Tokelau national rugby league team
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The Tokelau national rugby league team represents Tokelau in rugby league football and first participated in international competition in 1986.
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| Team information | ||||||
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| Governing body | Tokelau Rugby League | |||||
| Region | Asia-Pacific | |||||
| Head coach | Mike Felise | |||||
| Captain | Isaac Misky | |||||
| Home stadium | Hemoana Stadium | |||||
| Uniforms | ||||||
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| Team results | ||||||
| First international | ||||||
 Western Samoa 34 - 12 Tokelau  (Rarotonga, Cook Islands; 1986)[1] | ||||||
| Biggest win | ||||||
Tokelau 44 - 8 Norfolk Island  (Auckland, New Zealand; October 1992) | ||||||
| Biggest defeat | ||||||
 Tonga 62 - 0 Tokelau (Auckland, New Zealand; October 2006) | ||||||
Tokelau has participated five times in the Pacific Cup: in 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992 and 2006.
In December 2011, the Tokelau National Sports Coordinator contacted the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) to express their ambitions to form a Tokelau Rugby League Association (TRLA) with the initial goal to obtain membership of the Asia-Pacific Rugby League Confederation (APRLC).[2] In 2015, the Asia-Pacific website listed Tokelau's membership status as pending.[3]
Notable players
- Sam Panapa: represented Tokelau at the 1986 Pacific Cup and named in the team of the tournament[4]
Results
- Note: Tokelau score is given first.
| Date | Opponent | Score | Tournament | Ref. |
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| 27 October 1986 | Western Samoa | 12–34 | 1986 Pacific Cup | [5][6] |
| 31 October 1986 | Tonga | 22–26 | [5][6] | |
| 18 October 1988 |  Cook Islands | 10–19 | 1988 Pacific Cup | [7][8] |
| 22 October 1988 | Western Samoa | 18–40 | [7][8] | |
| 24 October 1988 |  American Samoa | 26–16 | [7][8][9] | |
| 21 October 1990 |  Niue | 26–16 | 1990 Pacific Cup | [10] |
| 24 October 1990 | Western Samoa | 8–66 | [10] | |
| 26 October 1990 | Tonga | 10–26 | [10] | |
| 17 October 1992 | American Samoa | 18–26 | 1992 Pacific Cup | [11][12] |
| 19 October 1992 |  Australian Aborigines | 18–46 | [11][12] | |
| 24 October 1992 |  Māori | 18–34 | [11][12] | |
| 26 October 1992 | Norfolk Island | 44–8 | [11][12] | |
| 23 February 2006 | Tonga | 0–62 | 2006 Pacific Cup | [13] |
| 2 March 2006 | Māori | 4–64 | [13] | |
| 5 March 2006 | Samoa | 34–28 | [13] | |
Nines
| Date | Opponent | Score | Tournament | Ref. |
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| 8 July 2019 | Cook Islands | 4–22 | 2019 Pacific Games[14] | [15] |
| 8 July 2019 |  Solomon Islands | 8–4 | [15] | |
| 8 July 2019 |  Fiji | 4–30 | [15] | |
| 9 July 2019 | Cook Islands | 20–22 | [16] | |
| 9 July 2019 | Solomon Islands | 18–24 | [16] |
National stadium
| Stadium | Capacity | City |
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| Hemoana Stadium | 1,000 | Nukunonu |
