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29 October 2017 Scotland: 4–50 Tonga: 2017 Rugby League World Cup: Barlow Park, Cairns: 9,216 4 November 2017 Samoa: 18–32 Tonga: Waikato Stadium, Hamilton: 18,156 11 November 2017 New Zealand: 22–28 Tonga: Waikato Stadium, Hamilton: 24,041 18 November 2017 Tonga: 24–22 Lebanon: Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch: 8,309 25 November 2017 ...
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 Tongan Rugby League competition comprises 12 teams in the first division, and 7 in the second. Following the 2017 Rugby League World Cup , the competition was renamed the Jason Taumalolo Cup. Age-restricted competitions were also named for Manu Vatuvei , Solomone Kata , Konrad Hurrell and Tuimoala Lolohea .
The IRL Men's World Rankings are the ranking system for men's national teams in the sport of rugby league football. The teams of the member nations of the International Rugby League, rugby league football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest.
As a precedent concerning a Tongan Invitational XIII to play has already been set, it is not considered that the expulsion of TNRL will affect the participation of Tonga's national teams in any competition. [7] On 31 March 2020, the International Rugby League started looking for new applicants to govern Tongan rugby league. [8]
The first match played between the two sides was a 25–24 win by New Zealand in 1995. The rivalry gained traction in 2017, when a number of high-profile New Zealand representatives, let by Jason Taumalolo, defected and decided to play for Tonga, their nation of heritage, instead. [1]
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.
5 May 2017 Australia: 12 30 Canberra Stadium: Canberra: 18,535 2017 Anzac Test: 28 October 2017 Samoa: 38 8 Mount Smart Stadium: Auckland: 17,857 2017 World Cup: 4 November 2017 Scotland: 74 6 Rugby League Park: Christchurch: 12,130 11 November 2017 Tonga: 22 28 Waikato Stadium: Hamilton: 24,041 18 November 2017 Fiji: 2 4 Wellington Regional ...