Tangia Tongiia
Cook Island rugby league player
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Tangia Tongiia is a Cook Islander rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s, playing at representative level for Cook Islands, and at club level in New Zealand for Papanui Tigers, and Canterbury Bulls, as a Wing.
Tongiia played for the Papanui club in the Canterbury Rugby League competition during the 1998 and 1999 seasons.
He then was picked to represent the Canterbury Bulls in the 2000, 2001 and 2002 Bartercard Cups.
Tongiia won caps for Cook Islands in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.
Tangia's surname is variously spelt with one, or two i's, i.e. Tongia, or Tongiia.