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References
- ↑ 1993 World Sevens Teams Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine rleague.com, 3 February 2005
- ↑ Samoa under 20 trial Samoan Observer
- ↑ Setu Tuilaepa IRB Junior World Championship