The Latest Breaking News from Samoa

Samoa scrum-half was off-target with a drop goal effort in extra-time as Wakefield almost stun Super League champions St Helens and also earlier hit the post twice but he's confident they can still avoid relegation

Hosts England will play Samoa in Newcastle in the opener which will include a welcome event, tickets are selling well for Kingston Park games too

The latest rugby headlines and news bulletins from Wales and beyond

Rising debt and declining income seem to add up to an austere future for Pacific Island nations. But belt-tightening may make things worse.

Tonga face Samoa in the Pacific Nations Cup on Saturday

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

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…

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