Tongan National Rugby League

Tongan National Rugby League
Sport	Rugby league
Formerly known as	Tonga National Rugby League
Instituted	1988
Number of teams	19
Country	Tonga (19 teams)
Premiers	Lapaha Knights (2006)
Most titles	Lapaha Knights (1 title) Mu'a Saints (1 title)
Website	NRL.com

The Tongan National Rugby League (or for sponsorship reasons the TNRL Global Insurance Cup) is the major rugby league cup for semi-professional clubs in Tonga. Currently there are nineteen teams in the cup (12 in the first, 7 in the second) that compete annually in the national competition.

The league was established in 1988 to create a top tier national rugby league competition in Tonga after several scattered leagues existed in areas of the country previously and a combined national competition was deemed better for the national side and Tongan rugby league in general.

With the establishment of the TNRL the Tonga national rugby league team now each year contains several players whom currently play in the domestic competition, the 2006 national team contained both Simione Foliaki and Taufa Fukofuka from the Vaini Doves and the Mu'a Saints.^[1]

The 2013 TNRL competition was won by the Kolomua Warriors who defeated Haakame Broncos at Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa.

Teams

First Division

The following twelve clubs competed in the Tongan rugby league championship during the 2022 season.

Club	Finishing position in 2019
Capital Warriors	12th
Fuekafa Rabbitohs	8th
Ha'akame Broncos	9th
Ha'ateiho Spartans	5th
Halaloto Green Barbarians	7th
Havelu Bulldogs	10th
Kolomotu'a Eagles	11th
Lapaha Knights	1st
Mu'a Saints	2nd
Nakolo Raiders	3rd
Silapeluua Crusaders	6th
Vaini Doves	4th