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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Patrick Skene

Samoa out to write final chapter of rugby league’s Pacific Revolution

Rugby Samoa NRL Toa Samoa Joseph Suaalii Mate Maa Tonga Junior Paulo World Cup Kangaroos
The Samoa team stand for the national anthem during June’s Pacific Test match against the Cook Islands at Campbelltown Stadium.
The Samoa team stand for the national anthem during June’s Pacific Test match against the Cook Islands at Campbelltown Stadium. Photograph: Steven Saphore/AAP

Images of Tagaloa, the giant Samoan creation God show him balancing on two islands and beaming with a smile. The islands were stepping stones for his Polynesian people that have always been on the move.

He would be proud of this Samoan rugby league team who are looking to make history and write the final chapter of the Pacific Revolution by becoming the first Pacific nation to make a Rugby League World Cup final.

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