Moana Pasifika gear up to take the 2024 season by storm
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyA new wave of Moana Pasifika talent is set to light up DHL Super Rugby Pacific in 2024. Twenty newly contracted players headline the 38-man squad. The team boasts 19 players that featured at...
Match Preview: Tonga v Romania
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyDon’t make the mistake of thinking that there’s nothing to play for in the penultimate match of the pool phase. No, Pool B opponents Tonga and Romania haven’t won a match at Rugby...
Tonga reaction (head coach Kefu, captain Tameifuna, Coleman, Fekitoa, Piutau)
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyMIXED ZONE Adam Coleman, lock On the physical battle: "Tonga try to play the same type of game as South Africa does. It’s very physical, it’s in both teams' DNA. It was a very physical test...
Rugby World Cup 2023 Match Preview: South Africa v Tonga
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyAfter a call-up to South Africa’s squad following Malcolm Marx’s Rugby World Cup-ending injury, Handré Pollard starts at 10 against Tonga in Marseille on Sunday, winning his first Springbok...
Paea starts at number eight - Tonga announce team to play South Africa
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyTonga head coach Toutai Kefu has named his match-day 23 to face South Africa in Stade de Marseille on Sunday 1 October, with Semisi Paea starting at number eight in place of the suspended Vaea Fifita, following...
Rugby World Cup 2023 Match Preview: Scotland v Tonga
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyA fortnight after they were outmuscled and outpaced by defending champions South Africa in Marseille, Scotland will want to kickstart their Rugby World Cup challenge against Tonga, in Nice – a couple...
RWC Match Preview: Scotland v Tonga
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyA fortnight after they were outmuscled and outpaced by defending champions South Africa in Marseille, Scotland will want to kickstart their Rugby World Cup challenge against Tonga, in Nice – a couple...
UPDATED: Tonga make two changes to squad for Rugby World Cup 2023
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyHead coach Toutai Kefu has called up two medical replacements to his Tonga squad for Rugby World Cup 2023 in France, with Siate Tokolahi replacing prop Feao Fotuaika and Patrick Pellegrini replacing fly-half...
Tameifuna leads from the front row - Tonga name team to play Ireland
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyTonga head coach Toutai Kefu has named his match-day 23 to face Ireland at Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes on Saturday, with captain Ben Tameifuna forming part of a heavyweight front row. 1 Siegfried...
Tonga omit Folau, pick uncapped Coleman for World Cup
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyFormer Australia fullback Israel Folau missed out on Tonga's Rugby World Cup squad while former Wallabies teammate Adam Coleman was picked even though he's yet to play for Tonga. Tonga included five former...
