The signing of the Tripartite Agreement between the World Rugby, the Tonga Rugby Union and the Tongan Government last Friday, 25 September was a breath of life for Tonga’s Rugby Union.
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Thursday 1 October 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Tuesday 29 September 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Table Tennis Federation (TTTF) has launched a Business House competition this month, on September 11, which is attracting teams of players, as they head to finals in November. Mixed teams are inclusive of participants with disabilities competing on an equal platform with their peers.
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Thursday 24 September 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
World Rugby has stopped providing funds indefinitely to Tonga Rugby Union, which means 'Ikale Tahi is now without coach Toutai Kefu.
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Wednesday 23 September 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An appeal by the Tonga National Rugby League (TNRL) over its expulsion from the International Rugby League (IRL) has been adjourned by the Court of Arbitration of Sport.
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Monday 14 September 2020
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New South Wales, Australia
The Oceania Rugby Women’s Championship, scheduled for November in New Zealand, has been cancelled due to CoViD-19. However, Tonga is scheduled to play Samoa in a Rugby World Cup Repechage Qualifier match in November in Auckland.
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Thursday 10 September 2020
Dunedin, New Zealand
Former Crusaders’ utility back Fetuli Paea (26) has signed with the Highlanders in Dunedin.
Monday 7 September 2020
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NSW, Australia
The Oceania Rugby Men’s and Women’s Championship scheduled to take place in November this year has been cancelled due to CoViD-19.
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Wednesday 2 September 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga supports Oceania Rugby in its “Oceania Unstoppable - Women in Rugby Month” this September, celebrating the progress of women and girls in rugby and inspiring the next generation.
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Thursday 27 August 2020
Gold Coast, Australia
All 2020 Championship events, including the Polynesian Championships to be held in Nuku'alofa, have been cancelled due to CoViD-19, the Oceania Athletics Association (OAA) stated on August 26.
Thursday 27 August 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
No further decisions have been made in regard to admitting a new International Rugby League member for Tonga, confirmed Asia Pacific Rugby League Head of Operations, Gareth Holmes today.
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Friday 21 August 2020
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga celebrated Olympic Day today with the Tonga National Taekwondo team performing a demonstration at the Basilica of St Anthony and Padua in Nuku’alofa.
Wednesday 19 August 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Over 400 girls took part in a festival to mark the restart of the Heilala Manongi soccer pilot project at the Loto-Tonga Soccer Centre on Saturday, 15 August in Veitongo, after a four months hiatus due to the health emergency restrictions.
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Tuesday 18 August 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The excitement over the participation of “Team Kingdom of Tonga” in the Tortour 1000km Ultra cycling race in Switzerland on Saturday turned into sadness, after a fatal accident stopped the event.
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Tuesday 11 August 2020
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United Kingdom
Mate Ma’a Tonga veteran prop Sam Moa joined Israel Folau in standing during a pre-kick-off kneeling ritual in their Super League team’s (Catalan Dragons) clash against the Castleford Tigers on Saturday 8 August.
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Thursday 6 August 2020
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Oxfordshire, UK
Former 'Ikale Tahi player, Soane Tonga’uiha (38) has signed up with Chinnor Rugby Club in the UK as player-coach. He is a former Tongan international player.
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Wednesday 5 August 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Table tennis is catching on at Niuafo’ou and Niuatoputapu High Schools, with sports equipment delivered by the Tonga Table Tennis Federation last week.
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Monday 3 August 2020
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Leeds, England
Israel Folau has become the target of social media backlash for being the only player not to participate in a pre-kickoff ‘kneel down’ (to show solidarity with “Black Lives Matter”) in round three of the Super League tournament yesterday 2 August, where Folau’s team the Catalan Dragons suffered a heavy defeat to the St Helen Saints 34 – 6. The kneel down ritual was organized by Super League players to show solidarity with “Black Lives Matter” – a controversial activist movement in the United States that protests police brutality and racial profiling against African Americans. Public opinion is mixed over the movement with critics accusing it of promoting riots.
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Wednesday 22 July 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Netball has qualified for the 2021 Netball World Youth Cup for the first time confirmed Tonga Netball Association CEO, Salote Sisifa today. It is scheduled to be held in Fiji sometime next year.
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Wednesday 22 July 2020
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Manchester, United Kingdom
Tonga will kick off their Rugby League World Cup campaign against Papua New Guinea on 26 October 2021 at Totally Wicked Stadium, St Helens, UK, and could meet England in the semi-finals for a rematch of their epic 2017 RLWC game.
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Monday 20 July 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The opening ceremony for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has been set for 23 July 2021 after the games were postponed this year due to CoViD-19.
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