Union | Tonga Rugby Football Union | |
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Nickname(s) | ʻIkale Tahi | |
Emblem(s) | The White Dove | |
Ground(s) | Lawaqa Park, Sigatoka | |
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Tonga A is a national representative rugby union team of the Tongan rugby union. It is the second-tier side to the Tonga national rugby union team. Tonga A competes in the Pacific Challenge, formerly known as the Pacific Rugby Cup, against teams including Samoa A and Fiji Warriors.[1][2] Since 2017, the team has also competed in the Americas Pacific Challenge.
Between 2006 and 2010, Tonga was represented by two teams at the Pacific Rugby Cup; Tau'uta Reds and Tautahi Gold.
In 2010, Tonga A played three matches against other national A teams as an invited side to the Americas Rugby Championship. Earlier in that year Tonga A also played two matches against Fiji Warriors in the first Punjas Series. The Tongans had one win and one loss but lost the series on aggregate scores.[3] This result was repeated in the second (and concluding) Punjas Series in 2011.[4]
The Pacific Rugby Cup was reorganised in 2011, and has since been mainly contested by national 'A' teams. The Tonga A side became the sole Tongan representative in the PRC from then on.
Matches against national teams or national 'A" teams up to and including 2014 Pacific Rugby Cup:
16-04-2010 | (PS) | Fiji Warriors | 12–27 | Tonga A | National Stadium, Suva |
23-04-2010 | (PS) | Fiji Warriors | 21–3 | Tonga A | Churchill Park, Lautoka |
05-10-2010 | (ARC) | Tonga A | 6–17 | USA Select XV | Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras |
10-10-2010 | (ARC) | Tonga A | 16–32 | Canada Selects | Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras |
15-10-2010 | (ARC) | Argentina XV | 28–10 | Tonga A | Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras |
19-03-2011 | (PRC) | Fiji Warriors | 21–14 | Tonga A | Churchill Park, Lautoka |
22-03-2011 | (PRC) | Samoa A | 12–23 | Fiji Warriors | Churchill Park, Lautoka |
13-08-2011 | (PS) | Fiji Warriors | 27–12 | Tonga A | Churchill Park, Lautoka |
19-08-2011 | (PS) | Fiji Warriors | 30–32 | Tonga A | Churchill Park, Lautoka |
11-10-2012 | (PRC) | Samoa A | 18–20 | Tonga A | Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa |
19-10-2012 | (PRC) | Tonga A | 16–25 | Fiji Warriors | Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa |
04-03-2014 | (PRC) | Samoa A | 27–18 | Tonga A | TG Milner Field, Sydney |
19-03-2014 | (PRC) | Pampas XV | 47–20 | Tonga A | Royal Military College, Canberra |
Pacific Challenge (formerly Pacific Rugby Cup)
Year | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | TB | LB | Pts | Final | Notes |
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2014 | 4th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 96 | 115 | -19 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 21–54 | Lost 3rd place play-off to Fiji Warriors |
2013 | 4th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 73 | 306 | -233 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
2012 | 3rd | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 72 | 253 | -181 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | |
2011 | 3rd | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 133 | 233 | -100 | 0 | 1 | 11 | — |
Americas Pacific Challenge