The Marist St. Joseph's Stadium is a sports stadium in Lotopa, Samoa.
Lotopa is a village on the island of Upolu in Samoa. It is situated on the north central side of the island near the country's capital Apia. The village is in the political district of Tuamasaga.
Samoa, officially the Independent State ofSamoa and, until 4 July 1997, known as Western Samoa, is a country consisting of two main islands, Savai'i and Upolu, and four smaller islands. The capital city is Apia. The Lapita people discovered and settled the Samoan Islands around 3,500 years ago. They developed a unique Samoan language and Samoan cultural identity.
Named after the Marist Brothers who brought rugby union to Western Samoa in 1920, the 4,000 capacity stadium was the venue for, amongst others, the rugby league 9's competition at the 2007 South Pacific Games and the International Marist 7's in February 2007.
The Marist Brothers of the Schools, commonly known as simply the Marist Brothers, is an international community of Catholic Religious Institute of Brothers. In 1817, St. Marcellin Champagnat, a priest from France, founded the Marist Brothers, with the goal of educating young people, especially those most neglected. While most of the Brothers minister in school settings, others work with young people in parishes, religious retreats and spiritual accompaniment, at-risk youth settings, young adult ministry and overseas missions.
Rugby union, widely known simply as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, a game is between two teams of 15 players using an oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field with H-shaped goalposts at each end.
Rugby league is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 m wide and 112–122 m long. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in Northern England in 1895 as a split from the Rugby Football Union over the issue of payments to players. Its rules progressively changed with the aim of producing a faster, more entertaining game for spectators.
St Joseph's College is an independent Roman Catholic single-sex secondary day and boarding school for boys, conducted in the Marist Brothers tradition, located in Hunters Hill, a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
St Bernard's College is a Catholic Year 7 to 13 secondary School for Boys, located at 183 Waterloo Rd, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. The school was opened by the Marist Brothers in 1946.
The Connacht Schools Junior Challenge Cup is an under-age rugby union competition for schools affiliated to the Connacht Branch of the IRFU.
The Wellington Rugby Football Union are a New Zealand governing body of rugby union in the New Zealand province of Wellington Region. The main stadium is Westpac Stadium which is located in Wellington. The union also represents the Wellington Lions, which is professional rugby union team who compete in the Mitre 10 Cup competition and contest for the Ranfurly Shield. Before 2006 the Lions competed in the National Provincial Championship.
Sacred Heart College is a secondary school in Auckland, New Zealand. It is a Catholic, Marist College set on 60 acres (24 ha) of land overlooking the Tamaki Estuary in Glen Innes.
St Patrick's College is the oldest Roman Catholic boys' secondary school in New Zealand.
The 2007 South Pacific Games were held in Apia, Samoa, from 25 August to 8 September 2007. The Games were the thirteenth to be held since the inception of the South Pacific Games in 1963, and included traditional multi-sport event disciplines, such as athletics and swimming, alongside region-specific and smaller events such as outrigger canoeing, surfing and lawn bowls.
Marist St. Joseph Sports Club is Samoan rugby union club from Apia. They play in green and white hooped jerseys and enjoy widespread support in Samoa.
Apia Park is a multi-function sports complex located in Apia, the capital of Samoa. Primarily used for rugby union events, Apia Park is the home stadium of the Samoa national rugby union team, Manu Samoa. It is also a venue for association football.
Joseph Paulo is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a loose forward, second-row and stand-off for St Helens in the Super League. He has played for both Samoa and the United States at international level.
St Paul's College is a Catholic secondary school for boys owned by the Marist Brothers and located in the central Auckland suburb of Ponsonby on a spacious 7.3 hectare campus. The Marist Brothers first opened a school on the site in 1903. St Paul's College commenced operations in 1955 and celebrates its 65th anniversary in 2020.
Tuaalagi Lepupa is a Samoan rugby football international who has represented his country in both rugby league and rugby sevens, most notably at the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. Lepupa plays as a lock or hooker.
Marcellin College is a Catholic, integrated, co-educational college in Hillsborough, Auckland, New Zealand for students in Year 7 to Year 13. The college was founded by the Marist Brothers in 1958 as a school for boys only. The school is located on spacious and beautiful grounds which had been part of the Pah estate. It has an extensive woodland on its southern and western boundaries. Most of the former Pah estate contiguous with Marcellin College is now owned by the Auckland Council and is maintained as a park known as "Monte Cecilia Park." The Auckland Franciscan Friary and Retreat Centre is just across Monte Cecilia Park from the college. A Discalced Carmelite Monastery is directly opposite the college on Mt Albert Rd.
Su'a Peter Schuster is a Samoan former rugby union player. He played as a flyhalf. He was the Samoa Rugby Union chairman between 2007 and 2012.
Kalolo Toleafoa is a Samoan rugby union player. He plays as a flanker.
Rugby league nines at the 2007 Pacific Games was held from 5-6 September 2007 at Marist St. Joseph's Stadium. Fiji won the gold medal, defeating the Cook Islands in the final by 14-0. Hosts Samoa took the bronze medal, defeating Tonga by 20–10 in the third place match.
Rugby league sevens at the 2009 Pacific Mini Games was held from 5-6 September 2009 at Marist St. Joseph's Stadium. Fiji won the gold medal, defeating hosts the Cook Islands in the final by 20-12. Samoa took the bronze medal, defeating Tonga by 26-24 in the third place match.
Rugby sevens at the 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa was played from 12–13 July at the St Joseph's Sports Field. The venue was changed three days before the tournament due to muddy conditions at Apia Park.
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