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‘Make a decision’: Kevvie’s trump card in Haas’ Kangaroos defection as Samoa trio face looming call
Fox Sports
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July 24, 2025
Kevin Walters has made his first move as newly-appointed Kangaroos coach clear — stop Payne Haas from defecting ahead of this year’s Ashes series. Fears are growing the Australian side is facing a looming exodus of top talent, with the likes of...
High number of drownings in Samoa prompts outrigger school to start swim training
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 23, 2025
Every Saturday morning at Maninoa on the south coast of Upolu, at least 50 children turn up religiously to learn the traditional sport of va'a — and how to swim. Su'a Jay Ah Fook Schuster and his wife Tutasi, who started Alo Paopao Academy in Apia...
Pacific rhythms, global impact: Lifetime honour for music pioneer Foa’i
Pacific Media Network
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With musical influences that reach from island villages to Walt Disney studios, Opetaia Foa’i has an enduring legacy of language, activism, and pride. The 2025 Ministry for Pacific Peoples Lifetime Achievement Award will be awarded to Foa’i at the...
Opetaia Foa’i to Receive 2025 Pacific Music Awards Lifetime Achievement Award
TP+
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July 22, 2025
Opetaia Foa’i with daughter Olivia. Photo: Opetaia Foa’i / Facebook Opetaia Foa’i has been named the recipient of the Ministry for Pacific Peoples Lifetime Achievement Award at this years’ Pacific Music Awards. A pioneering artist, cultural...
Samoa confirm new assistant coach for Pacific Championships
Zero Tackle
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July 18, 2025
Melbourne Storm assistant coach Ryan Hinchcliffe will take the next step on his rugby league coaching journey when he becomes an assistant coach for Samoa at the 2025 Pacific Championships. The former NRL and English Super League forward has been...
Pacific Music Awards Lifetime Achievement Awarded To Opetaia Foa’i
Scoop
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The Pacific Music Awards Trust is proud to announce the 2025 Ministry for Pacific Peoples Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to one of the South Pacific’s most influential cultural and musical ambassadors - Opetaia Foa’i. An artist whose...
Samoa vs. Scotland Live Score, Updates & Rugby Highlights
FloRugby - Texas
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July 18, 2025
Scotland Rugby is looking to finish its Pacific Tour with a winning record while Manu Samoa hopes to start the 2025 season with win over a top-10 ranked team in the world. And they'll have one of the sport's grandest stages when their match that...
Red Roses legend Hunter believes Women's Rugby World Cup will change sport forever
Ealing Times
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England will play host to the biggest Women’s Rugby World Cup ever seen when it gets underway in Sunderland on 22 August. Ticket sales have already broken records, but Hunter believes the impact goes past just the game in England. “It is global....
Kevvie’s ‘really tough’ Kangaroos initiation as trio’s likely defection sparks fresh eligibility debate
Fox Sports
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Concerns have been raised over the future of International and State of Origin eligibility with incoming Kangaroos coach Kevin Walters facing the potential of three stars defecting ahead of the 2025 Ashes Tour. FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo...
Red Roses legend Sarah Hunter believes Women's Rugby World Cup will change sport forever
Chester Live
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July 21, 2025
Former England captain Sarah Hunter believes the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup will create a lasting legacy for the game. England will play host to the biggest Women’s Rugby World Cup ever seen when it gets under way in Sunderland on 22 August....
Red Roses legend Sarah Hunter believes Women's Rugby World Cup will change the sport forever
Bristol Post
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July 21, 2025
Former England captain Sarah Hunter believes the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup will create a lasting legacy for the game. England will play host to the biggest Women’s Rugby World Cup ever seen when it gets under way in Sunderland on 22 August....
Political will and vision needed to grow sports
Samoa Observer
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A great performance by Team Samoa at the Pacific Mini Games in Palau over the last two weeks. A small team of 47 returned with 67 medals in total, 27 of which are gold. A proud achievement for a nation of barely 200,000. A big congratulations to...
Gregor Brown called up to Lions tour over concerns of the fitness of lock Joe McCarthy
Medicine Hat News
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July 20, 2025
By Canadian Press on July 20, 2025. MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Scotland second rower Gregor Brown has been called up to the British and Irish Lions’ tour of Australia because of concerns over the fitness of lock Joe McCarthy. Brown was to join...
Pacific Islander Heritage Month activities launch with kickoff event at West High
KSL - Utah
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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's Pacific Islander community will be the focus of numerous events through August as part of Utah Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Heritage month activities in August are unique to Utah and stem from Gov. Gary Herbert's 2012...
Lions tours like this can’t happen again: go to Fiji and Samoa first
The Times
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Never mind the result. How desperately this British & Irish Lions tour and this Test needed the bite and spectacle, and the packed crowd at the Suncorp Stadium. There is a temptation to view this as the start of the tour. Until Saturday in...
'I'm not going to answer that just now...' Gregor Townsend refuses to be drawn on future after Scotland tour finishes with victory over Samoa
Daily Mail
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July 18, 2025
By CALUM CROWE Published: 08:25 EDT, 18 July 2025 | Updated: 08:25 EDT, 18 July 2025 Gregor Townsned refused to be drawn on his future as Scotland head coach after rounding off the summer tour with victory over Samoa in Auckland. The Scots scored...
Weekend sport preview: What is on and where to watch?
Westmeath Examiner
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Kenneth Fox There is a stacked weekend of sport ahead with a mix of big games both home and abroad. The All-Ireland hurling final is the big showcase event this weekend as Cork and Tipperary face off at Croke Park on Sunday. It was the Rebels who...
All Blacks midfielder Anton Lienert-Brown ruled out of season-opening NPC clash with shoulder injury
The New Zealand Herald
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July 29, 2025
The third test against the French was the only game the 85-test All Black featured in for the series, after sustaining a broken collarbone during Super Rugby Pacific in late April, requiring surgery. It comes after Lienert-Brown last week...
Excellent Live Music This Weekend in the NYC Area
The Aquarian Weekly - New Jersey
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July 18, 2025
Everynight Charley recommends the following 60+ concerts in the New York City area this weekend. Consult the web site or social media of the venue for more information about a show, including location and directions, parking, ticket availability,...
Scotland dispatch weak Samoa side — but Fiji defeat still in the memory
The Times
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Scotland ended their tour — and their season — on a high, but the spectre of Suva must still loom large in any overall assessment of this Pacific expedition. Gregor Townsend’s team responded in the only conceivable fashion to last week’s...