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List of Tonga national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the Tonga national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match. [1] Note that the "position" column lists the position at which the player made his Test debut, not necessarily the position for which he is best known.
Tongan rugby union biography stubs (111 P) Pages in category "Tongan rugby union players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 303 total.
Rugby union is the national sport of Tonga.Tonga are considered to be a tier 2 rugby nation by the International Rugby Board.. Tonga has four main rugby playing islands, Vava'u (which produced players like Epi Taione), Ha'apai (which produced players like Jonah Lomu), ʻEua (which produced the Vunipola family, eight brothers who all played for the national team), and Tongatapu the major island ...
William Keith Los'e (pronounced as "low-SAY"; 22 July 1967 – 7 September 2022) was a Tongan rugby union player who played as a lock. After retiring from playing, he worked as a radio host and TV commentator. [1] [2]
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.
In 2022, Fekitoa was selected in the Tongan squad for the 2022 Pacific Nations Cup, having become eligible after World Rugby's eligibility rules were amended to allow for players to switch national allegiance after completing a stand-down period. [31] He made his debut for Tonga on 2 July 2022, in a 36-0 loss to Fiji. [32]
Sione Maile Tupou (born 25 May 1994) is a Tongan international rugby union player.. A back-row forward, Tupou captains Tonga in rugby sevens. [1] He led the team at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens and 2022 Commonwealth Games, where he was a flag bear for Tonga in the Parade of Nations.
'Api Kakalaia Solomone Funaki (born 25 April 1994) is a Tongan rugby union player, who currently plays as a loose forward for Dragons RFC in the United Rugby Championship and European Rugby Challenge Cup. [1] He previously played for Moana Pasifika in Super Rugby [2] and Hawke's Bay in New Zealand's domestic National Provincial Championship ...