Tonga National Rugby League
- Tonga National Rugby League
Infobox sports league
current_season=
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sport=Rugby League
founded=1988
teams=12
country=TON
champion= Lapaha KnightsThe Tonga National Rugby League (sometimes referred to as the TNRL) is the major rugby league tournament for semi-professional clubs in Tonga. Currently there are twelve teams in the league that compete annually in the national competition.
The league was established in 1988 to create a top tier national rugby league competition in Tonga after several scattered leagues existed in areas of the country previously and a combined national competition was deemed better for the national side and Tongan rugby league in general.
With the establishment of the TNRL the Tonga national rugby league team now each year contains several players whom currently play in the domestic competition, the 2006 national team contained both Simione Foliaki and Taufa Fukofuka from the Vaini Doves and the Mu'a Saints [http://tonga-broadcasting.com/artman/publish/article_540.shtml] .
Teams
The following twelve clubs will compete in the French rugby league championship during the 2007 season.
Committee
ee also
* Rugby league in Tonga
* Tonga national rugby league team
Footnotes
External links
;Official websites
* [http://www.tnrl.to/ Tonga National Rugby League Online]
;News sites
* [http://www.matangitonga.to/ Matangi Tonga Online]
* [http://tonga-broadcasting.com/ Tonga Broadcasting]
* [http://www.leagueunlimited.com/team/stats.php?teamid=1512&competitionid=4 League Unlimited]
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