Samoa names eight players to its strong Rugby World Cup team
The inclusion of eight players from the final teams of Penrith and Parramatta in the powerful squad unveiled on Tuesday underscored Toa Samoa’s reputation in the Rugby World Cup. Samoa is the first Pacific Rim country to publicly reveal its World Cup squad, and if head coach Matt Parish wants to send a message ahead of the team’s kickoff game against England on October 15, he’s done so by stating the caliber of the players.
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The 24-man team, which also includes Eels forwards Junior Paulo and Oregon Kaufusi, is led by Panthers stars Jerome Luay, Brian To’o, Stephen Crichton, Isak Tago, Spencer Leniu and Taylan May. This year’s NSW Origin team included Paulo, Luai, To’o and Crichton, while Canberra Props Josh Papalia competed for Queensland.
In addition to Joseph Suaalia, Sydney Roosters teen phenom, Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, North Queensland Cowboys speedster, represented the Maroons in the 2021 series Origin. David Nofoaluma, the Wests Tigers winger who ended the season on loan with the Melbourne Storm, is one of 10 members of the Pacific Test team since June who did not make the World Cup squad.
Samoa defeated the Cook Islands 42-12 at Campbelltown Stadium thanks to four tries from Nofoaluma. After undergoing late-season shoulder surgery, Warriors forward Jazz Tevaga, who played a prostitute during the off-season, was expelled.
Two Super League players, Huddersfield prostitute Danny Levy and 2021 Penrith Premier League winner Tyrone May, are set to split dummy duties with Wests Tigers utility Faamanu Brown. While the front group will keep the opposing nations on guard, the Dolphins are hiring Anthony Milford, Luay, Catalans Tyrone May and Warriors playmaker Chanel Harris-Tavit to add depth to the halves.
Along with Paulo and Papalia, Cronulla’s Leniu and Caufusi, Manly’s Martin Taupau and Josh Aloiai, and Cronulla’s Brayden Hamlin-Uele and Royce Hunt also feature in the front row. Second rowers are Wests Tigers rookie Kelma Tuilagi, Cowboys’ Luciano Leilua, St. George Illawarra and back row player Luciano Leilua of the Cowboys.
Defender alternatives include Swaalii, Crichton Tabuai-Fidow and Harris-Tawit. Parish could also go with To’o, Crichton, Tago and Taylan May under Penrith in three quarters. Samoa will host England in the opening match of the Rugby World Cup on 15 October at St James’s Park in Newcastle before playing Greece at Doncaster on 23 October and France at Warrington on 30 October.
Samoa will turn the tournament on its head if they defeat England to win Group A as World Cup hosts could face Tonga in the quarter-finals. The eight players who will compete in the championship game will leave on 7 October after the rest of the Samoa squad arrive in England on Monday.
In addition, Parish has assembled a strong coaching staff for the World Cup, including Castleford’s Lee Radford and Sharks’ Daniel Holdsworth as an assistant. They will join Samoa 2017 World Cup captain Frank Pritchard, former Leeds manager Richard Agar and former Sea Eagles manager Jeff Toovey.
Andrew Webster, an assistant coach for the Panthers, was a member of the Samoa coaching staff in a Test win over the Cook Islands midseason, however he has since retired after being hired as the Warriors’ head coach for the upcoming campaign.
Samoa Rugby World Cup Squad
- Josh Aloiai (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles)
- Fa’amanu Brown (Wests Tigers)
- Stephen Crichton (Penrith Panthers)
- Mathew Feagai (St George-Illawarra Dragons)
- Braden Hamlin-Uele (Cronulla Sharks)
- Chanel Harris-Tavita (Warriors)
- Royce Hunt (Cronulla Sharks)
- Oregon Kaufusi (Parramatta Eels)
- Luciano Leilua (North Queensland Cowboys)
- Spencer Leniu (Penrith Panthers)
- Danny Levi (Huddersfield Giants)
- Jarome Luai (Penrith Panthers)
- Taylan May (Penrith Panthers)
- Tyrone May (Catalans Dragons)
- Anthony Milford (Newcastle Knights)
- Josh Papalii (Canberra Raiders)
- Junior Paulo (Parramatta Eels)
- Jaydn Su’a (St George-Illawarra Dragons)
- Joseph Suaalii (Sydney Roosters)
- Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow (North Queensland Cowboys)
- Izack Tago (Penrith Panthers)
- Martin Taupa’u (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles)
- Brian To’o (Penrith Panthers)
- Kelma Tuilagi (Wests Tigers)
- Coach: Matt Parish
The Samoa World Cup squad welcomed to Pacific Island in the parade
After their historic year, Samoa’s World Cup team was greeted like heroes in a parade on Thursday morning. Following their record breaking performance at the postponed Rugby World Cup. The team and coaching staff were officially welcomed in the Pacific country. After beating hosts England in the semi-finals in London. Samoa became the first Pacific Island nation to reach the final of the World Cup.
They will lose 30-10 to Australia in the league game at Old Trafford. But just over a month later, thousands of cheering fans hailed them as heroes. Before greeting the fans, the RWC team held a parade and the audience was addressed by captain Junior Paulo and head coach Matt Parish. Parish said what a wonderful nation Samoa is. I want to express my gratitude to everyone who helped me to return to this place. In particular, the regime for their continued support of the Samoa Rugby League.
It was a great end to 2022 and I would like to send my best wishes to all Samoans around the world for 2023. Paulo continued: You are the reason we are here today, Samoa Rugby World Cup team. We see how much you appreciate it.
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Moved up to third place in the Men’s world rankings
They climbed to third place in the men’s world rankings thanks to their impressive tournament. After winning the RWC, Australia regained the top spot. Everyone involved in rugby league is devastated by the passing of a beloved and respected family member. Legendary players and coaches. Like the original Immortal John the Rapper, Philippine icon Kiwi Olsen, and Cowboys championship coach Paul Green who passed away in 2022?
Paul left an indelible mark on our code. And to those fortunate enough to be consumed by his relentless passion for the greatest game of the Rugby World Cup. Be it a player, coach, manager or mentor. Filipina was an important figure among the leaders of the Pacifica group of players who changed Sydney football in the 1980s.
The Sydney premiership in the 1980s was very different from today. Compared to the huge Pacific influence in the NRL. This has helped propel the RWC teams from Tonga and Samoa to the global stage. Filipina was a stranger in a foreign land when she arrived in Leichhardt in 1980.
Terribly timid, he was a character who was greatly underestimated, and the mentors, who had little knowledge of the culture of the Pacific Islands, could hardly bring the best out of him.
Filipaina and Balmain showed outstanding football. An indication that he was a formidable attacker and defender, often delivering shocking blows. Less prominent were the East Rural areas in 1985 and North Sydney in 1986-87.
Despite the fact that it was in the RWC season that Philipina showed the most remarkable fulfillment of his calling. The history books show that Australia won the series 2-1. But they don’t tell the story of how the Filipinos dominated Wally Lewis, the Australian tycoon.
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