Samoa

17 Dec 2012

Thousands of people fled to evacuation centres in Fiji on Monday as authorities warned to “prepare for the worst” from a powerful category four cyclone bearing down on the Pacific nation.

Samoa pile on gloom for All Blacks with victory in Dubai Sevens

3 Dec 2012

It was a bad weekend to be wearing the famous black jersey with the silver fern logo.

New Zealand up next for Wales after Samoa loss

18 Nov 2012

Wales interim coach Rob Howley insists the prospect of facing world champions New Zealand, made slightly less daunting by the return of Warren Gatland, can lift the gloom hanging over his team...

Samoa deal rare loss to England

25 Mar 2012

If it was really the Pool of Death then England had forgotten to pay the ferryman extra to carry their opponents across the River Styx. They stumbled against Samoa in their final pool game last...

Samoa off to flying start despite Kenyan resistance

24 Mar 2012

Samoan coach Stephen Betham revealed he had had a tough job keeping his players' feet on the ground after their stunning 26-19 victory over New Zealand in February's USA Sevens in Las Vegas, a win...

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APIA - Samoa jumped the international dateline, taking 'first-country' status from New Zealand. The tiny nation dropped its time-zone alliance with the US, lost a day and realigned with Asia, New...

Samoans 'must lift their game'

Hat-trick hunting Samoa, the hottest team on the IRB Sevens World Series, have their work cut out to win the Cathay Pacific/Credit Suisse Hong Kong Sevens, coach Stephen Betham says.

Vulnerable Kiwis look to return to glory days

Played five, won one, lost four. That is the sorry record New Zealand have against Samoa this season. But Kiwi skipper DJ Forbes laughs aside any suggestions the uncompromising islanders are a...

Holders Samoa primed after beachside bootcamp

It is said that it is harder to defend a title successfully than to win it, and no one knows this better than Samoa.

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Samoans make all the right moves

The new champions are Samoa, but they could easily have been joined on the podium by a series of sumo wrestlers, a horde of runaway brides and thousands of other partying rugby fans who make the...