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The Samoa national rugby union team represents the Samoa Rugby Union in men's international rugby union. They are also known as "Manu Samoa", which is thought to derive from the name of a Samoan warrior. [1] They perform a traditional Samoan challenge called the siva tau before each game.
The Samoa national rugby league team represents Samoa in rugby league football and has participated in international competition since 1986. Known as Western Samoa before 1997, the team is administered by Rugby League Samoa and are nicknamed Toa Samoa (English: Samoan Warriors).
The Samoa national rugby sevens team is one of the 15 "core teams" that compete in every event in the annual World Rugby Sevens Series. Long a solidly competitive side, Samoa Sevens burst into prominence in 2006–07 , when they ran traditional favourites New Zealand and Fiji very close for the title.
The following is a list of Samoa women's national rugby union team matches. Full internationals. Won: Lost: Draw: 2000s ... National Rugby Centre Pitch 1, Marcoussis:
Long-serving Matt Parish has quit as coach of the Samoan rugby league team after guiding his side to the World Cup final in England last year. The team has not announced a replacement. Parish, an ...
The Samoa national rugby union team perform a traditional Samoan challenge called the siva tau before each game. Samoa Rugby Union were formerly members of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance (PIRA) along with Fiji and Tonga. [3] The Samoa national rugby sevens team competes in the annual World Rugby Sevens Series, and won the 2009–10 World ...
Samoa at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup. The Samoa women's national rugby union team is a national sporting side of Samoa, representing the nation at rugby union. The side first played in 2000, and have competed in three Rugby World Cup's since their debut in the 2002 tournament in Spain. In 2023, they claimed their first Oceania Championship.
The American Samoa national rugby union team, also known as the "Talavalu", represents the American Samoa Rugby Union in international rugby union. As of September 2023, it is the lowest ranked World Rugby team. [1] The Talavalu is the name of a traditional Samoan war weapon, originally carved out of ironwood.