The Tonga National Rugby League (TNRL) will appeal the International Rugby League’s (IRL) decision last week to expel their membership.
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Thursday 20 February 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Friday 7 February 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Super League board has announced that it will put measures in place to stop future controversial signings, specifically pointing out last month's Catalan Dragon’s signing of Israel Folau.
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Saturday 1 February 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Super League Chairman Robert Elstone is publicly expressing his disapproval of the Catalan Dragon’s decision to sign Israel Folau. In a joint statement with England’s Rugby Football League (RFL), Elstone said that there was widespread disappointment in the Catalan Dragons.
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Thursday 30 January 2020
Perpignan, France
Former Wallaby Israel Folau is set to make a dramatic return to rugby league after signing a 1-year contract with French Super League club, the Catalan Dragons, on Tuesday 28 January. The Catalan Dragons roster includes Tongan players Sam Moa and Samisoni Langi.
Thursday 23 January 2020
Warrington, England
Tongan rugby league prospect, Leilani Latu, is heading to England to play for the Warrington Wolves in the Super League competition on a two-year contract that ends in November 2021. He joins fellow Tongans Ben Murdoch-Masila and Sitaleki Akauola, who are on the Warrington Wolves roster.
Tuesday 21 January 2020
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Manchester, United Kingdom
Tonga star, Tuimoala Lolohea has been backed to become even better as he prepares to take on team-mates and even his national coach in England's Super League competition.
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Friday 17 January 2020
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London, England
Tonga will head Group D as a tier one nation at the 2021 Rugby League World Cup (RLWC) that takes place in England. The full draw of games was announced today 17 January at the British royal residence of Buckingham Palace, United Kingdom.
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Thursday 16 January 2020
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London, United Kingdom
The Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry, will announce the draw for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup today 16 January (UK Time).
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Monday 9 December 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A stellar performance by Tonga international Kotoni Stagg for Tongan Rugby League this year has paid-off with the Brisbane Bronocos re-signing the 21-year-old centre until the end of 2021.
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Friday 15 November 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
“Let us all act like good sports men and women,” King Tupou VI told a gathering at his royal residence, The Villa, Mata-ki-‘Eua yesterday, 14 November, to honour the success of Tonga’s Invitational XIII Rugby League team in the 2019 Oceania Cup rugby League Tournament.
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Wednesday 13 November 2019
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Brisbane, Australia
The players and staff of the Tonga Invitational XIII have called for new governance for rugby league in Tonga ahead of this Friday's celebration of their fantastic performance in defeating the top two teams in the world.
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Wednesday 13 November 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Some of the players in Tonga’s winning Invitation Rugby League Team have arrived in Nuku’alofa for celebrations to be held on a special public holiday, November 15.
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Saturday 2 November 2019
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
In what is perhaps Tonga’s greatest sporting achievement, Tonga Invitational XIII defeated Rugby League invincibles Australia in a tightly contested match.
Tuesday 29 October 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Supreme Court yesterday, 28 October, dissolved an injunction order issued against the newly established Tonga Ma’a Tonga Rugby League Inc. (TMTRL) and the Tongan Government. This was after the plaintiff, the Tonga National Rugby League (TNRL), agreed to withdraw from legal proceedings on the basis that the Tonga Government reconsider its decision to endorse the TMTRL.
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Saturday 26 October 2019
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Invitational XIII produced a stunning 14 – 6 victory over the GB Lions after a dominant first-half performance in which two tries were scored by Michael Jennings and Sione Katoa. The convincing win in the international test match, affirms Tonga’s status as a rugby league tier one nation in a statement of unity by Tonga’s elite rugby players after a recent fallout with the estranged Tonga National Rugby League board. By Finau Fonua.
Saturday 26 October 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Today’s rugby league match between the Great Britain Lions and Tonga Invitational XIII will be formally recognized as an international test match, after being approved as such by the International Rugby League, the sport’s global governing body confirmed this week.
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Wednesday 23 October 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Invitational will field a full-strength lineup against the Great Britain Lions in Hamilton, New Zealand this Saturday 26 October. The lineup sees the return of David Fusitu’a, Tuimoala Lolohea, Konrad Hurrell, Ata Hingano and Ben Murdoch-Masila.
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Saturday 19 October 2019
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Sydney, Australia
Tonga Invitational have prematurely ended their Rugby League 9s World Cup campaign with a disappointing 20 – 24 loss to Samoa.
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Saturday 19 October 2019
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Sydney, Australia
Tonga Invitational have kept their semi-final hopes alive after defeating Fiji 21 – 17 in extra time in the second round of the Rugby 9s World Cup. Tonga's semi-final chances have been boosted after their fellow pool opponents Samoa defeated the Cook Islands 17 – 4.
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Saturday 19 October 2019
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Sydney, Australia
The Cook Islands are the talk of the Rugby League 9s World Cup after they decimated Tonga’s Invitational team 30 – 7 in the first round of the competition last night 18 October in Sydney, Australia. In order for Tonga Invitational to qualify for the semi-finals of the competition, they will need to achieve two landslide victories over their remaining pool opponents Toa Samoa and Fiji Bati, and hope that the Cook Islands lose at least once.
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