The Chief Executive Officer of the Samoa Rugby Union (S.R.U.), Faleomavaega Vincent Fepulea’i, is remaining hopeful that the Manu Samoa Sevens can turn their season around, starting this weekend in Singapore. He is also demanding a better performance from the team following their disappointing outing in Hong and the Gold Coast.
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Bryan Habana, the lightning-fast South Africa wing and World Cup winner with an insatiable hunger for scoring tries — a record 67 for the Springboks — announced Tuesday he will retire from rugby at the end of the season.
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England captain Dylan Hartley will miss the rugby tour of South Africa in June because of concussion. Hartley hasn't played since he took a head knock on March 17 in the last round of the Six Nations against Ireland at Twickenham.
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The Samoa U-18 Sevens team has had to settle for second place at the Oceania Sevens Championships in Sydney, Australia. The Stephen Betham-coached team lost in the final, 7-32, to Australia at Riverview on Sunday. The win for Australia secured them their ticket to the Youth Olympics.
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The Leulumoega Fou College U-19 women’s rugby team is the crowned champions of the National Schools Women’s 10s Rugby Championships 2018. Roma girls survived a scare from Palauli Sisifo College girls winning the grand final clash last week Friday at the Pesega Church College grounds, 12-5 at the final whistle.
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The defending champion Crusaders weathered a severe hailstorm and a stubborn showing by the winless Sunwolves to prevail 33-11 and improve their chances of a record-extending ninth Super Rugby title on Saturday.
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One team in the midst of a revival and another trapped in a slump will play crucial matches in this weekend's 10th round of Super Rugby.
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A much-anticipated match between the Australian and South African conference leaders in Super Rugby turned out to be not much of a contest on Friday. The Johannesburg-based Lions dominated New South Wales, outclassing the Australian conference-leading Waratahs 29-0.
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The Bluesky Super Nine Rugby Championships has been postponed because of the wet weather experienced throughout Samoa. It was supposed to kick-off today but has now been postponed to Saturday next week.
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The Leifiifi College Under-19 Rugby team is the 2018 National Schools Rugby 15s champions. They proved too good for Zone B champions, Wesley College in the final winning by 21-13 at fulltime.
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Leiifiifi College Rugby team and Wesley College are set to go for the 2018 National Schools Rugby 15s Championships Under-19 boys’ grand finale today. The final day will see two remaining teams of the three divisions Under-15, Under-17 and Under-19 go head to head at the St Joseph’s College grounds.
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The Leulumoega Fou College 1st XV team has been disqualified from the Schools National Rugby Championships.
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The Samoa Rugby Union (S.R.U.) grassroots development programme concluded on Tuesday last week.
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The bad weather yesterday led to the postponement of the remaining Samoa National Schools Championships.
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The Aana Blues Women’s Rugby team was the crowned champions of the final leg of the National Women’s Sevens series 2018.
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The 2018 Samoa Schools National Rugby Championships has kicked-off. Vaiola Church College crowned the 2017 Secondary Schools ‘Violence Free’ Champions, are not in the competition this year.
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The Samoa U-18 school boys’ team is set and ready for the Oceania Sevens Championships and Qualifier tournament for the Youth Olympic tournament to be held in Sydney, Australia, on dates 21st and 22nd of April.
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The Jaguares rallied from 19-3 down in the second half to beat Melbourne 25-22 on Saturday, denting belief the Rebels are contenders for the Super Rugby title.
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Rio revenge, a brain fade and a gripping contest forced into extra time.
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The Samoa Rugby Union’s biggest domestic Rugby competition has been launched. The Bluesky Super Nine Rugby Championships 2018 was was launched at the Tanoa Tusitala Hotel in Sogi. The competition is an S.R.U. initiative to raise the level of its domestic competitions with a commercial mind set.
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The Samoa Boxing team has brought home the Governor’s Cup after winning the American Samoa Flag Day 2018 Championship Boxing last weekend.
An estimated 2 million people celebrating the Philadelphia Eagles' long-awaited first Super Bowl win will descend on the city Thursday as the Vince Lombardi trophy is paraded through five miles of jubilant fans.
FIFA has finally and fully approved video review to help referees at the World Cup.
Former NBA forward Rasual Butler and his wife were killed in a single-vehicle rollover crash in Los Angeles early Wednesday.
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