Tongan National Rugby League

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Tongan National Rugby League
SportRugby league
Formerly known asTonga National Rugby League
Instituted1988
Number of teams19
CountryTonga (19 teams)
Premiers (2006)
Most titles (1 title)
(1 title)
WebsiteNRL.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 competed in the Tongan rugby league championship during the 2019 season.

Club
 Finishing position
in 2019
12th
8th
9th
5th
7th
10th
11th
1st
2nd
3rd
6th
4th

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. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-01-11. Retrieved 2007-05-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links[]

Official websites
News sites


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