The Tonga A team to play the Fiji Warriors on Friday, March 10 during the World Rugby Pacific Challenge 2017 at the ANZ stadium in Suva, was announced by Tonga Rugby Union.
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Saturday 18 February 2017
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Wales Rugby (WRU) has announced that it will not play in Tonga this year because of doubts that the pitch at Teufaiva Stadium would be upgraded in time. The WRU stated that arrangements were being made to relocate the Wales-Tonga test to another country.
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Friday 9 December 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) and World Rugby officials visited Tonga earlier this week to assess whether the Teufaiva Stadium and medical facilities are adequate to host Welsh players on their tour of the South Pacific in 2017.
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Tuesday 11 October 2016
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Cardiff, Wales
Substandard facilities and medical cover in Tonga and Samoa have caused the Welsh Rugby Union to reconsider the destinations of their summer tour next year according to Welsh media.
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Thursday 6 October 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Rugby Union (TRU) today named Siale Piutau as Captain to lead the 30 man 'Ikale Tahi squad to tour Europe next month playing three test matches in Spain and Italy.
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Monday 27 June 2016
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Apia, Samoa
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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Friday 24 June 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Former Wallabies winger, Cooper Vuna, was not able to inspire Tonga’s Sevens team at the Monaco Sevens last weekend, missing out on the last qualifying spot for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
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Friday 17 June 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Sevens rugby team has enlisted the help of former Wallabies player, Cooper Vuna, to win their matches at this weekend’s Olympic repechage tournament in Monaco - the last chance available to qualify for the Rio Olympics.
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Friday 10 June 2016
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Manchester, United Kingdom
Japan’s number 14, Ataata Moeakiola, is emerging as a new rugby star after his hat trick scoring performance against the Junior Spring Boks at the World Rugby U20 Championship in Manchester on 7 June.
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Wednesday 25 May 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The official Tongan national rugby team, the ‘Ikale Tahi for the 2016 Pacific Nations Cup tournament is yet to be officially announced by its Executive/Chairman, Fe’ao Vunipola. Now heading the Tonga Rugby Union are Tonga's Prime Minister as President and the Deputy Prime Minister as Chairman.
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Friday 13 May 2016
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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 23 March 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Rugby Union has gone broke and cannot pay the salaries of its staff, and its mountain of debts amounting to hundreds of thousands of Pa’anga that go back over several years, the President and the Executive Chairman of TRU, Fe‘ao Vunipola admitted today. A proposed solution to the problem, he said, is to change the TRU Constitution to allow the Prime Minister Hon. 'Akilisi Pohiva to become President of the TRU.
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Sunday 13 December 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Fe’ao Vunipola, the new interim Chairman and President of the Tonga Rugby Union TRU has announced his work plan for the struggling TRU, which he says needs to have a full-time CEO, and that it is time to separate the positions of the Chair and President.
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Tuesday 17 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Rugby Union “without a shadow of a doubt” will take its seat in the World Rugby Council, said ‘Epeli Taione, the president of the Tonga Rugby Union.
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Friday 13 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Rugby 7s Mens Team for the Oceania Sevens Tournament and Olympic Qualifier was announced today, Friday 13 November.
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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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Thursday 10 September 2015
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
With just a week-away from the start of the Rugby World Cup 2015 on Friday, 18 September (Saturday 19 September Tongan time), Tonga Power Ltd. is supporting the ‘Ikale Tahi with a donation of $25,000 pa’anga.
Wednesday 25 March 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The ‘Ikale Tahi will gather in Tonga this July to begin their preparations for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
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Thursday 13 June 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Three 'Ikale Tahi players have been suspended by an International Rugby Board judiciary after Tonga's 36-27 loss to Canada on June 8 in Kingston, Ontario.
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Wednesday 8 May 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Rugby Union's 'Epeli Taione told Matangi Tonga on May 7 that a move by some members of the board to remove him as the TRU Chairman along with the TRU Chief Executive Officer, 'Emeline Tuita was unlawful and unconstitutional.
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