Samoa has finished in 4th place after losing a close encounter with England by 19-17. A mistake early in the match by Samoa gifted England an easy try under the post to take a 7-0 lead. Alamanda Motuga scored a runaway try after breaking an English tackle with a massive fend to the face. Tomasi […]
Manu 7s Pay Respects to Measles Struck Samoa in Dubai
The Manu Samoa 7s players were able to walk onto the field before their first HSBC World Series game against Canada to show their support as Samoa battles to contain the measles outbreak. The boys in blue then started off their 2019-2020 HSBC world sevens series with a 19-12 win against Canada Both teams traded […]
Toatolu Manu Samoa ua Filifilia mo le Supa Rugby
E toatolu tama taaalo o le ‘au a le atunu’u le Manu Samoa lea ua filifilia faakonakarate e au a le taamilosaga o le Supa Rugby mo le tausaga fou 2020. O le alii o Michael Alalatoa ua faatolu ona siamupini i le au a le Crusaders ma ua toe tofiaina nei lenei alo o […]
Poor Discipline Leads to Heartbreak for Manu Samoa 7s
Australia have qualified for the Olympics after beating Samoa 19-12 in a close encounter at the ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji. Australia won their own kick-off before running into a high tackle by Losi Filipo that put Samoa down by one player. After Filipos yellow card, Laaloi Leilua put in a textbook Samoan hit which […]
Rugby Training Squads Get Surprise Visit from Stui
Two Samoa Rugby Union training squads had a surprise visit from the leader of the country, Hon Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr Sailele Malielegaoi, during their training run at SRU headquarters on Tuesday morning. Tuilaepa, who is also the Chairman of Samoa Rugby Union, spoke to the U20 and U23 players and their coaches about the […]
Rubgy World Cup Ends for Bundee Aki with 3 Match Ban
Bundee Aki will miss Ireland’s quarter final match against New Zealand after being handed down a three match suspension following the red card received for a high tackle on Samoa’s Ulupano ‘UJ’ Seuteni during Samoa’s 47-5 loss to Ireland. A Rugby World Cup disciplinary committee upheld the decision by referee Nic Berry that the tackle […]
Samoa Prime Minister Inspires the Manu Samoa
The Manu Samoa team received a visit from the Samoa Rugby Union Chairman and Prime Minister of Samoa, Hon Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Dr Sailele Malielegaoi who is in Japan on an official visit, and to support the national team for this weekend’s match. The Manu Samoa team have posted, “He enlightened us with an inspirational story […]
Former Samoa Coaches Hit Back and Call for a Code of Conduct
30 September 2019 Apia Samoa. Two former Samoa international reps who have also coached the Manu Samoa 7s and 15s have hit back at Tony Brown’s behaviour during a media conference where he fuelled the Rugby World Cup refereeing debate by highlighting the tackles made by Ed Fidow and Motu Matuu during Samoa’s opening match […]
Manu Samoa Announces Team for Scotland Match
28 September RWC 2019 Japan. Head Coach Vaaeluaga Steve Jackson has announced the Manu Samoa team to take on Scotland in a vital pool match for both teams. Ray Niuia comes in at hooker for suspended Motu Matu’u who also looked to have needed a mandatory stand down for a concussion from last week’s match. […]
Samoa’s Rey Lee Lo is handed a 3 Week Ban in ‘Inconsistent’ World Rugby Decisions
26 September 2019 Tokyo RWC 2019. Samoa’s Rey Lee-Lo has received a three-match ban for a high tackle at the Rugby World Cup, ruling him out of the rest of the pool games. The Cardiff Blues centre was yellow-carded in the first half of Samoa’s Pool A win over Russia on Tuesday for his tackle […]