Tonga A national rugby union team

Tonga A
Union	Tonga Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)	ʻIkale Tahi
Emblem(s)	The White Dove
Ground(s)	Lawaqa Park, Sigatoka
	Team kit
	Team kit

Tonga A is a national representative rugby union team of the Tongan rugby union. It is the second-tier side to the Tonga national rugby union team. Tonga A competes in the Pacific Challenge, formerly known as the Pacific Rugby Cup, against teams including Samoa A and Fiji Warriors.^[1]^[2] Since 2017, the team has also competed in the Americas Pacific Challenge.

Between 2006 and 2010, Tonga was represented by two teams at the Pacific Rugby Cup; Tau'uta Reds and Tautahi Gold.

In 2010, Tonga A played three matches against other national A teams as an invited side to the Americas Rugby Championship. Earlier in that year Tonga A also played two matches against Fiji Warriors in the first Punjas Series. The Tongans had one win and one loss but lost the series on aggregate scores.^[3] This result was repeated in the second (and concluding) Punjas Series in 2011.^[4]

The Pacific Rugby Cup was reorganised in 2011, and has since been mainly contested by national 'A' teams. The Tonga A side became the sole Tongan representative in the PRC from then on.

International matches

Matches against national teams or national 'A" teams up to and including 2014 Pacific Rugby Cup:

16-04-2010	(PS)	Fiji Warriors	12–27	Tonga A	National Stadium, Suva
23-04-2010	(PS)	Fiji Warriors	21–3	Tonga A	Churchill Park, Lautoka
05-10-2010	(ARC)	Tonga A	6–17	USA Select XV	Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras
10-10-2010	(ARC)	Tonga A	16–32	Canada Selects	Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras
15-10-2010	(ARC)	Argentina XV	28–10	Tonga A	Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras
19-03-2011	(PRC)	Fiji Warriors	21–14	Tonga A	Churchill Park, Lautoka
22-03-2011	(PRC)	Samoa A	12–23	Fiji Warriors	Churchill Park, Lautoka
13-08-2011	(PS)	Fiji Warriors	27–12	Tonga A	Churchill Park, Lautoka
19-08-2011	(PS)	Fiji Warriors	30–32	Tonga A	Churchill Park, Lautoka
11-10-2012	(PRC)	Samoa A	18–20	Tonga A	Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa
19-10-2012	(PRC)	Tonga A	16–25	Fiji Warriors	Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa
04-03-2014	(PRC)	Samoa A	27–18	Tonga A	TG Milner Field, Sydney
19-03-2014	(PRC)	Pampas XV	47–20	Tonga A	Royal Military College, Canberra