Kau To’a

Tongans celebrate historic victory

On Thursday the league stars were welcomed at the royal villa in Tufumāhina by Their Majesties King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau’u.

Kaniva News reports the king urged the players, the officials and all related parties to put aside their differences and unite in peace.

Upheavals surrounding the team, which emerged months earlier before their historic victory last month had reached global media.

Tonga National Rugby League interim board called for the Invitational XIII to be  boycotted because they weren’t the Mate Ma’a Tonga or even a ‘real’ Tongan team.