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Tongan players threatening boycott

deluded pom?

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Coastbloke said:
As I understand it, the NRL is installing it's own Tongan team that suits Beattie. The RLIF should just fold and we can just admit what we all know. The NRL is the de facto owner of the game..
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That’s just ridiculous. Kick them out (even though it’s against RLIF rules) or don’t kick them out. Don’t just let the NRL ride roughshod over the tournament. Isn’t it supposed to be a RLIF organised tournament? Tell the NRL to do one.
 
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deluded pom? said:
That’s just ridiculous. Kick them out (even though it’s against RLIF rules) or don’t kick them out. Don’t just let the NRL ride roughshod over the tournament. Isn’t it supposed to be a RLIF organised tournament? Tell the NRL to do one.
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Everything points to this being organized by the NRL. How that came to be, I have no idea.
 
deluded pom?

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Arucard said:
Everything points to this being organized by the NRL. How that came to be, I have no idea.
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The problem is the RLIF want to own these events to get some more income but then simply hand them over to the host nation’s governing body to organise and with that comes the issues we are currently having.
 
adamkungl

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deluded pom? said:
The problem is the RLIF want to own these events to get some more income but then simply hand them over to the host nation’s governing body to organise and with that comes the issues we are currently having.
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Guessing the NRL has stumped some significant amount of cash here in hosting.
and as such they will lord it over whoever they want
 
adamkungl

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adamkungl said:
Yeah I'm not buying that this is over by a long shot.

We've seen this play before. The next act is when the punted board goes rebel.
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The Tongan government has thrown their support behind the RL board that the RLIF has booted.
The dodgy interim-PM is no more.
Predictably, Wood, Beattie and Greenberg look silly and their interference has made the situation worse rather than better.
 
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adamkungl said:
The Tongan government has thrown their support behind the RL board that the RLIF has booted.
The dodgy interim-PM is no more.
Predictably, Wood, Beattie and Greenberg look silly and their interference has made the situation worse rather than better.
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The worrying thing in all this is I don't know which of the Boards you're talking about - the original one, the one that came in and sent Fifita into a tizzy, or the one presumably set up by the NRL.

As above, what a mess.
 
mikail-eagle

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And seems like the Courts in Tonga have ruled in favour of the Board.
Interesting times ahead.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/400348/sport-court-rules-in-favour-of-tonga-s-nrl

Sport: Court rules in favour of Tonga's NRL
1:59 pm on 5 October 2019

Tonga's Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the country's National Rugby League, (TNRL), in terms of its control of the Mate Ma'a Tonga team.

The ruling, issued on Friday, clashes with a recent suspension of the TNRL by the world governing body - Rugby League International Federation, (RLIF) - which came after Tonga's then-acting Prime Minister Semisi Sika declared the local body had lost the trust and support of the government, clubs and players.

Mr Sika has since lost a prime ministerial vote and finds himself on the outside of government, yet the RLIF still backed his call to place an interim administration in charge of the sport ahead of upcoming internationals against Great Britain and Australia.

Mr Sika was also the President of the previous TNRL that was dissolved by court order because of concerns over financial mismanagement and unaudited accounts.

The suspension led to the TNRL, whose board was elected afresh this year, launching legal action against the Tongan government and the RLIF-endorsed interim body Tonga Ma'a Tonga Rugby League or TMTRL.

On Friday Justice Laki Niu declared the government and the TMTRL were "restrained and prohibited" from making decisions involving Tonga's popular national team, including around coaching, staff, management and apparel.

Last month the TNRL sacked national coach Kristian Woolf over disagreements around control and finances which led to a group of players, including Jason Taumalolo and Andrew Fifita to threaten a boycott of the country's upcoming games.

It has since emerged that Woolf asked his players to sign statements regarding a boycott and he was in communication with Semisi Sika over the creation of the new TMTRL.

Woolf has denied any wrongdoing and said the players were "strong and intelligent young men" who did not need his help to make decisions.

The status of upcoming rugby league internationals continues to be uncertain with the local courts and RLIF seemingly at odds with who is in control of the team, which has had unprecedented success and exposure in recent years.
 
Mr Angry

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mikail-eagle said:
The status of upcoming rugby league internationals continues to be uncertain with the local courts and RLIF seemingly at odds with who is in control of the team, which has had unprecedented success and exposure in recent years.
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RLIF is not at odds, they know what they want, watch it happen, they will plow ahead.

Next stop for scamming George taking on FIFA for Tongan soccer...lol
 
Dave's mate

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adamkungl said:
The Tongan government has thrown their support behind the RL board that the RLIF has booted.
The dodgy interim-PM is no more.
Predictably, Wood, Beattie and Greenberg look silly and their interference has made the situation worse rather than better.
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Greènturd's incompetence knows no bounds. The man is either corrupt, geniused or both
 
roughyedspud

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Hearing that Tonga will be "re-badged" as the TONGA INVITATIONAL XIII for the upcoming games v Australia,nz & GB
 
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lafai

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If they had 2 solid halves then holy shit. Suli, Fainu and lil Fifi are not in this team too and it still looks good
 
Usain Bolt

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lafai said:
If they had 2 solid halves then holy shit. Suli, Fainu and lil Fifi are not in this team too and it still looks good
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That’s the problem with all pacific teams, no halves. We saw how much possession they had against the Kiwis earlier this year and couldn’t convert it
 
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