Manu Samoa got their Pacific Nations Cup campaign back on track. Photo: World Rugby
Manu Samoa
Manu Samoa rugby team head coach Lemalu Tusiata Pisi says he is working with players who are in the squad for Friday's one-off Test match against Scotland in Auckland.
Lemalu, a former Manu Samoa captain, will be missing a number of top players who have club commitments.
The current squad will also prepare for the upcoming Pacific Nations Cup series in August, which will also double as a qualifier for the 2027 Rugby World Cup.
The Samoans meet Scotland at Eden Park, the game scheduled to kick off at 8.05pm on Friday.
Flying Fijians
Two Flying Fijian players have been named in the combined First Nations and Pasifika squad to face the British and Irish Lions next Tuesday in Melbourne.
Prop Mesake Doge and lock Mesake Vocevoce are part of the first First Nations and Pasifika team to meet the touring side.
The two were part of the Fijian team that lost to the Wallabies two weekends ago in Sydney and defeated Scotland in Suva last Saturday.
The combined First Nations and Pasifika team will be coached by former Wallaby Toutai Kefu.
OFC Nations Cup
The four semi-finalists in the OFC Women's Nations Cup 2025 have been confirmed, following the completion of pool matches at the weekend.
Defending champions Papua New Guinea will meet hosts Fiji in the first semi-final in Suva on Wednesday afternoon.
The second match will see Solomon Islands take on Samoa later that evening.
Meanwhile, Tonga have claimed seventh position after they defeated Cook Islands 1-0 in the seventh and eighth place play-off Monday.
T20 World Cup
Fiji will host the ICC Women's T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier in September.
Matches will be held in Suva and will feature Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Japan, Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji and the Philippines.
Fiji is pooled with Indonesia, Cook Islands and Vanuatu.
The second pool has PNG, Japan, Samoa and the Philippines pit against each other.
Hunters
The Papua New Guinea Hunters rugby league lost 46-30 to the Central Queensland Capras on Saturday, sending the team out of the top eight in the Hostplus Cup competition.
Needing a win to keep their hopes of a play-off berth alive, the Kumuls were left second best as the Capras took control of the game at the end.
Capras led 30-8 at halftime.
