Tonga’s Ikale Tahi lost its last game in the Pacific Nations Cup (PNC) on Saturday to a determined Samoa going down 30-10 in Apia, Samoa. The loss puts Fiji and Samoa in leading contention for the two direct qualifying spots available for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.
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Results for 'Ikale Tahi
Friday 17 June 2016
Suva, Fiji
Tonga's 'Ikale Tahi team to play against Georgia on Saturday, 18 June in Suva was named by Head Coach Toutai Kefu today.
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Monday 13 June 2016
Suva, Fiji
Fiji bounced back from a halftime 15 – 0 lead to defeat Tonga 23 – 18 last Saturday, June 11. The game was locked 18 – 18 in the 73rd minute before the Fijian flanker Eremasi Radrodro scored the winning try in the 74th minute to win the game in front of an estatic Fijian crowd at ANZ stadium in Suva.
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Friday 10 June 2016
Suva, Fiji
The ‘Ikale Tahi and the Flying Fijians have named their teams to meet at the start of the Pacific Nations Cup 2016 on Saturday, 11 June at ANZ Stadium in Suva.
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Friday 3 June 2016
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s ‘Ikale Tahi team for the Pacific Nations Cup 2016 that starts next week at the ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji was officially announced today by the Tonga Rugby Union.
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Monday 16 May 2016
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
‘Ikale Tahi lock Steve Mafi has been signed by French club Castres to play in the next season of the French Top 14 tournament. The Australian born 26 year-old currently plays for the Perth based Western Force in the Super Rugby competition.
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Friday 13 May 2016
Manchester, UK
Ikale Tahi prop, Halani Aulika, has signed with Sale Sharks earlier this week after spending four seasons with London Irish. Aulika also played for Tonga in the 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cup and was a member of Tonga’s Pacific Nations Cup Squad last year.
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Wednesday 27 April 2016
Cardiff, Wales
Welsh rugby club, the Cardiff Blues, honoured their most capped player Taufa'ao Filise at a special testimonial dinner last week. The dinner celebrated a decade of service to the club by Taufa’ao who comes from Malapo in Tonga.
Tuesday 12 April 2016
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Leicester, England
‘Ikale Tahi winger Telusa Veainu has won the “Citizen Try of the Week” after he scored a stunning try for his team, the Leicester Tigers, in the Aviva Premiership on April 2.
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Friday 8 April 2016
Newcastle, United Kingdom
‘Ikale Tahi captain and flanker Nili Latu pulled off an impressive feat last weekend April 2 in round 19 of the Aviva Preimership, scoring two tries in four minutes for his team Newcastle Falcons against the highly rated Harlequins.
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Wednesday 17 February 2016
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Manager of Tonga's 'Ikale Tahi Rugby World Cup team, Sioape Tu'iono (67) died suddenly last week.
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Thursday 12 November 2015
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Commercial retailing of Tonga's Rugby Union and World Cup apparel caused an argument between two Nuku'alofa traders that ended up in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court - when one tried to stop the other from importing and selling apparel. However, Chief Justice Paulsen has discharged an initial order restraining a local broker from selling apparel that had the Tonga Rugby Union logo, Kukri brand name or IRB mark printed on it, and said the plaintiff's case was not strong.
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Monday 12 October 2015
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
New Zealand's All Blacks defeated the ‘Ikale Tahi 47-9 in their final game in front of 54,000 people, ending the Tongans Rugby World Cup campaign and with no immediate qualification for the 2019 RWC in Japan, after placing fourth in Pool C.
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Thursday 8 October 2015
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Head coach Mana ‘Otai has named the 'Ikale Tahi to face New Zealand this Saturday (Tonga time) in their final pool match of the Rugby World Cup.
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Monday 5 October 2015
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga was defeated by Argentina 45-16 in its third Rugby World Cup Pool C match watched by a crowd of over 29,000 people at Leicester’s City Stadium early this morning Monday, 5 October (Tonga time).
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Thursday 1 October 2015
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Hugely important, was how Mana ‘Otai, the coach of the ‘Ikale Tahi described his team's 35-21 victory over Namibia, on Tuesday, 29 September at Sandy Park, Exeter, UK.
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Monday 28 September 2015
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Head Coach Mana ‘Otai has named the ‘Ikale Tahi team to face Namibia on Tuesday, 29 September at Sandy Park in Exeter.
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Tuesday 22 September 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
After a hard fought and physical encounter at Kingsholm Stadium in Gloucester on September 19, ‘Ikale Tahi have been defeated by Georgia 17-10 in their first 2015 Rugby World Cup match.
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Friday 18 September 2015
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The ‘Ikale Tahi team to meet the Georgian national rugby team tomorrow, 19 September at noon in Gloucester (Tonga time midnight Saturday) has been announced by the Team Manager Sioape Tu’iono and Head Coach Mana ‘Otai.
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Tuesday 15 September 2015
London, UK
Three Tongan rugby players have been named among "ten giants" - the biggest players that will take to the field in the Rugby World Cup 2015, which begins this week on 18 September at Twickenham Stadium in London. One English newspaper columnist has described them as "Tongan monsters," and "a fearsome sight on the rugby field".
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