Mate Ma'a Tonga

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Mate Ma'a Tonga is the passionate and highly competitive national rugby league team of Tonga, renowned for its powerful playing style and strong performances on the international stage.

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Mate Ma'a Tonga canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf national rugby league team ⓘ
sports team ⓘ
anthemOrWarCry Sipi Tau ⓘ
confederation Asia-Pacific Rugby League Confederation ⓘ
country Tonga ⓘ
fifaCodeStyleAbbreviation TON ⓘ
firstInternationalOpponent New Zealand Māori ⓘ
firstWorldCupAppearance 1995 Rugby League World Cup ⓘ
governingBody Tonga National Rugby League ⓘ
hasManyPlayersFrom National Rugby League (NRL) ⓘ
Super League ⓘ
hasRivalryWith Australia national rugby league team ⓘ
Fiji national rugby league team ⓘ
New Zealand national rugby league team ⓘ
Samoa national rugby league team ⓘ
homeCity Nukuʻalofa ⓘ
homeContinent Australia–Oceania ⓘ
linked to: Oceania
homeStadium Teufaiva Sport Stadium ⓘ
nameMeaning Die for Tonga ⓘ
nickname Mate Ma'a Tonga ⓘ
notableAchievement first tier-two nation to defeat New Zealand at a Rugby League World Cup ⓘ
notableEra 2010s resurgence as international force ⓘ
notableTournament Pacific Cup ⓘ
Pacific Test ⓘ
Polynesian Cup ⓘ
Rugby League World Cup ⓘ
notableVictory 2017 Rugby League World Cup pool match win over New Zealand ⓘ
playsIn Pacific Test ⓘ
Polynesian Cup ⓘ
Rugby League World Cup ⓘ
region Oceania ⓘ
represents Tonga ⓘ
representsEthnicCommunity Tongan people ⓘ
sport rugby league ⓘ
styleOfPlay highly competitive ⓘ
physical ⓘ
powerful ⓘ
teamColors red ⓘ
white ⓘ
worldCupAppearances 1995 Rugby League World Cup ⓘ
2000 Rugby League World Cup ⓘ
2008 Rugby League World Cup ⓘ
2013 Rugby League World Cup ⓘ
2017 Rugby League World Cup ⓘ
2021 Rugby League World Cup ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Toa Samoa → notableRival → Mate Ma'a Tonga ⓘ
Mate Ma'a Tonga → nickname → Mate Ma'a Tonga ⓘ