DAN LEO

EXPERT ANALYST ON PACIFIC NATIONS

Local hero: Melani Matavao finishes a great Samoa move to score against Germany

No guts, fear in the contact area, and the mind-set of mere kids – the words spoken to Samoa’s national rugby team by Prime Minister, and Samoa Rugby Chairman, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi last week while addressing his side prior to the first of a two-leg World Cup qualification series against Germany.
“If you lose this game, I will expect your resignations immediately,” he went on to say. While the rest of the rugby world ...