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Tonga: 4–46 Western Samoa: Avarua Tereora Stadium, Avarua: Unknown 20 October 1988 Tonga: 38–14 American Samoa: 1988 Pacific Cup: Apia Park, Apia: Unknown 22 October 1988 Māori: 42–16 Tonga: Apia Park, Apia: Unknown 26 October 1988 Western Samoa: 40–30 Tonga: Apia Park, Apia: Unknown 29 October 1988 Tonga: 19–6 Cook Islands: Apia ...
Samoa vs Tonga in rugby league is a rivalry between the Samoa national rugby league team and the Tonga national rugby league team in the sport of rugby league. The two sides first met at the 1986 Pacific Cup , where Tonga came out as 34–16 victors.
According to Samoan oral tradition, Tonga was once under the dominion of the Tui Manu'a and paid tribute to the revered paramount chief. [3] In the tenth century this dominance waned and eventually supplanted by the Tuʻi Tonga Empire. While Manu'a under the Tui Manu'a remained independent, the rest of Samoa paid tribute to the Tu'i Tonga. [4]
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 .
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 ...
Samoa Score Opponent Venue Note 29 April 2023 Manusina XV 41–10 Tonga Women's A: Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland [70] [71] 23 September 2023: Manusina XV 12–38 Black Ferns XV: Navigation Homes Stadium [72] 16 September 2024: Samoa 20–17 Australia A: Apia Park, Apia [73]
The game was an absolute thriller with the lead alternating between the teams and the biggest margin throughout the match was only 6 points. Samoa won 18–16. The following year, in May 2016, Samoa defeated Tonga 18–12. Samoa were winless at the 2017 World Cup, losing 38–8 to New Zealand and 32–18 Tonga, and drawing 14–14 with Scotland ...
Group B of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup is one of the four groups in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, which began on 28 October and was completed on 11 November 2017.. The group comprised New Zealand, Samoa, Scotland and To