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After a tight first half, Mate Ma'a Tonga went on win the match scoring 16 points within the last 20 minutes of the game. In May 2016, Tonga took on Samoa in the 2016 Polynesian Cup at Pirtek Stadium. The International was part of a triple header which also included the Melanesian Cup, between Papua New Guinea and Fiji, and the Junior Kangaroos ...
Tonga: Carlaw Park, Auckland: Unknown 31 October 1992 Tonga: 14–18 Western Samoa: Carlaw Park, Auckland: Unknown 26 October 1994 Tonga: 28–2 Māori: 1994 Pacific Cup: Suva, Fiji: Unknown 29 October 1994 Tonga: 32–10: Presidents XIII: Suva, Fiji: Unknown 3 November 1994: Australian Aboriginies: 34–16 Tonga: Suva, Fiji: Unknown 5 November ...
The first Tonga women's team was in 2003 and known as the Mate Ma'a Tonga women's team administered by the Tonga National Rugby League (TNRL) body. The newly formed Tonga women's national rugby league incorporated is under the Tongan Government with the national men's team. TNRL are no longer the national administrating body for Tonga Rugby League.
The Tonga Mate Ma'a squad was announced on 8 October 2024. [7] [8] Jersey numbers in the table reflect team selection for the Week 4 game against Australia. Statistics in this table are compiled from the website, Rugby League Project.
Rugby league first gained attention in Tonga when the Pacific Cup competition would be partially held in the country during 1986. After this initial exposure to the Tongan people several clubs began to form or switch from rugby union to rugby league and by 1988 the nation had enough depth in their player pool to begin playing national fixtures and would decide to enter the 1988 Pacific Cup ...
England and Tonga had only played each other three times previously, twice during the 2006 Federation Shield and during the 2017 Rugby League World Cup Semi Final. All three games were won by England. Tonga however, beat Great Britain during the 2019 Lions tour of New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. [5]
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 .
At the 2003 Rugby World Cup Tonga lost all their games and finished bottom of their pool. Although they kept Wales to 20–27, they were again thrashed by New Zealand 91–7. In 2007 Tonga participated in the 2007 Rugby World Cup, winning two of their pool matches and nearly defeating the eventual champions, South Africa, before losing 30–25.