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Australia are the champions of the world after defeating Samoa 30-10 in the grand final in England’s Old Trafford stadium in Manchester. Toa Samoa made history last week when they became the first Tier-2 nation to make the RLWC final after defeating England 27-26 on the hosts’ home soil. The Toa Samoa already made history […]

Samoa have become the first Pacific Island nation to secure a place in the Rugby League World Cup grand final after a courageous performance against England infront of the host nation’s home crowd. It was a game of footie with everything you could ask for. Fantastic tries, overtime, hard hits, a yellow card, back chatting […]

The streets of Apia and other areas across Samoa had fans lining up for their second parade in support of the Toa Samoa in the lead up to its historical World Cup semifinal match against England. A strong police presence ensured the parade was kept within the parameters of the permit issued, for public safety, […]

Manu Samoa Head Coach Vaovasamanaia Seilala Mapusua has made four changes to his starting line up to take on Georgia this weekend. After a disappointing start to their Northern Hemisphere tour, going down 49-17 to Italy, Samoa are looking to bounce back in a big way against Georgia. The forward pack primarily remains the same […]

After thriving against the challenge of Hong Kong’s pool of death with New Zealand and Australia, Samoa’s 7-a-side team has been drawn in a more favourable pool for the second leg of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series set to kickoff on the 2nd of December in Dubai. Finishing in the Top 4 in Hong […]

Samoa’s Vaafauese Apelu Maliko has been named in the World Sevens Series Dream Team following his stellar performance at the Hong Kong leg of the HSBC series over the weekend. The Manu Samoa 7’s Co-Captain crossed over for eight tries in Hong Kong and with sheer determination, made another try saving tackle in Samoa’s quarter […]

For the first time in history Toa Samoa have advanced to the semifinals of the Rugby League World Cup after defeating Tonga 20-18. It only took five minutes for the scoring to get underway and it came via Dragons second rower Jaydn Su’a. Samoa went to the right hand side where Anthony Milford threaded a […]

The Manu Samoa 7s have ended the first leg of the 2022/23 HSBC World Series in 4th place after a close 17-19 defeat to France. Due to Covid-19 this was the first Hong Kong 7’s tournament since 2019. 11 of Samoa’s 13-man squad had never experienced the prestigious Hong Kong 7’s with eight players having […]

Samoa have been edged out of Cup contention in Hong Kong after a 19-7 loss to Fiji in the semi final. Samoa suffered a huge blow with two Co-Captains leaving the field with injuries. Melani Matavao and Vaafauese Apelu-Maliko were both taken off in the second half after receiving attention from the team physio. Samoa’s […]

The Manu Samoa 7’s have advanced through to the semifinals of the Hong Kong 7’s after a crazy edge-of-your-seat kokomaualuga 19-14 overtime win over Argentina. The two teams last met in September when they faced off in the quarterfinals of the LA 7’s. Some may remember the same nerve wreacking experience of watching the boys […]