FILE - Tonga's Taniela Moa runs past France's Vincent Clerc during their Rugby World Cup match in Wellington, New Zealand, Saturday Oct. 1, 2011. Moa, a scrumhalf who almost was a New Zealand All ...

Solomone Matangi would play for free. In fact, most of the time he does, for the Diablo Gaels Rugby Club in Walnut Creek. However, on Friday, Matangi — known as “Mone” — will get a free trip to Hawaii ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Tongan rugby captain Ben Tameifuna didn't know what to expect from the Tongan rugby national team's first visit to Utah ahead of Saturday's Pacific Nations Cup finale. But he learned ...

LILLE, France (AP) — Tonga leaves the Rugby World Cup with a win after overpowering Romania 45-24 in their pool finale on Sunday. Both teams were drowned by Ireland, South Africa and Scotland in the ...

Former Tonga rugby international Taniela Moa has died at the age of 36, the Tongan Rugby Union announced on Thursday. “A stalwart of Ikale Tahi Tonga rugby who will now have his named etched among the ...

The head of the Tonga Rugby Union has quit in a row over the selection of former captain Nili Latu (pictured) in the World Cup squad and against a background of parliamentary interference The head of ...

Tonga's David Halaifonua has been suspended by the International Rugby Board (IRB), via IRB.com, for six weeks due to a vicious, illegal hit on Canada winger Matt Evans. Bleacher Report covered the ...

In the Tongan Islands, rugby is the national pastime and Sione Tupouniua -- Harvard's new rugby captain -- is the national hero. Sione loves rugby. He's loved rugby since age four, when he began ...

Two rugby players from Utah were sentenced to probation and ordered to perform 100 hours of public service this week after pleading “no lo contendre” to charges of third-degree assault. They also were ...