Tonga women's national rugby union team

The Tonga women's national rugby union team (Tongan: timi feohi ʻakapulu fakafonua fefine ʻa Tonga) are a national sporting side of Tonga, representing them at rugby union. They compete annually in the Oceania Rugby Women's Championship.

For the men's team, see Tonga national rugby union team. For the women's sevens team, see Tonga women's national rugby sevens team. For the women's rugby league team, see Tonga women's national rugby league team.
Tonga
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)'Ikale Tahi
UnionTonga Rugby Football Union
First colours
Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current30 (as of 6 March 2023)
First international
Tonga  5–52  Fiji
(Teufaiva Park, Nuku’alofa; 18 April 2006)
Biggest win
Tonga  108–7  Papua New Guinea
(Massey Park, Auckland; 18 July 2022)
Biggest defeat
Samoa  68–7  Tonga
(Churchill Park, Lautoka; 20 November 2018)

History

Tonga played their first international test match against Fiji in 2006 at the Women's Pacific Tri-Nations. Tonga joined the Oceania Rugby Women's Championship in 2018.[1] They recorded their first and biggest win at the 2018 Oceania Championship over Papua New Guinea with a score of 62–26.[2]

There was a measles outbreak in Tonga in 2019, so the team had to withdraw from the Oceania Championship when a player was suspected of having measles.[3] The tournament also acted as a qualifier for the 2021 Rugby World Cup and was revised to allow Tonga to compete for the Oceania berth. Fiji won the Oceania regions only spot and qualified for the World Cup.[3]

In 2020 Tonga played Papua New Guinea and Samoa in a Repechage qualifier playoff for a spot in the Final Qualification Tournament for the 2021 World Cup. Samoa were the team to progress.[3]

Tonga placed third at the 2022 Oceania Rugby Championship.[4]

Results summary

(Full internationals only, updated to 23 April 2023)

Tonga Internationals From 2006
OpponentFirst MatchPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstWin %
 Fiji20063003201390.00%
 Papua New Guinea2018330020657100.00%
 Samoa20064004291930.00%
Summary20061030725538930.00%

Results
For information about the status of international games, see Women's international rugby union § International women's matches.

Full internationals
Won Lost Tie/Draw
Test#DateTongaScoreOpponentVenueEventRef
12006-04-18Tonga5–52FijiTeufaiva Park, Nuku’alofaPacific Tri-Nations[5]
22006-04-22Tonga5–60SamoaTeufaiva Park, Nuku’alofaPacific Tri-Nations[5][6]
32018-11-16Tonga8–53FijiChurchill Park, Lautoka2018 OC[7][8][9]
42018-11-20Tonga7–68SamoaChurchill Park, Lautoka2018 OC[10][11][12]
52018-11-24Tonga62–26Papua New GuineaChurchill Park, Lautoka2018 OC[13][14][15]
62020-03-01Tonga36–24Papua New GuineaBava Park, Port Moresby2019 OC[16][15][17]
72020-11-14Tonga0–40SamoaWaitakere Stadium, Auckland2019 OC[18][19][20]
82022-07-09Tonga17–25SamoaMassey Park, Auckland2022 OC[21][22][23]
92022-07-13Tonga7–34FijiNavigation Homes Stadium, Pukekohe2022 OC[21][24][25]
102022-07-18Tonga108–7Papua New GuineaMassey Park, Auckland2022 OC[26][21][27]

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