LESS than eight months after being officially re-opened, Nuku’alofa, Tonga’s Teufaiva Stadium has fallen back into disrepair with much of the stadium’s tin roofing torn off by Cyclone Gita.
Remarkably, the stadium lights appeared to have withstood the winds, but metal sheets on the eastern edge of the stadium were less lucky.
The Teufaiva Fitness Centre appeared to be intact.
The New Zealand Government funded over $NZ2 million ($F3m) upgrading work for Teufaiva Stadium last year.
The upgrade was marked with a re-opening ceremony on June 16, last year, and was completed in time for the ‘Ikale Tahi to play against Manu Samoa on June 30, the ‘Ikale Tahi’s first game on home soil for more than nine years.
