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World Cup organisers hope to sell out Newcastle United's stadium when England take on Samoa, one of four Rugby League World Cup games in the city

Aix-en-Provence (France) (AFP) - Pene Pati remembers his teachers at university telling him: "Don't be ashamed if you don't make it because a lot of Pacific singers won't." In fact, they added, no one from Samoa had ever become an opera star.

Potentially serious faults in Guardian-class patrol boats may force some countries to pause use of vessels

Until his cousin, Bernard Afutiti, visited from the mainland nearly five years ago, the notion of playing college football had never occurred to Tyrone Taleni. And why would it? Taleni didn't know football. He'd neither played nor spent any time watching the sport. Sure, football might be ingrained into the…

It's easy to be cynical about international rugby league, but the emotions on show at Campbelltown were so real and raw it could convert the game's harshest critics, writes Nick Campton.

Samoa's wealth of NRL experience has paved the way for a 42-12 over the Cook Islands in their Pacific Test at Campbelltown Sports Stadium.

PNG edges Fiji to wrap up a day of Pacific Test football, after New Zealand beat Tonga 26-6 at an electric Mt Smart Stadium and Samoa thumped Cook Islands 42-12.

Wests Tigers winger David Nofoaluma says Samoa can be among the heavyweight teams at the Rugby League World Cup, which begins in October.

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It's been a lean few years for Samoa, but the island nation still has the potential to become an international rugby league powerhouse.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong was no doubt expecting a cooler reception than her three previous visits to the Pacific when she touched down in Honiara last Friday. The Solomon Islands government website had not even listed the Australian minister’s visit – but it did note the first visit of a…