Tonga National Rugby League

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Tonga National Rugby League
Sport	Rugby League
Founded	1988
No. of teams	12
Country(ies)	Tonga
Most recent champion(s)	Lapaha Knights

The 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^[1].

1 Teams
2 Committee
3 See also
4 Footnotes
5 External links

[edit] Teams

The following twelve clubs will compete in the French rugby league championship during the 2007 season.

Club	Finishing position in 2006
Capital Warriors	12th
Fuekafa Rabbitohs	8th
Ha'akame Broncos	9th
Ha'ateiho Spartans	5th
Halaloto Green Barbarians	7th
Havelu Bulldogs	10th
Kolomotu'a Eagles	11th
Lapaha Knights	1st
Mu'a Saints	2nd
Nakolo Raiders	3rd
Silapeluua Crusaders	6th
Vaini Doves	4th