| Teamname: | Tonga A |
| Union: | Tonga Rugby Football Union |
| Nickname: | ʻIkale Tahi |
| Emblem: | The White Dove |
| Ground: | Lawaqa Park, Sigatoka |
| Pattern B1: | _whitecollar |
| Pattern So1: | _whitetop |
| Leftarm1: | FF0000 |
| Body1: | FF0000 |
| Rightarm1: | FF0000 |
| Shorts1: | FFFFFF |
| Socks1: | FF0000 |
Tonga A is a national representative rugby union team of the Tongan rugby union. It is the second-tier side to the Tonga national rugby union team. Tonga A competes in the Pacific Challenge, formerly known as the Pacific Rugby Cup, against teams including Samoa A and Fiji Warriors. Since 2017, the team has also competed in the Americas Pacific Challenge.
Between 2006 and 2010, Tonga was represented by two teams at the Pacific Rugby Cup; Tau'uta Reds and Tautahi Gold.
In 2010, Tonga A played three matches against other national A teams as an invited side to the Americas Rugby Championship. Earlier in that year Tonga A also played two matches against in the first Punjas Series. The Tongans had one win and one loss but lost the series on aggregate scores.[1] This result was repeated in the second (and concluding) Punjas Series in 2011.[2]
The Pacific Rugby Cup was reorganised in 2011, and has since been mainly contested by national 'A' teams. The Tonga A side became the sole Tongan representative in the PRC from then on.
Matches against national teams or national 'A" teams up to and including 2014 Pacific Rugby Cup:
| 16-04-2010 | (PS) | align=right | 12–27 | National Stadium, Suva | |||
| 23-04-2010 | (PS) | align=right | 21–3 | Churchill Park, Lautoka | |||
| 05-10-2010 | (ARC) | align=right | 6–17 | Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras | |||
| 10-10-2010 | (ARC) | align=right | 16–32 | Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras | |||
| 15-10-2010 | (ARC) | align=right | 28–10 | Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras | |||
| 19-03-2011 | (PRC) | align=right | Fiji Warriors | 21–14 | Churchill Park, Lautoka | ||
| 22-03-2011 | (PRC) | align=right | 12–23 | Churchill Park, Lautoka | |||
| 13-08-2011 | (PS) | align=right | 27–12 | Churchill Park, Lautoka | |||
| 19-08-2011 | (PS) | align=right | 30–32 | Churchill Park, Lautoka | |||
| 11-10-2012 | (PRC) | align=right | 18–20 | Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa | |||
| 19-10-2012 | (PRC) | align=right | 16–25 | Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa | |||
| 04-03-2014 | (PRC) | align=right | 27–18 | TG Milner Field, Sydney | |||
| 19-03-2014 | (PRC) | align=right | Pampas XV | 47–20 | Royal Military College, Canberra |
Pacific Challenge (formerly Pacific Rugby Cup)
| Year | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | TB | LB | Pts | Final | Notes | |
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| 2014 | 4th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 96 | 115 | -19 | 1 | 0 | 9 | Lost 3rd place play-off to Fiji Warriors | ||
| 2013 | 4th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 73 | 306 | -233 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| 2012 | 3rd | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 72 | 253 | -181 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | ||
| 2011 | 3rd | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 133 | 233 | -100 | 0 | 1 | 11 | — |
Americas Pacific Challenge
| Year | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | TB | LB | Pts | Final | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | — | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 77 | +10 | 3 | 0 | 11 | — | Third on league table (no final) | |