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! Date !! Opponent !! Score !! Tournament !! Venue !! Video !! Report(s)

| 30 Sep 2003 || {{rlw-l|SAM}} || bgcolor=”#FFBBBB” | {{center|4–44 }} || rowspan=5 | [[2003 Women’s Rugby League World Cup]] || rowspan=5 | {{flagdeco|NZL}} [[North Harbour Stadium]] || align=center | {{mdash}} || align=center | <ref name = “DToct01” >{{cite news |title=SPORT details|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|date=1 Oct 2003|page=82}}</ref>

| 2 Oct 2003 || {{rlw-l|GB}} || bgcolor=”#FFBBBB” | {{center|0–54 }} || align=center | {{mdash}} || align=center | <ref>{{cite news |title=Kiwi Ferns face onslaught|newspaper=New Zealand Herald|date=2 Oct 2003|page=15|last=Gillan|first=Gordon}}</ref>

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| 12 Oct 2003 || {{flagdeco|TKL}} [[Tokelau]] || bgcolor=”#FFBBBB” | {{center|12–26 }} || align=center | {{mdash}} || align=center | <ref>{{cite news |title=Women’s Rugby League|newspaper=Rugby League Review|date=1 Nov 2003|page=8}}</ref>

| 6 Nov 2008 || {{rlw-l|SAM}} || bgcolor=”#FFBBBB” | {{center|0–40 }} || rowspan=5 | [[2008 Women’s Rugby League World Cup]] || rowspan=5 | {{flagdeco|AUS}} [[Sunshine Coast Stadium|Stockland Park]], [[Sunshine Coast, Queensland|Sunshine Coast]] || align=center | {{mdash}} || align=center |

| 8 Nov 2008 || {{rlw-l|NZL}} || bgcolor=”#FFBBBB” | {{center|4–42 }} || align=center | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNRP_VacLho|title=Kiwi Ferns v Tonga|date=4 Aug 2017|orig-year=2008|website=YouTube|publisher=NZ Rugby League|access-date=30 Sep 2020}}</ref> || align=center |

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| 25 Jun 2022 ||{{rlw-l|NZ}} || bgcolor=”#FFBBBB” | {{center|12–50 }} || Test Match || {{flagdeco|NZL}} [[Mount Smart Stadium]], Auckland || align=center | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyaPbgenfQM|title=2022 Women’s Test Match Highlights: New Zealand v Tonga – NRL on Nine|date=25 Jun 2022|website=YouTube|publisher=NRL on Nine|access-date=26 Jun 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrkXAvth6jM|title=Kiwi Ferns v Mate Ma’a Tonga – Full Match Replay – Women’s Pacific Test, 2022 – Internationals|date=26 Jun 2022|website=YouTube|publisher=NRL – National Rugby League|access-date=27 Jun 2022}}</ref> || align=center | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nzrl.co.nz/kiwi-ferns-show-their-class-to-beat-brave-tonga/|title=Kiwi Ferns Show Their Class to Beat Brave Tonga|date=25 Jun 2022|website=NZRL|access-date=26 Jun 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrl.com/draw/womens-internationals/2022/round-1/kiwi-ferns-v-mate-maa-tonga/|title=Womenʼs Internationals – Kiwi Ferns 50 v 12 Mate Ma’a Tonga|date=25 Jun 2022|website=NRL|access-date=26 Jun 2022}}</ref>

| 21 Oct 2023 || {{rlw-l|NZ}} || bgcolor=”#FFBBBB” | {{center|10–28 }} || ~~Test~~ ~~Match~~ || {{flagdeco|NZL}} [[Eden Park]], [[Auckland]] || align=center | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NogqVhPoEes|title=Women’s Pacific Championships Highlights: New Zealand v Tonga – NRL on Nine|date=21 Oct 2023|website=YouTube|publisher=NRL on Nine|access-date=22 Oct 2023}}</ref> || align=center | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2023/10/21/roache-bags-three-as-kiwi-ferns-down-tonga/|title=Roache bags three as Kiwi Ferns down Tonga|last=Rosser|first=Corey|date=21 Oct 2023|website=NRL|access-date=21 Oct 2023}}</ref>

| 21 Oct 2023 || {{rlw-l|NZ}} || bgcolor=”#FFBBBB” | {{center|10–28 }} || || {{flagdeco|NZL}} [[Eden Park]], [[Auckland]] || align=center | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NogqVhPoEes|title=Women’s Pacific Championships Highlights: New Zealand v Tonga – NRL on Nine|date=21 Oct 2023|website=YouTube|publisher=NRL on Nine|access-date=22 Oct 2023}}</ref> || align=center | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2023/10/21/roache-bags-three-as-kiwi-ferns-down-tonga/|title=Roache bags three as Kiwi Ferns down Tonga|last=Rosser|first=Corey|date=21 Oct 2023|website=NRL|access-date=21 Oct 2023}}</ref>

| 19 Oct 2024 || {{rlw-l|SAM}} || bgcolor=”#FFBBBB” | {{center|16–30 }} || [[2024 Rugby League Pacific Championships|2024 Pacific Championship]] || {{flagdeco|FIJ}} [[HFC Bank Stadium]], [[Suva]] || align=center | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSNIJrAM4hM|title=Pacific Championships 2024 – Tonga XIII v Fetu Samoa – Match Highlights|date=19 Oct 2024|website=YouTube|publisher=NRLW – National Rugby League Women’s|access-date=19 Oct 2024}}</ref> || align=center | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2024/10/19/samoa-down-tonga-to-keep-world-cup-dream-alive/|title=Samoa down Tonga to keep World Cup dream alive|last=Rosser|first=Corey|date=19 Oct 2024|website=NRL|access-date=19 Oct 2024}}</ref>

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| 25 Oct 2025 || {{rlw-l|COK}} || bgcolor=”#FFBBBB” | {{center|24–42 }} || [[2025 Rugby League Pacific Championships|2025 Pacific Championship]] || {{flagdeco|PNG}} [[PNG Football Stadium]], [[Port Moresby]] || align=center | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG-sg_S7GpM|title=2025 Women’s Pacific Championships – Moana v Tonga XIII – Match Highlights – Round 2|date=25 Oct 2025|website=YouTube|publisher=NRLW – National Rugby League Women’s|access-date=25 Oct 2025}}</ref> || align=center |

==== Upcoming fixtures ====

* The [[2025 Rugby League Pacific Championships]] in October-November.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.intrl.sport/article/489/pacific-championships-draw-announced|title=Pacific Championships draw announced|date=6 Aug 2025|website=International Rugby League|access-date=6 Aug 2025}}</ref>

** {{rlw-l|COK}} at [[PNG Football Stadium]], [[Port Moresby]] on Saturday, 25 October 2025.

** {{rlw-l|PNG}} at [[PNG Football Stadium]], [[Port Moresby]] on Saturday, 1 November 2025.

** ~~Both~~ ~~matches~~ ~~precede~~ a men’s Pacific Bowl match.

** a men’s Pacific Bowl match.

=== Nines ===

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! Margin !! Score !! Opponent !! Venue !! Date

| align=center | 58 || 66{{ndash}}8 || {{~~league icon~~|Niue~~|16~~}} Niue || [[Go Media Stadium]] || 7 Nov 2020

| align=center | 58 || 66{{ndash}}8 || {{|Niue}} Niue || [[Go Media Stadium]] || 7 Nov 2020

”’Biggest losing margins”’

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! Margin !! Score !! Opponent !! Venue !! Date

| align=center | 54 || 0{{ndash}}54 || {{~~league icon~~|Great Britain~~|16~~}} ~~Great Britain~~ || [[North Harbour Stadium]] || 2 Oct 2003

| align=center | 54 || 0{{ndash}}54 || {{|Great Britain}} || [[North Harbour Stadium]] || 2 Oct 2003

| align=center | 40 || 4{{ndash}}44 || {{~~league icon~~|Samoa~~|16~~}} ~~Samoa~~ || [[North Harbour Stadium]] || 30 Sep 2003

| align=center | 40 || 4{{ndash}}44 || {{|Samoa}} || [[North Harbour Stadium]] || 30 Sep 2003

| align=center | 38 || 12{{ndash}}50 || {{~~league icon~~|~~New Zealand Kiwis|16~~}} ~~New Zealand~~|| [[Go Media Stadium]] || 25 June 2022

| align=center | 38 || 12{{ndash}}50 || {{|}} || [[Go Media Stadium]] || 25 June 2022

| align=center | 30 || 14{{ndash}}44 || {{~~league icon|Pacific Islands|16~~}} Pacific Islands || [[Sunshine Coast Stadium]] || 10 Nov 2008

| align=center | 30 || 14{{ndash}}44 || {{}} Pacific Islands || [[Sunshine Coast Stadium]] || 10 Nov 2008

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| align=center | 30 || 4{{ndash}}34 || {{~~league icon~~|France~~|16~~}} ~~France~~|| [[Sunshine Coast Stadium]] ||14 Nov 2008

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| align=center | 30 || 4{{ndash}}34 || {{|France}} || [[Sunshine Coast Stadium]] ||14 Nov 2008

==See also==

Tonga national rugby league team

The Tonga women’s national rugby league team (Tongan: timi līki ʻakapulu fakafonua fefine ʻa Tonga), is under the former governing body TNRL. The first Tonga women’s team was in 2003 and known as the Mate Ma’a Tonga women’s team administered by the Tonga National Rugby League (TNRL) body. The newly formed Tonga women’s national rugby league incorporated is under the Tongan Government with the national men’s team. TNRL are no longer the national administrating body for Tonga Rugby League.

Head to head record

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Notes:

Table last updated 20 October 2024.
Share is the portion of “For” points compared to the sum of “For” and “Against” points.

The current Mate Ma’a Tonga head coach is Meg Ward, assisted by Vanessa Foliaki.^[2]

Name	Tests						Nines						Ref.
Name	Span		W	D	L	W%	Span		W	D	L	W%	Ref.
Unknown	2003	5	4	1	0	10%	N/A
Tara Naite	2008	5	0	0	0	0%	N/A						^[3]
Andrew Emelio	N/A						2018	4	2	0	2	50%	^[4]
Dion Briggs	2020	1	1	0	0	100%	N/A						^[5]
Milton Dymock	2022	1	0	0	1	0%	N/A						^[6]
Kelvin Wright	2023-24	2	0	0	2	0%	N/A
Meg Ward	2025	0	0	0	0	—	N/A						^[2]

The Mate Ma’a Tonga squad for the 2025 Pacific Championships was announced on 7 October 2025.

Jersey numbers in the table reflect the Round 2 match versus the Cook Islands Moana

Tallies in the table reflect the match versus Cook Islands Moana on 25 October 2025.

J#	Player	Age	Position(s)	Mate Ma’a Tonga						Club	NRLW						Other Reps
J#	Player	Age	Position(s)						Pts	Club						Pts	Other Reps
1	Ana Malupo	19	Fullback, Wing	2025	1	0	0	0	0	Cowboys	3	3	0	0	0	0	—
2	Moana Courtenay	25	Wing, Centre	2025	1	1	0	0	4	Bulldogs	10	10	3	0	0	12	—
3	Fane Finau	19	Centre, Second-row	2025	1	0	0	0	0	Knights	4	4	2	0	0	8	—
4	Martha Mataele	26	Centre, Wing	2025	1	0	0	0	0	Eels	11	11	7	0	0	28	—
5	Simina Lokotui	19	Wing, Centre	2025	1	1	0	0	4	Bulldogs	7	7	1	0	0	4	—
6	Malia Tu’Ifua	—	Five-eighth, Prop	2025	1	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
7	Emmanita Paki	22	Five-eighth, Centre	2024	2	1	4	0	12	Warriors	11	15	2	0	0	8	2
8	Natasha Penitani	25	Lock, Prop	2022	4	0	0	0	0	Titans	12	21	1	0	0	4	—
9	Seli Mailangi	28	Hooker	2022	4	1	0	0	4	Rabbitohs	0	12	1	0	0	4	—
10	Kalosipani Hopoate	21	Prop	2022	3	0	0	0	0	Bulldogs	10	34	3	0	0	12	1
11	Shannon Muru	27	Second-row	2022	3	1	0	0	4	Bulldogs	10	14	1	0	0	4	—
16	Tatiana Finau	21	Second-row	2025	1	0	0	0	0	Raiders	9	9	0	0	0	0	—
13	Amelia Huakau	30	Lock, Second-row	2022	3	0	0	0	0	Tigers	11	21	1	0	0	4	—
14	Kaylani Tavita	—	Hooker	2025	1	0	0	0	0	Magpies	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
15	Jade Fonua	28	Lock	2023	3	0	0	0	0	Tigers	11	25	0	0	0	0	—
18	Pauline Suli-Ruka	18	Second-row	2025	1	0	0	0	0	Bulldogs	5	5	0	0	0	0	1
17	Ruby Fifita {{{last}}}	25	Prop	2025	1	0	0	0	0	Tigers	3	3	0	0	0	0	—
20	Paea Uilou	20	Prop	2024	1	0	0	0	0	Bulldogs	4	4	0	0	0	0	—
12	Manilita Takapautolo	19	Second-row, Prop	2024	1	1	0	0	4	Sharks	20	20	1	0	0	4	—
21	Vanessa Foliaki	32	Second-row	2023	2	0	0	0	0	—	0	38	2	0	0	8	6 6 1 1 1
–	Aliyah Nasio	19	Second-row, Lock	—	0	0	0	0	0	Roosters	16	16	2	0	0	8	1
–	Lavinia Tauhalaliku	26	Wing	2022	3	1	0	0	4	Warriors	3	7	2	0	0	8	1

Notes:

Paea Uilou was added to the squad ahead of the Round 2 match and assistant coach Vanessa Foliaki was named as a reserve.
The shading in the Clubs column of the above table indicates players selected from teams outside the 2025 NRLW.
Malia Tu’Ifua played in the NSWRL Women’s Premiership in 2018, 2019 and 2021.
Several members of the squad have previously played for other representative teams:
Players unavailable due to injury include: Tegan Dymock, Filomina Hanisi and Cassey Tohi-Hiku.
2024 captain Vanessa Foliaki from playing and was appointed as assistant coach to Meg Ward.^[2]

Full internationals

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Margins and streaks

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Biggest winning margins

Biggest losing margins

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