The Taumeasina Island Resort Moataa side managed to hold onto the shield after a solid challenge by the Laulii Lions.
TIR Moataa were leading by 17-5 at halftime, with Laulii missing out on a try in the first five minutes, ruled disallowed due to a knock-on.
The men in white only scored 7 points in the second half, putting themselves under a lot of pressure from the challengers.
The Lions came back strong after the break to give the shield holders a scare by clocking 14 points in the second half.
Moataa managed to retain the shield with a 24-19 win. In the rush to get to the field this week, Moataa forgot to pick up the shield from the falesa where it is kept throughout the week #oops.
In other Senior A results of the Taula Apia Rugby Union’s men’s competition, Lupeolesoaga Magiagi defeated SSAB Moamoa 19-5, Apia put away a developing Letogo side by 60-5 and Vaimoso beat Vailele by 38-13.
In the Under 20 competition Letogo won by default over SCOPA who have not been able to field a development side so far this year.
Laulii Lions beat Vailele 19-0 and BBE Vaiala defeated Lupeolesoaga by a close 12-7.
The Under 20s match between SSAB Moamoa and Apia Maroons tied at 10-10.
The Taula Apia Rugby Union’s men’s and women’s competition is played every Saturday at the Lakapi Samoa HPU grounds at Tuanaimato.
