Results for Sports

Tonga U15 Girls and Tonga College U15 teams are travelling to France, representing Tonga and joining 700 players from across the globe, at the Heritage Cup Competition in Pontlevoy,

'Ikale Tahi Head Coach Toutai Kefu has tonight named a 32-player squad, for Tonga's 2023 Rugby World Cup campaign in France. While star players Folau and Veainu are unavailable due to recurring injuries, Kefu said it's a squad he is proud to coach.

Scoring six tries, the 'Ikale Tahi happily won their second international test match against Canada, 36-12, in Nuku'alofa this afternoon. Sosefo Sakalia and Kyren Taumoefolau each scored two tries and Vaea Fifita and Sam Moli one each for Tonga. Isaac Olson scored both tries for Canada. Peter Nelson kicked the conversion.

A big exciting win for 'Ikale Tahi over Australia A, lifted the spirits of Tongan fans this afternoon at Teufaiva Stadium in Nuku'alofa, with the final score Tonga 27 Australia A 21.

Three women sports representatives were recognised last week in a 'Smash Down Barriers Program', which promotes social inclusion and wellbeing of marginalized groups, particularly people with disability, women and girls.

Tonga 7s has qualified for the HSBC Sevens Series playoffs in London on 20-21 May.

The success story of Tonga Netball with the national team, 'Tala' was presented during an 'Oceania Step Up Conference' held by the Oceania National Olympic Commission in Brisbane, on 17-18 April.

Tala, Tonga’s National Netball Team will head into the 2023 PacificAus Sports Netball Series in Gold Coast, Australia from 24-29 April, as reigning champions.

Tonga’s national netball team Tala has taken Tonga Netball to 77h place in the world netball rankings, another achievement for the winning team, after a short stay in 8th place since November 2022.