Players of Pasifika and Māori heritage make up almost 50 per cent of the playing pool in the NRL A number of Pasifika players are opting to represent the Pacific nations of their heritage The ...

Crichton, already part of the Penrith Panthers set-up, was heading to England as a young gun in the Australian Schoolboys team ... decision to represent his Samoan heritage was never really ...

Another former rugby player ... Tasi, a 157 kg Samoan-Australian defensive tackle, has joined the squad through the league's International Player Pathway. He now enters a team owned by NFL ...

Delivered in partnership with Lakapi Samoa ... Australia A opportunity is critical to providing more of our players with international rugby experience," Fernandez said. "When combined with the ...

It’s the first time a team from outside of Australia, New Zealand, England and Great Britain has qualified for the Rugby League World Cup final since France in 1968. Samoa may go in as ...

So many Polynesian footy fans packed into Sydney Airport to welcome home their heroes from the Rugby ... Toa Samoa advanced to the final, and despite going down 30-10 to Australia, the players ...

The second member of Australia's 2025 class of International Player Pathway talent has signed with an NFL team ... was playing community rugby for Queensland Samoa before being told about the ...

Source: Facebook / Mehlehahneh Uofotop Samoa. A tiny island that's home to only 200,000 people, Samoa is preparing for its rugby league team to take on Australia in the Rugby League World Cup ...