Tongan fans during the rugby league match between the Australian Kangaroos and Tonga Invitational XIII at Eden Park. Photo: © Photosport Ltd 2019 www.photosport.nz
League
Dolphins NRL head coach Kristian Woolf says he will continue as head coach of the Tonga national league team for this year's Pacific Championships.
Woolf said with the event held at the end of the NRL competition, that gives him time to work with the group for the October event.
The Tongans will compete against Samoa and New Zealand for the Pacific Cup, which Australia won last year.
Australia will miss the competition since they will be on tour of England at the same time.
League
The board of the Papua New Guinea NRL franchise met for the first time in Port Moresby on Thursday last week.
The Post Courier reported chairman Ray Dib and chief executive Andrew Hill stated the meeting marked a new era in the history of PNG rugby league.
The new board is tasked with ensuring the franchise meets all requirements before they debut at the 2028 NRL competition.
Dib said the work has already begun, with their focus on putting in place governance systems and structures that will help the franchise.
Athletics
Papua New Guinea's Timothy Tuna will represent the country at the World Athletics Championship in Tokyo next month.
Tuna won the 200m gold at the Pacific Mini Games in Palau.
The National newspaper reported he has been selected ahead of fellow PNG athlete Pais Wisil for the Tokyo event.
Athletics PNG president Tony Green said Tuna's higher world ranking gave him the edge over Wisil.
The 200m is schduled for 17 September, with the semi-finals on 18 September.
Rugby
Former Tonga rugby coach Toutai Kefu is the new head coach of the Kamaishi Seawaves in Japan.
The club announced the appointment last week following Kefu's stint as head coach of the First Nations and Pasifika XV team that played the British and Irish Lions.
Kefu will lead the club's campaign from the next round of competition, which kicks off later this month.
The Seawaves play in division two of the Japan Rugby League One competition.
