The England national rugby league team represents England in international rugby league since the first international match in 1904. It is controlled by the Rugby Football League (RFL),the governing body for rugby league in England,and participated in the Rugby League World Cup and other test matches.
The American Samoa national rugby league team represents American Samoa at rugby league football and has been participating in international competition since 1988.
Jonathan Fa'afetai Lemalu is a New Zealand bass baritone opera singer. Born to Samoan parents who had emigrated to New Zealand,he was educated in Dunedin. His first singing teacher was Honor McKellar,who began teaching him while he attended Otago Boys' High School. He studied both Law and Music at the University of Otago,graduating with a Bachelor of Laws in 1999.
The Pacific Nations Cup is an international rugby union competition held between Fiji,Samoa,Tonga,Canada,Japan and the United States. First held in 2006,the tournament is intended to strengthen the Tier 2 rugby teams by providing competitive test matches in a tournament format.
The World Rugby Pacific Challenge,formerly the IRB Pacific Rugby Cup,is an annual rugby union football tournament held in Oceania since 2006. It is contested by national 'A' teams from the Asia-Pacific region. The tournament is run by World Rugby through Oceania Rugby.
Rodger Siaosi Toutai Kefu is a Tongan-Australian professional rugby union coach and former player who has been coaching the Tonga national team since 2016.
Namulauulu Alama Ieremia is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former international player for Western Samoa and New Zealand.
The Samoa national rugby sevens team,referred to as Samoa Sevens or Manu Samoa 7s,competes in the annual World Rugby Sevens Series. Representing the polynesian country of Samoa,with a population of about 202,000,the team competes against some of the wealthiest countries in the world. The Samoa sevens team is overseen by the Samoa Rugby Football Union,which oversees all of rugby union in Samoa.
Willie Poching is a New Zealand professional rugby league football coach and former player. He is the former head-coach of Wakefield Trinity in the Super League. When he was appointed head coach of Wakefield,he became the first Samoan head coach of a first grade rugby league club. A former New Zealand,and Samoa international representative forward,he spent his career playing for clubs in New Zealand,Australia and finally England,winning the Super League championship with Leeds Rhinos in 2004.
Lemalu Silao Vaisola-Sefo is a New Zealand health administrator and former Samoan rugby union prop.
The 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup was the seventh edition of the Women's Rugby World Cup,and the sixth held in Europe. The World Cup Final took place on 17 August.
The 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami took place on 29 September 2009 in the southern Pacific Ocean adjacent to the Kermadec-Tonga subduction zone. The submarine earthquake occurred in an extensional environment and had a moment magnitude of 8.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). It was the largest earthquake of 2009. The earthquake initiated with a normal-faulting event with a magnitude of 8.1. Within two minutes of the earthquake rupture,two large magnitude 7.8 earthquakes occurred on the subduction zone interface. The two magnitude 7.8 earthquakes had a combined magnitude equivalent to 8.0. The event can be considered a doublet earthquake.
Josef Schmidt HonFRCSI is a New Zealand rugby union coach,who is the current head coach of the Australian Wallabies.
The Samoa under-20 rugby union team is Samoa's junior national team. They represent Samoa at the IRB Junior World Championship. After the 2010 Junior World Championship they were relegated to the Junior World Rugby Trophy for second tier nations. They were later promoted to the 2012 Junior World Championship after finishing as winners of the 2011 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy. The team also competes at the Oceania U20 Championship as of 2015.
The Samoa women's national rugby league team,also known as the FetūSāmoa,represents Samoa in Women's rugby league. They are administered by the Rugby League Samoa.
Fa'atiga Lemalu is a New Zealand-born,Samoan international rugby union footballer who plays as a lock.
Henry Taefu is a Samoan professional Rugby Union player. He currently plays for North Harbour in the Bunnings NPC and Moana Pasifika in the Super Rugby Pacific,having previously played for the Western Force in Australia’s Super Rugby AU. His playing position is inside centre.
Siuola Simon Lemalu is a Samoan former rugby union player. He played as a prop.
Henry Stowers is a New Zealand born,Samoan rugby union player who plays for the Benetton Rugby in the United Rugby Championship. His playing position is flanker. He is also a Samoan international.
Maiava Iulai Toma is a Samoan diplomat and civil servant. He served as Samoa's Ombudsman from 1994 —2020.
