is a rugby union playing population of fewer than 800 out of a total population of 100,000. They were formed in 1923, and joined the World Rugby in 1987 when they were invited to play in the inaugural Rugby World Cup.