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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 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.
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: 33,196 2 November 2024 New ...
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 ...
The tour was the first by a Pacific island nation to England and the first test match series between the two countries. [4] 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.
The Tonga national rugby union team (Tongan: timi feohi ʻakapulu fakafonua ʻa Tonga) represents the Tonga Rugby Union in men's international rugby union. The team is nicknamed ʻIkale Tahi (Sea Eagles). Like their Polynesian neighbours, the Tongans start their matches with a traditional challenge – the Sipi Tau.
In June 2022, she was selected for Mate Ma'a Tonga. [9] [10] On 22 June 2022 she was appointed captain of Tonga. [11] In 2023, she played for the City side in Auckland, a combined Ponsonby Ponies and Pt Chevalier Pirates side that competed in the Auckland Rugby League competition. She was the leading try scorer with 15 from 13 games and was ...