The Samoa women's national rugby union team is a national sporting side of

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono an ...

, representing the nation at

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. The side first played in 2000.

History

Samoa has attended three World Cups, namely the

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and 2014 Rugby World Cups. Samoa won the 2019 Asia Pacific Championship in

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. In 2021, they were scheduled to play two test matches against

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in July but the matches were canceled due to the

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. Samoa and Hong Kong both withdrew from the Final Qualification Tournament in Dubai due to travel restrictions caused by COVID-19.

Record

Rugby World Cup

Overall

Players

Previous squads

Coaches

References

External links

Samoan rugby union news from Planet Rugby

Pacific Islanders Rugby Team Supporters Site

The information website for supporters of the Manu Samoa Rugby Team

World Cup 2007 Preview

Manu Samoa - World Cup 2007
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Rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...