Niue national rugby league team

Niue

Governing body	Niue Rugby League
Region	Asia-Pacific
Head coach	Bman Perenara
Captain	Dene Halatau
Home stadium	Niue National Stadium
RLIF ranking	32nd
Colours
First international
Cook Islands 22–8 Niue (Rarotonga, Cook Islands; 1986)
Biggest win
Niue 48–4 South Africa (Campbelltown, Australia; May 2015)
Biggest defeat
Samoa 36–18 Niue (Suva, Fiji; 19 October 2004)

The Niue National Rugby League team, (pronounced New-ay) represents Niue in rugby league football. It has been participating in international competition since 1986.

Niue has participated in the Pacific Cup in 1986 and 1992 and the Pacific Rim Competition in 2004.

Results

Note: Winning team listed first

Pacific Cup 1986

• Cook Islands 22-8 Niue
• New Zealand Māori 32-16 Niue

Pacific Cup 1992

• Tonga 24-8 Niue
• Cook Islands 23-22 Niue
• Niue 14-10 Fiji
• Western Samoa 41-28 Niue
• Niue 42-12 Cook Islands

Pacific Rim Competition 2004

• New Zealand Māoris 54-4 Niue (17 October 2004)
• Samoa 36-18 Niue (19 October 2004)
• Fiji 34-24 Niue (23 October 2004)

Cabramatta International Nines

In recent years, Niue have entered squads into the Cabramatta International Nines a side tournament held at Cabramatta Stadium, Sydney, Australia.

• 2009 results: Niue 6 NSW Universities 0, Australian Indigenous 24 Niue 6, Tonga 40 Niue 4, Bowl semifinals: Mounties 30 Niue 4
• 2011 results: Cook Islands 24 Niue 6, Tonga 22 Niue 14, Trophy Quarterfinals: Niue 20 Cook Islands 16, Trophy Semifinals: Mounties 34 Niue 12

2011 Niue 9s squad: Captains David Mike Filimona & Les Hipa Players: Greg Malaki, Aaron Tutoka, Alex Seini-Edward, David Alo, Evan Nicholas, Ticks Tuhetoka, Sumica Kaifoto, Rob Matagito, Zackri Smith, Robert Matagito, Patrick Chandra, John Ioane, Sonny Simona Masae. Tuki Jackson, Patrick Sipley, Jordan Tongahai, Cliff Tutoka, Peter Edward were originally selected in the squad. Coach: Bman Perenara

2015 Campbelltown Test

On 2 May 2015, Niue played an historic test-match against South Africa at Campbelltown Stadium in New South Wales, Australia. They beat the South Africans by a final score of 48 points to 4.

RLIF World Rankings
Official Rankings as of December 2015
Rank	Change	Team	Points
1		New Zealand	897.00
2		Australia	719.00
3		England	655.00
4		Samoa	280.00
5		France	209.00
6		Ireland	162.00
7		Fiji	147.00
8		Wales	132.00
9		Scotland	121.00
10		United States	102.00
11		Serbia	72.00
12		Italy	65.00
13		Canada	62.00
14		Papua New Guinea	60.00
15		Russia	46.00
16		Tonga	40.00
17		Belgium	40.00
18		Malta	32.00
19		Germany	28.00
20		Lebanon	27.00
21		Spain	26.00
22		Cook Islands	23.00
23		Ukraine	22.00
24		Greece	21.00
25		Denmark	20.00
26		Norway	19.00
27		Jamaica	16.00
28		Netherlands	15.00
29		Sweden	15.00
30		Czech Republic	14.00
31		South Africa	13.00
32		Niue	4.00
33		Hungary	2.00
34		Latvia	2.00
35		Morocco	0.00

2014 squad

2014 Niue Squad
First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Alex Seini Edward - FB 2 Marcel Ikinofo - WG 3 Kody Simeki - CE 4 Jordan Tangahai - CE 5 Zayde Alvarado - WG 6 Zebastian Lucky Luisi - FE 7 Albert Talipeau - HB 8 Kurt Bernard - PR 9 Dene Halatau (c) - HK 10 Makahesi Makatoa - PR 11 Jacob Samoa - SR 12 Tuki Jackson - SR 13 Mike Filimona - LF		14 Herschel Gideon 15 Robin Siosiua - Hunuki 16 Steve Watkinson 17 Tamati Ulukita 18 Reginald Perenara 19 Kruize Wilson 20 Leonale Bourke 21 Justin Bernard 22 Jamal Hunt 23 Winston Wilson 24 Geoff Daniela 25 Jaxon Tagavaitau						Head coach Bman Perenara Legend: (c) Captain (vc) Vice captain Updated: 24 May 2014 Source(s): October 2014

Notable players of Niuean descent

• Dene Halatau
• Joseph Paulo