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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.
Pages in category "Tonga international rugby union players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 280 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Benjamin Vainga Charles Tameifuna (Tongan: [dɑːmeɪfʊnɑː]; born 30 August 1991) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for Top 14 club Bordeaux Bègles. Born in New Zealand, he represents Tonga at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds .
Simon Hafoka (born 1974) is a professional rugby player and coach who played international rugby for Tonga. [1] He grew up in Auckland, New Zealand and attended St Peter's College. Hafoka's playing position is as hooker/backrow forward. He has also played Rugby 7s for the Fiji Spartans 7s team in the UK, Ireland and Portugal. [2]
Funaki played for, and captained, the Tonga U20 team at the 2014 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy in Hong Kong. On 13 May 2018, he played for Tonga A in a World Series Rugby match against Western Force in Perth. [4] Funaki made his test debut for Tonga on 3 July 2021 against New Zealand at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland. [21]
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]
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 ...