Junior All Blacks, Samoa win
SIGATOKA - A late four-try surge gave Samoa a 34-15 win over Japan in their Pacific Nations Cup rugby international here Thursday.
Junior NZ, Fiji winners in Pacific Nations Cup
New Zealand's Junior All Blacks held off a desperate Samoa comeback to win their opening match in rugby's Pacific Nations Cup 17-16, while Fiji snapped a three-year losing streak against Tonga with a 36-22 win on Saturday at Nuku'alofa.
Pacific Nations Cup preview
Wilson centre of attention on world under-20 stage
WINSTON Wilson decided to switch allegiance from league to union
only this year, but the 20-year-old already has clubs clambering
for his services.
Europe replaces NZ as Samoa heartland
Europe has replaced New Zealand as the de facto home of Samoan rugby, if the latest Manu Samoa squad is anything to go by.
Samoan to play Lomu
Former Samoan international Zak Feaunati has been chosen to play Jonah Lomu in Clint Eastwood's dramatisation of the 1995 Rugby World Cup.
I've been sacked: Samoa coach
Samoan rugby coach Tuala Lepale Niko Palamo has said he has been sacked, after the Samoan union confirmed it was advertising for new coaching staff.
Pacific Islanders humble Italy
Island nations combine for their first ever win as Italy is stunned
in Reggio Emilia.
Italy v Pacific Islands
Italy and the Pacific Islanders will both be desperate for victory
when the teams clash in Reggio Emilia on Saturday.
Scrappy France pile up the points
France made hard work of beating the Pacific Islanders despite
Napoleoni Nalaga being dismissed for the visitors.
