{"id":14812,"date":"2015-08-31T22:21:22","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T21:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/?p=14812"},"modified":"2015-08-31T22:21:22","modified_gmt":"2015-08-31T21:21:22","slug":"tonga-name-rugby-world-cup-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/tonga-name-rugby-world-cup-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonga NAME RUGBY WORLD CUP SQUAD"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tonga RWC 2015 squad:<\/p>\n

Tevita Mailau, Alisona Taumalolo, Soane Tonga\u2019uiha, Halani Aulika, Sila Puafisi, Elvis Taione, Paula Ngauamo, Aleki Lutui, Tukulua Lokotui, Joseph Tuineau, Steve Mafi, Opeti Fonua, Hale T-Pole, Nili Latu, Jack Ram, Viliami Ma\u2019afu, Sione Kalamafoni, Sonatane Takulua, Samisoni Fisilau, Sosefo Ma\u2019ake, Kurt Morath, Latiume Fosita, Sione Piukala, Siale Piutau, Viliame Tahitu\u2019a, Fetu\u2019u Vainikolo, Telusa Veainu, Tevita Halaifonua, William Helu, Vungakoto Lilo.<\/p>\n

Twenty of the players who helped Tonga finish third in the recent World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup have been selected for the country\u2019s Rugby World Cup 2015 squad.<\/p>\n

Among them are scrum-half Sonatane Takulua and winger Fetu\u2019u Vainikolo who finished as joint top try-scorers \u2013 along with Fijian second-row Leone Nakarawa \u2013 in the Pacific Nations Cup with four.<\/p>\n

Three players who made their debut in that competition in Telusa Veainu, Viliami Tahitu\u2019a and Sosefo Ma\u2019ake have also made the cut for coach Mana Otai\u2019s squad, which still has place for one more player.<\/p>\n

The experienced Nili Latu and Hale T-Pole were part of that Pacific Nations Cup squad and more familiar names to make the RWC 2015 squad include David Halaifonua, Sione Kalamafoni, Aleki Lutui and Paula Ngauomo\u2026\u2026. full story on >>>> http:\/\/www.rugbyworldcup.com\/news\/85242<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tonga RWC 2015 squad: Tevita Mailau, Alisona Taumalolo, Soane Tonga\u2019uiha, Halani Aulika, Sila Puafisi, Elvis Taione, Paula Ngauamo, Aleki Lutui, Tukulua Lokotui, Joseph Tuineau, Steve Mafi, Opeti Fonua, Hale T-Pole, Nili Latu, Jack Ram, Viliami Ma\u2019afu, Sione Kalamafoni, Sonatane Takulua, Samisoni Fisilau, Sosefo Ma\u2019ake, Kurt Morath, Latiume Fosita, Sione Piukala, Siale Piutau, Viliame Tahitu\u2019a, Fetu\u2019u […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14812"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14814,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14812\/revisions\/14814"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}