Samoa

A number of new faces have been included in the Samoa women's rugby league team to take on the Kiwi Ferns in Auckland on Saturday.

The first repatriation flight from the US to Samoa this month, will be bringing back 150 sailors stranded overseas.

Samoa's Electoral Court is this week starting hearing 20 petitions filed against the eligibility of some of the 200 election candidates.

The Samoa women's rugby league team are gearing up for their test match against New Zealand next weekend, kicking of their first training session in Auckland earlier this week.

The 12th repatriation flight into Samoa arrived with more than 300 passengers from Auckland, New Zealand.

Samoan seasonal workers waiting to get back to New Zealand are eager to return.

In Samoa two Parliamentary seats have been declared vacant by the Speaker, Leaupepe Toleafoa Faafisi.

The Samoa government has announced it is extending the state of emergency orders on the coronavirus pandemic, effectively pushing the restrictions into its eighth month.

A three-day trial camp has boosted the Samoa women's rugby team in the lead up to their World Cup qualifying match against Tonga next month.

Former Manu Samoa fullback Mike Umaga is resigned to watching his son's test rugby debut from the couch.

Samoa's Electoral Commission office will be facing legal challenges for disqualifying some of the 2021 election candidates.

Two hundred candidates have been registered for Samoa's general election in April next year.

A former Samoa rugby league international has high hopes that more high-profile players will choose to represent their Pacific heritage.