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Tonga's 'Ikale Tahi team to tour Europe this month has been named with a strong and experienced 26-member line-up that will meet Italy A on November 19 and the French Barbarians on November 26.

A Tongan Women's Rugby 7's team is getting ready to represent the country in the IRB Asia Pacific Women 7's Tournament in Malaysia on October 29-31.

'Amini Fonua, Tonga's only swimmer in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi qualified for the semi final of the men's 100m breaststroke yesterday, October 5 with a time of 1:04.02s.

A Tonga Defence Services 33 member rugby team, including officials, will compete in the Pacific Nations Military Rugby tournament in Canberra, Australia on October 14-23.

Twenty two athletes will represent Tonga in five sports at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, from October 3-14.

Michael Burling won the New Zealand North Island Longboard Championships 2010 on September 11, after surfing with 60 contestants at Forestry Beach, Mangawhai.

TONGA will be represented in swimming for the first time since 1946 at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games in October by Amini Fonua a 20 year old currently on a swimming scholarship to Texas A&M University.

With nearly year to go before Tonga's 'Ikale Tahi face the New Zealand All Blacks in the opening match of the 2011 Rugby World Cup on September 9, a national "Tonga A" rugby team is preparing in Nuku'alofa for the America's Rugby Championship in September, this year.

By Adam Freier. My new comrade, the ever-positive curly-haired kid, was quickly becoming my newest mate and inspiration. His name was George Smith. Rugby was just a game, and a game to always enjoy. And we did and we both made the Australian schoolboys Test versus New Zealand few days later. What I learnt from George was to be yourself; to not let the game rule you and determine your happiness. The lesson George taught me was to cherish every opportunity that comes your way. Who knows where it will take you?