APIA, Samoa: There was a time when Alofaaga Sao would bundle 32 coconuts together to use for weight training at his home on the remote ...
APIA, Samoa: There was a time when Alofaaga Sao would bundle 32 coconuts together to use for weight training at his home on the remote palm-fringed Samoan island of Savai'i.
Schwalger told Reuters that young players were finding a pathway to international rugby through the programme, which is designed to train children and identify talent that would otherwise be missed. "For me, this is my job," said Sao, who is nicknamed"love" by his team-mates; a direct English translation of his shortened first name, Alofa.While Samoa and other Pasifika nations produce large quantities of talented players that bolster union and league clubs around the world, professionalism has harmed the progress of their own national teams.
Tonga have never advanced beyond the pool stages, while Fiji made the quarter-finals twice, in the inaugural event in 1987 and again in 2007. The young players at the academy appear to have mixed allegiances when asked which team they support, with many citing regional power New Zealand as either their preferred team or team they most want to beat.
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