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 18 August 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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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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Friday 17 July 2020
Sydney, Australia
The Oceania Rugby Men’s XV Championships to be held in August in Papua New Guinea has been cancelled due to CoViD-19. Postponed fixtures include the Oceania Rugby Women’s Repechage qualification between Samoa and Tonga.
Wednesday 8 July 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Another organization hoping to become Tonga’s recognized national rugby league governing body, has applied for full membership of the International Rugby League (IRL).
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Wednesday 8 July 2020
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London, United Kingdom
Telusa Veainu (29) has signed a three-year contract with Stade Francais, a French professional rugby union following his exit from Leicester Tigers.
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Thursday 2 July 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Ma’a Tonga Rugby League (TMTRL), a new rugby league governing board, has applied for full membership of the International Rugby League (IRL).
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Thursday 11 June 2020
Vava'u, Tonga
Vava’u youth enjoyed returning to Quick Rip rugby games last Saturday, 6 June, at Toula Rugby field, after CoViD-19 restrictions had stopped all sports games in Tonga since the lockdown on 26 March.
Thursday 11 June 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s national rugby league men’s team will be based in Liverpool and St Helens during the Rugby League World Cup (RLWC) next year announced the tournament organisers today.
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Wednesday 10 June 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga is set to face Samoa next year to qualify directly for the Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2023 in France after World Rugby announced details of the qualification process on 8 June.
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Wednesday 3 June 2020
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Warriors rookie, Eliesa Katoa, scored a try in his first NRL match last Saturday, 30 May, against the Dragons who were kept scoreless 18-0 at Central Coast Stadium, NSW, Australia.
Thursday 28 May 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Ma’a Tonga Rugby League (TMTRL) will support Kristian Woolf and the national rugby league team in its 2021 Rugby League World Cup campaign.
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Monday 18 May 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Lord Fakafanua has been elected President of the new Tonga Ma’a Tonga Rugby League (TMTRL) Board, and Semisi Sika elected Chair during a general meeting on Friday, 15 May, at ‘Utulau Rugby Club.
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Wednesday 13 May 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s local rugby league clubs will elect a new Chair and Finance Director for a new Rugby League Board on Friday, 15 May. Candidates include the Speaker of Parliament Lord Fakafanua and current MP and former Deputy Prime Minister, Semisi Sika.
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Friday 8 May 2020
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London, UK
Former Tonga captain Sika Manu and current international player Will Hopoate have been nominated as board members for a new governing body in Tonga, according to the International Rugby League (IRL) on 7 May.
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