Sione Vailanu rugby player
Sione Vailanu rugby player

Sione Vailanu

27th Jan 1995 1.85m/120kg No. 8

Tonga 45-24 Romania: Tonga leave with heads held high

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Tonga finished their Rugby World Cup 2023 campaign on a high with an entertaining 45-24 Pool B victory over Romania in front of 45,000 fans at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille. The Ikale Tahi swept into a...

Match Preview: Tonga v Romania

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Don’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...

Rugby World Cup 2023 Match Preview: South Africa v Tonga

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

After 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 Rugby

Tonga 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 Rugby

A 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 Rugby

A 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 Rugby

Head 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 Rugby

Tonga 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 Rugby

Former 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...

Updates to Barbarian F.C. and World XV squads confirmed

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Sam Johnson and Taichi Takahashi have been added to the Barbarian F.C. squad for this weekend’s Killik Cup clash at Twickenham Stadium, and Jordi Murphy also joins the World XV.   Glasgow...