3 Apr 2017

Sport: Samoa names team for Hong Kong 7s

6:28 am on 3 April 2017

Samoa's Alatasi Tupou is back in the line up for the next two legs of the World Sevens series in Hong Kong and Singapore.

Fiji and Samoa performed below expectations in Sydney.

Fiji and Samoa performed below expectations in Sydney. Photo: PHOTOSPORT

He is the remaining player of the Manu Sevens World Champions 2010 still in form and contention and led BBE Vaiala in the Cup Championship of the recent Marist International Sevens at Apia Park.

The team has shown some improvement in the last two legs and is ranked 13th in the overall standings.

The Manu Sevens team are:

1. FAALEMIGA SELESELE - Moata'a/Hawkes Bay, Satupa'itea, Moata'a, Salelologa

2. TOMASI ALOSIO - Hutt Old Boys Marist, Wellington/ Levi Saleimoa/ Falefa

3. LAFAELE VAA - Vailele

4 TILA MEALOI - Apia Maroons, Apia

5. ALEX SAMOA - Ardmore Marist/Counties, Auckland, NZ

6. JOE PEREZ - Marist St Joseph's Vaigaga

7. SAMOA TOLOA - Sasa'ai Sa'asa'ai, Mulifanua, Sato'alepai

8. ALATASI TUPOU - BBE Vaiala, Vaipuna

9. ALAMANDA MOTUGA - Marist Auckland, Sa'anapu & Sataoa

10. DANIEL KAYES - Vaiala, New Zealand

11. GORDON LANGKILDE - Moataa, A'ana

12. SAVELIO ROPATI - Marist Auckland, Auckland, NZ

13. SIAOSI ASOFOLAU - BBE Vaiala, Maninoa Siumu

14. MATHEW TUATAGALOA - Awanui, New Zealand