Tongan National Rugby League

Tongan National Rugby League
Sport Rugby league
Formerly known as Tonga National Rugby League
Instituted 1988
Number of teams 19
Country Tonga (19 teams)
Premiers Lapaha Knights (2006)
Most titles Lapaha Knights (1 title)
Mu'a Saints (1 title)
Website NRL.com

The Tongan National Rugby League (or for sponsorship reasons the TNRL Global Insurance Cup) is the major rugby league cup for semi-professional clubs in Tonga. Currently there are nineteen teams in the cup (12 in the first, 7 in the second) that compete annually in the national competition.

The league was established in 1988 to create a top tier national rugby league competition in Tonga after several scattered leagues existed in areas of the country previously and a combined national competition was deemed better for the national side and Tongan rugby league in general.

With the establishment of the TNRL the Tonga national rugby league team now each year contains several players whom currently play in the domestic competition, the 2006 national team contained both Simione Foliaki and Taufa Fukofuka from the Vaini Doves and the Mu'a Saints.[1]

The 2013 TNRL competition was won by the Kolomua Warriors who defeated Haakame Broncos at Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa.

Teams

First Division

The following twelve clubs will compete in the Tongan rugby league championship during the 2007 season.

Club
 Finishing position
in 2006
Capital Warriors12th
Fuekafa Rabbitohs8th
Ha'akame Broncos9th
Ha'ateiho Spartans5th
Halaloto Green Barbarians7th
Havelu Bulldogs10th
Kolomotu'a Eagles11th
Lapaha Knights1st
Mu'a Saints2nd
Nakolo Raiders3rd
Silapeluua Crusaders6th
Vaini Doves4th

Committee

Member Position Nationality
Stan Moheloa Chairman Tonga Tonga
Lopeti ‘Uhatafe Secretary Tonga Tonga
Ofa Atu Member of the Executive Tonga Tonga

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://tonga-broadcasting.com/artman/publish/article_540.shtml
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