Niue national rugby league team
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Association | Niue Rugby League | ||||||||||||||||
Region | Oceania | ||||||||||||||||
Home stadium | Niue National Stadium | ||||||||||||||||
RLIF ranking | 26th | ||||||||||||||||
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First international Tonga 24 - 8 Niue (Auckland, New Zealand; October 1992) |
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Biggest win Cook Islands 12 - 42 Niue (Auckland, New Zealand; November 1992 |
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Biggest defeat Samoa 36 - 18 Niue (Suva, Fiji; 19 October 2004) |
The Niue national rugby league team has been participating in international competition since 1992.
Niue has participated in the Pacific Cup in 1992 and 1998, and the Pacific Rim Competition in 2004.
Being such a small nation most of their players end up based off-shore and represent other nations instead. Notable players with Niuean bloodlines include Dene Halatau, Hitro Okesene and Motu Tony.
[edit] Results
Winning team given first
[edit] Pacific Cup 1992
- Tonga 24-8 Niue
- Cook Islands 23-22 Niue
- Niue 14-10 Fiji
- Western Samoa 41-28 Niue
- Niue 42 Cook Islands 12
[edit] Pacific Rim Competition 2004
- New Zealand Maoris 54-4 Niue (17th October, 2004)
- Samoa 36-18 Niue (19th October, 2004)
- Fiji 34-24 Niue (23rd October, 2004)
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