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Tokelau national rugby league team

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Tokelau
Badge of Tokelau team
Team information
Governing bodyTokelau Rugby League
RegionAsia-Pacific
Head coachMike Felise
CaptainIsaac Misky
Home stadiumHemoana Stadium
Uniforms
First colours
Team results
First international
 Western Samoa 34 - 12 Tokelau 
(Rarotonga, Cook Islands; 1986)[1]
Biggest win
 Tokelau 44 - 8 Norfolk Island 
(Auckland, New Zealand; October 1992)
Biggest defeat
 Tonga 62 - 0 Tokelau 
(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.

Tokelau has participated four times in the Pacific Cup: in 1986, 1988, 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

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Results

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Note: The Winning team is given first.

Pacific Cup 1986

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  • Western Samoa 34–12 Tokelau
  • Tonga 26–22 Tokelau

Pacific Cup 1988

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Pacific Cup 1992

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Pacific Cup 2006

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  • Tonga 62–0 Tokelau
  • New Zealand Māori 64–4 Tokelau
  • Tokelau 34–28 Samoa

Pacific Games 2019 (rugby league 9s)

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  • Cook Islands 22–4 Tokelau[3]
  • Cook Islands 22–20 Tokelau
  • Solomon Islands 24–18 Tokelau
  • Tokelau 8–4 Solomon Islands
  • Fiji 30–4 Tokelau

National stadium

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Stadium Capacity City
Hemoana Stadium 1,000 Nukunonu

References

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  1. ^ https://www.rugbyleaguesamoa.com/rls-our-history/ Rugby League Samoa History
  2. ^ "State of the Nation: Tokelau". Rugbyleagueplanet.com. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
  3. ^ "2019 Pacific Games Nines: Preview". Asia Pacific Rugby League Confederation. 7 July 2019.