Tonga

Former Manu Samoa captain Pat Lam says it's easier to be a Pacific Island rugby player nowadays compared to when he was lacing up his boots.

Tonga has asked Pacific officials who met in Samoa last week to reduce import tariffs and ease bio-security processes.

A proposed revamp of the international rugby league calendar appears to be a positive step forward but Pacific teams need to be treated as equals with tier one countries, Tonga coach Kristian Woolf…

Tonga is to this year start repaying a Chinese loan of over US$100 million used to rebuild the capital's central business district after riots almost twelve years ago.

The NRL is proposing a revamp of the international rugby league calendar over the next four years which looks set to finally reward Pacific Island countries for their growing success.

Tonga's chief secretary and secretary to cabinet, Palenitina Langa'oi Tiueti, has resigned to join her husband who is being sent to California by the United Methodist Church.

The incoming head of the Pacific's Forum Fisheries Agency aims to focus on "strength through co-operation".

The Chinese President Xi Jinping is offering to host a meeting with Pacific leaders in Port Moresby ahead of the APEC leaders summit in November.

Tonga is targeting at least four Super Rugby level players for their Northern tour which will include tests against Wales and Georgia.

The legal counsel at the Forum Fisheries Agency, Manu Tupou-Roosen, is tipped to become the regional body's first female director general.

A Tongan volunteer hopes winning an esteemed Commonwealth Youth award can help him raise more awareness on sexual health and women's rights in Tonga.

The Tonga rugby squad have finally been paid for their efforts in the June test window, after a number of players had hit out at the lack of support from the country's Rugby Union.