Tokelau national rugby league team

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Tokelau
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Team information
Governing bodyTokelau Rugby League
Region Asia-Pacific
Head coachMike Felise
CaptainIsaac Misky
Home stadium Hemoana Stadium
Uniforms
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Kit body.svg
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Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks long.svg
First colours
Team results
First international
Flag of Samoa.svg  Western Samoa 34 - 12 Tokelau  Flag of Tokelau.svg
(Rarotonga, Cook Islands; 1986) [1]
Biggest win
Flag of Tokelau.svg  Tokelau 44 - 8 Norfolk Island  Flag of Norfolk Island.svg
(Auckland, New Zealand; October 1992)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 62 - 0 Tokelau  Flag of Tokelau.svg
(Auckland, New Zealand; October 2006)

The Tokelau national rugby league team represents Tokelau in rugby league football and first participated in international competition in 1986.

Contents

Tokelau has participated five times in the Pacific Cup: in 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992 and 2006.

Tokelau is expected to make a return to international Rugby League with the planned introduction of a new formalise the structure for Rugby League.[ citation needed ] It's envisaged from this symposium that rugby league will be able to officially form the Tokelau Rugby League Association (TRLA). The TRLA will be the driving force behind Tokelau's rugby league development and also allow the game to receive support from the Tokelau government.

In December 2011 the Tokelau National Sports Coordinator made contact with the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) to express their ambitions to come back to the rugby league fold. After the TRLA is formalised in February/March 2012 the first goal of the body is to obtain membership of the Asia Pacific Rugby League Confederation (APRLC). [2]

Heritage Players

Results

Note: Tokelau score is given first.
DateOpponentScoreTournamentRef.
27 October 1986Flag of Samoa.svg  Western Samoa 12–34 1986 Pacific Cup [3] [4]
31 October 1986Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 22–26 [3] [4]
18 October 1988Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 10–19 1988 Pacific Cup [5] [6]
22 October 1988Flag of Samoa.svg  Western Samoa 18–40 [5] [6]
24 October 1988Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 26–16 [5] [6] [7]
21 October 1990Flag of Niue.svg  Niue 26–16 1990 Pacific Cup [8]
24 October 1990Flag of Samoa.svg  Western Samoa 8–66 [8]
26 October 1990Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 10–26 [8]
17 October 1992Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 18–26 1992 Pacific Cup [9] [10]
19 October 1992 Australian Aboriginal Flag.svg Australian Aborigines 18–46 [9] [10]
24 October 1992Tino Rangatiratanga Maori sovereignty movement flag.svg  Māori 18–34 [9] [10]
26 October 1992Flag of Norfolk Island.svg  Norfolk Island 44–8 [9] [10]
23 February 2006Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 0–62 2006 Pacific Cup [11]
2 March 2006Tino Rangatiratanga Maori sovereignty movement flag.svg  Māori 4–64 [11]
5 March 2006Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 34–28 [11]

Nines

DateOpponentScoreTournamentRef.
8 July 2019Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 4–22 2019 Pacific Games [12] [13]
8 July 2019Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 8–4 [13]
8 July 2019Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 4–30 [13]
9 July 2019Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 20–22 [14]
9 July 2019Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 18–24 [14]

National stadium

StadiumCapacityCity
Hemoana Stadium 1,000 Nukunonu

References

  1. ↑ "Our History". Rugby League Samoa.
  2. ↑ "State of the Nation: Tokelau". Rugbyleagueplanet.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
  3. 1 2 Coffey & Wood 2008, p. 245.
  4. 1 2 "Pacific Cup 1986". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 Coffey & Wood 2008, p. 252.
  6. 1 2 3 "Pacific Cup 1988". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  7. ↑ Hurndell, Shane (4 November 1988). "N.Z. Maoris fired up for league final". The Press. Christchurch. p. 33 – via Papers Past.
  8. 1 2 3 "Pacific Cup 1990". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Coffey & Wood 2008, p. 275.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Pacific Cup 1992". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  11. 1 2 3 "Rugby League International Federation - New Zealand Rugby League 2006 Pacific Cup". nzrl.co.nz. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008.
  12. ↑ "2019 Pacific Games Nines: Preview". Asia Pacific Rugby League Confederation. 7 July 2019. Archived from the original on 22 February 2024.
  13. 1 2 3 "Day 1 of the Pacific Games Rugby League 9's". International Rugby League. 8 July 2019. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019.
  14. 1 2 "Double Gold for Fiji at Pacific Games in Samoa". International Rugby League. 9 July 2019. Archived from the original on 19 July 2019.

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