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Rugby was brought to the region in the early 20th century by sailors and missionaries, and the Tonga Rugby Football Union was formed in late 1923. Tonga beat Fiji 9–6 in their first test in 1924 played in the capital Nukuʻalofa. However, Tonga lost the second test 14–3 and drew the decider 0–0.
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 ...
22 October 2023 England: 22–18 Tonga: 2023 Tonga rugby league tour of England: Totally Wicked Stadium, St Helens: 12,898 28 October 2023 England: 14–4 Tonga: Kirklees Stadium, Huddersfield: 11,210 4 November 2023 England: 26–4 Tonga: Headingley, Leeds: 15,477 18 October 2024 Australia: 18–0 Tonga: 2024 Pacific Cup: Lang Park, Brisbane ...
The Tonga national rugby league team (Tongan: timi līki ʻakapulu fakafonua ʻa Tonga) represents Tonga in rugby league football. They are currently the fifth ranked team in the world. The team was formed to compete in the 1986 Pacific Cup , and have competed at six Rugby League World Cups , starting in 1995 and continuing consecutively until ...
The expulsion did not affect the national team as the IRL had ordered Tonga to fulfil a fixture with Great Britain which was arranged before the investigation, setting a precedent for future matches, [5] a game which Tonga National Rugby League wanted removed from official test records (despite winning) as they were not governing the national ...
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]
The 2023 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup was the sixteenth edition of the Pacific Nations Cup annual international rugby union competition. Four teams competed, with Fiji, Samoa and Tonga returning, whilst Japan is reinstated for the first time since 2019, as the four nations use the tournament as preparation ahead of the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
Paea signed for Zebre Parma in May 2023 ahead of the 2023–24 United Rugby Championship. He made his debut in Round 1 of the 2023–24 season against the Ulster. [7] After the experience also with Tonga sevens team, in May 2022 Paea was named in the Tonga squad for the first time since 2017 for the Pacific Nations Cup.
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