The Samoans had to overcome their fierce rivals - and the elements - for victory at Brisbane.

Not even a shock 90-minute lightning delay could stop Samoa storming to a Tongan trouncing, breaking a 1079-day drought in a Test match blockbuster that resembled a Polynesian version of State of ...

Tonga has been given a tough draw at next year's Rugby League World Cup, including a showdown with arch-rivals Samoa at Parramatta. The Kristian Woolf-coached Tongans have been drawn in Group C, which ...