Here we have the Tongan national league team is a national sporting side,representing Tonga in the rugby league world cup.Rugby league is a popular sport in Tonga,and the national team has become one of the best performed nations in the world.Tonga competes biennually with other several Pacific Island nations in the Pacific cup a comepetition they have won outright on two occasions.along with finishing as the runner-up on another two.They are the ninth-ranked team in the world currently,behind nations that include the "big three" rugby league nations in Australia,New Zealand and England.Tonga has competed at two Rugby league world cups in 1995 and 2000 and were the first team to qualify for the 2008 tournament.Rugby league was introduced to Tonga in 1986 with the staging of the Pacific cup in Rarotonga and in 1988 the national side played its first Test match against Western Samoa in Apia.Since then Tonga has played regularly against the pacific Island nations and on a less regular basis against nations such as England,France and New Zealand
The Australian Rugby League Hall of fame honors players who have shown exceptional skill at rugby league,all time great coaches and referees,and other major contributors to the game who are Australian.To date there are only thirty members of the hall of fame with the latest members being included in 2007.It was officially established in 2002,to honor the many past greats of the game,who played in the New South Wales/Sydney league competition,Australia rugby league competition,Super League competition and the National Rugby League.The first batch of players were inducted to the hall of fame in 2002 including legends of the sport such as Reg Gasnier,Johnny Raper and Wally Lewis.In 2003 another six members were added to the elite club and yet another six were inducted in both 2004,2005 and 2006.This continued with another six inductees in 2007.Three from pre-1940 and three from post World war II.
The Samoa rugby league team represents Samoa in rugby league football and has been participating in international competition since 1986.From 1986 to 1997 this team was known as the Western Samoa rugby league team.The team has recently been nicknamed Toa Samoa and is currently run by Rugby League Samoa.Western Samoa has participarted in the Pacific cup(1986),world sevens (1994,1995,2003),Super league World nines (1996,1997), World cup (since 1995) and pacific rim(2004) competitions.Since 1998 the team has been known as Samoa.