District development funds will be used to support the newly launched Samoa Rugby Football Union (SRFU), according to its chairman, Matafeo George Latu.Matafeo announced during the union’s official launch on Friday that it would receive assistance from the Government’s SAT$2 million allocations t...
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Rugby union
By Sulamanaia Manaui Faulalo
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02 August 2026, 10:00PM
The Samoa Rugby Football Union (SRFU), a rival organisation to Lakapi Samoa, officially launched at the Sheraton Samoa Aggie…
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A World Rugby delegation is expected to arrive in Samoa on Thursday for an Oceania regional meeting hosted by Lakapi Samoan on…
The Government was expected to respond in writing on Friday to a World Rugby proposal for an independent review of Lakapi Samoa,…
Lakapi Samoa chairman Namulauulu Sami Leota has raised concerns that the establishment of a rival rugby union could create…
