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Samoa vs Tonga in rugby league is a rivalry between the Samoa national rugby league team and the Tonga national rugby league team in the sport of rugby league. The two sides first met at the 1986 Pacific Cup , where Tonga came out as 34–16 victors.
On 19 August 2024, news website Stuff reported that a men's match between New Zealand and Tonga had been scheduled for Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland on Saturday, 2 November 2024. [6] This was again reported three days later by The New Zealand Herald , going further with reporting New Zealand will host Australia on 27 October in Christchurch .
5 Samoa vs Tonga. 6 New Zealand vs Tonga. 7 Samoa vs Scotland. 8 References. ... Tonga finished top of the pool while New Zealand and Samoa also qualified for the ...
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 ...
The six teams that did not make the semi-finals played in a Nines tournament at Jack Colvin Park on 29 October. The final was played as a curtain raiser to the Pacific Cup final and won by Tokelau who defeated Fiji. Tonga was captained by loose forward Mark Roiall The match went into triple overtime after Tonga had led 12-4 after 55 minutes. [1]
While Samoa, Fiji, Tonga and Japan did play each other in the lead-up to the 2023 Rugby World Cup, no official PNC tournament took place in 2023. As such, Samoa are the defending champions, having gone undefeated at the 2022 iteration of the tournament. Fiji won the 2024 title, beating Japan in the Grand Final, 41–17. [6]
Group C of the 2008 Rugby League World Cup was one of the three groups of teams that competed in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup tournament's group stage. Group C consisted of three teams: Ireland, Tonga and Samoa.
Pool A threw up few surprises, with both South Africa and England qualifying for the quarter-finals, as expected. Third place went to Tonga, who beat the USA and South Pacific neighbours, Samoa, to secure a place in the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Tonga also gave the eventual champions a close run, losing by less than a try.