Daniel Tupou his Tongan international debut against Scotland on the wing in the 26-24 loss at Derwent Park. Tupou played in all of Tonga's 3 matches in the tournament. On 4 May, Tupou was selected played for NSW City in the City vs Country Origin match in Dubbo, New South Wales. He played on the wing and scored 2 tries in the 26-all draw. Tupou was selected to make his debut for the New South Wales Blues in Game 1 of the 2014 State of Origin series on the wing in the 100th State of Origin match in the Blues 12-8 win
Tongan paʻanga same approximate size as earlier dated coins. In 2011, commercial demand for 20 and 50 seniti prompted these denominations to be issued featuring the effigy of Tupou IV posthumous, who had died in 2006. A new obverse design for George Tupou V had not yet been made or selected at this time, possibly due to increased health concerns regarding the latter monarch, who died in March 2012. For a brief period, some of the higher denomination coinage from the 1967-1968 series was "countermarked" with commemoration stamps that were added to the coin after being struck. The most distinct of these