Results for Rugby

The Aoniu Rugby Tournament kicked off at the Teufaiva Stadium today bringing together 12 teams from the main districts of Tongatapu and the outer islands.

Fasi-Ma'ufanga beat the Toa Ko Ma'afu 10-8 to become the winner of the Golden Jubilee Toa ko Ma'afu rugby tournament at Teufaiva Stadium on Saturday, January 5 claiming a $15,000 cash prize and the Sione Vunipola Cup.

Tonga's national rugby league team, the Mate Ma'a Tonga beat the Fiji Bati 14-12 at the Teufaiva Stadium on Friday, October 19.

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has a new chairman, the French Rugby Federation President, Bernard Lapasset. Bernard succeeded Dr Syd Millar, who did not seek re-election at the interim meeting of council held in Paris on Friday, October 19.

Tonga's capital Nuku'alofa was engulfed with a Rugby World Cup fever today, as hundreds of people in red filled the central business district, in an all-red day in support of the Firepower 'Ikale Tahi.

The 'Ikale Tahi has made a few changes to its starting line up to face a Springbok team that has been dubbed as the "second-stringers".

Nili Latu will lead 'Ikale Tahi in their opening match against the American Eagles in their Pool A match at Stade de la Mosson in Montpellier today (Tongan time: 1am, Thursday 13 September).

The Tongan team may have stunned pub staff in London recently with their enormous appetites, but the Pacific Islanders remain very humble, and deeply religious people.

If being able to watch the 2007 Rugby World Cup on television will enable one to go to heaven, only 700 Tongan families will make it; the rest will have to watch wrestling on Tonfon, or Beijing Olympic hype on CCTV, and ex-students' programs on TV Tonga.