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Are England dodging Samoa?
Lot's of moans from Samoans on social media how no teams ranked above them are scheduled to play them this season,a lot directed at the All Blacks being world champs in all you would expect it, but what about the richest Union England?
Why don't they play Samoa?
Scared?
Lose to many precious ranking points if they lost?
Prefer a non binding game with Pacific Island 15?
Not enough money in it?
Why don't they play Samoa?
Scared?
Lose to many precious ranking points if they lost?
Prefer a non binding game with Pacific Island 15?
Not enough money in it?
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I know, - to be fair going by his previous incarnation he can be pretty funny, without, you know, actually meaning to bequinsforever wrote:
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I remember Woodwards England fielding 16 players to scrape past Samoa in the 2003 glory cup.
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i don't remember Wales having any glory at the World Cup.....DeludedOptimistorjustDave wrote:I remember Woodwards England fielding 16 players to scrape past Samoa in the 2003 glory cup.
Why don't Wales play Samoa? Wales often put an extra international on to make an extra few pennies, would make sense as clearly Samoa and Wales both need it.
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Not sure why Samoa is complaining, they played in a tournament in June in SA against Scotland, Italy and SA.
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What Samoa are complaining about is that Australia and New Zealand are on their doorstep and yet have never sent a senior tour to the Pacific Islands. But that wouldn't make such a good thread for poor old deluded now would it.
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The only team I can recall that recently visited Samoa was Scotland.
So you can blame every other first tier team then, but then you can throw in plenty of teams that can complain about that
So you can blame every other first tier team then, but then you can throw in plenty of teams that can complain about that
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Biltong wrote:The only team I can recall that recently visited Samoa was Scotland.So you can blame every other first tier team then, but then you can throw in plenty of teams that can complain about that
Correct Biltong, but if anyone tried watching the game then you will know why the ABs will not play Samoa in Apia.
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Was it on tv?aucklandlaurie wrote:Correct Biltong, but if anyone tried watching the game then you will know why the ABs will not play Samoa in Apia.Biltong wrote:The only team I can recall that recently visited Samoa was Scotland.So you can blame every other first tier team then, but then you can throw in plenty of teams that can complain about that
According to a friend who went there, there is barely one decent hotel there while the only regular flights used to depart from aukland at 6am. Some people might think its like going from london to dublin but it aint at all
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No it wasnt on TV, and thats the point, there isnt the facilities there to film/broadcast a live International, therefore there will not be any TV revenue.the main ground only holds about 15,000 people, and the facilities are hardly adequate.
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I don't think it was televised much at all, I recall at the time only a few could watch it, we didn't get it in SA.
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No it wasnt on TV, and thats the point, there isnt the facilities there to film/broadcast a live International, therefore there will not be any TV revenue.the main ground only holds about 15,000 people, and the facilities are hardly adequate.
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The problem with Samoa is most of their internationals are bound to foreign contracts. NZ and Australia haven't visited Samoa on a "senior tour" is merely a technicality. The pacific nations cup regularly featured the NZ Maori or NZ A but in Samoa, Samoa could never name a decent line up and continually got handed their arses. There simply would be no point in NZ sending a full All Blacks team there to give them a 90 point hiding. Especially when Samoa can play the same game in Auckland, get more Samoan fans turn out and make more money.
Samoa have come on greatly in recent years and seem more impeded by an adjudication bias against their particular brand of hard hitting rugby. They can barely make a tackle in the NH without being penalised off the field. It's like the Bismark Du Plessis debacle but on a national scale.
The first step is to keep Polynesians in Polynesia by granting Samoa and their cousin islands places in super rugby rather than the endless Australian franchises that john O'neill wangled into existence. That would mean better availability to Samoa of NZ players (sorry "Samoan" players) and more likelihood of home games from
Big profile teams.
Samoa have come on greatly in recent years and seem more impeded by an adjudication bias against their particular brand of hard hitting rugby. They can barely make a tackle in the NH without being penalised off the field. It's like the Bismark Du Plessis debacle but on a national scale.
The first step is to keep Polynesians in Polynesia by granting Samoa and their cousin islands places in super rugby rather than the endless Australian franchises that john O'neill wangled into existence. That would mean better availability to Samoa of NZ players (sorry "Samoan" players) and more likelihood of home games from
Big profile teams.
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The trick would be for samoa (and perhaps even Tonga) to have a super xv franchise and base it in either Auckland or maybe Wellington.
Tests between the All blacks and Samoa should be played in Auckland,(Not to give the ABs home advantage) but to promote, and broadcast a quality product, the finanacial gain to samoa far outweighs doing anything up at Apia.
Samoans make up the largest group of non maori Polynesians in Aucklands population,the largest polynesian city in the World followed by Honolulu, Samoans are the backbone of rugby in the three Auckland unions (Auckland, North harbour and Counties/manakau).
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and I remember Wales v just the Western part of Samoa in Cardiff at the world cup in 91, do you View?DeludedOptimistorjustDave wrote:I remember Woodwards England fielding 16 players to scrape past Samoa in the 2003 glory cup.
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Wales 13 (just the Western bit ) Samoa 16ebop wrote:What happened?
Samoas first World Cup against Wales in CARDIFF ffs!!
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tigerleghorn wrote:Wales 13 (just the Western bit ) Samoa 16ebop wrote:What happened?
Samoas first World Cup against Wales in CARDIFF ffs!!
But didnt I read somewhere the other day that home world cups were much easier?
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Oh yeah,.......I'll get me coataucklandlaurie wrote:But didnt I read somewhere the other day that home world cups were much easier?tigerleghorn wrote:Wales 13 (just the Western bit ) Samoa 16ebop wrote:What happened?
Samoas first World Cup against Wales in CARDIFF ffs!!
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They are Laurie, but only if it's NZ and SA. Otherwise it's really hard.
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Anyway, three years later, Wales out for revenge managed.......Western Samoa 34-9 Wales!tigerleghorn wrote:and I remember Wales v just the Western part of Samoa in Cardiff at the world cup in 91, do you View?DeludedOptimistorjustDave wrote:I remember Woodwards England fielding 16 players to scrape past Samoa in the 2003 glory cup.
Well, this must have fired up Wales because in the next time they met in CARDIFF in 99.......Wales 31-38 Samoa!!
Glad you brought this up Deluded?
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Yeah but to be fair to them they did have the last laugh last year when it was Wales 19-26 Samoa.tigerleghorn wrote:Anyway, three years later, Wales out for revenge managed.......Western Samoa 34-9 Wales!tigerleghorn wrote:and I remember Wales v just the Western part of Samoa in Cardiff at the world cup in 91, do you View?DeludedOptimistorjustDave wrote:I remember Woodwards England fielding 16 players to scrape past Samoa in the 2003 glory cup.
Well, this must have fired up Wales because in the next time they met in CARDIFF in 99.......Wales 31-38 Samoa!!
Glad you brought this up Deluded?
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If I recall England last year or the year before gave their entire profits of a AI test match between themselves and AUS to help I believe the Samoan union who were struggling financially.
Anyone else done that???
Anyone else done that???
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You mean when the put on a Dan luger for 1 minute.... where he contributed zero carries and zero tackles in the match?DeludedOptimistorjustDave wrote:I remember Woodwards England fielding 16 players to scrape past Samoa in the 2003 glory cup.
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But we're a tier 2 nation - hence why this world cup we're in a group with England and Aus. Why would Samoa want a tier 2 nation to tour them??? They want a tier 1 nation to help them prepare for the world cup, which precludes Wales from this argument.
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By RWC definition aren't you 3rd tierGriff wrote:But we're a tier 2 nation - hence why this world cup we're in a group with England and Aus. Why would Samoa want a tier 2 nation to tour them??? They want a tier 1 nation to help them prepare for the world cup, which precludes Wales from this argument.
AUS were in the first pot, England in the second. You were in the third with us Scots! Ah the joys of pro rugby....
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fa0019 wrote:By RWC definition aren't you 3rd tierGriff wrote:But we're a tier 2 nation - hence why this world cup we're in a group with England and Aus. Why would Samoa want a tier 2 nation to tour them??? They want a tier 1 nation to help them prepare for the world cup, which precludes Wales from this argument.
AUS were in the first pot, England in the second. You were in the third with us Scots! Ah the joys of pro rugby....
Yep, that's what I meant sorry. So yes, a tier 3/pot 3 nation. Why would Samoa want a tier 3 nation touring them???
And how can England lose so heavily to a tier 3 nation???
(Sorry!)
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It smacked of arrogance that the English thought their team management were superior to the match officials on the day and that they could ignore standard professional match protocols just because they were England.fa0019 wrote:You mean when the put on a Dan luger for 1 minute.... where he contributed zero carries and zero tackles in the match?DeludedOptimistorjustDave wrote:I remember Woodwards England fielding 16 players to scrape past Samoa in the 2003 glory cup.
The referee should have awarded a penalty against England on field and the team administrators responsible should have been suspended.
Unfortunately the RFU wielded its political and financial clout and instead saw to it that a match official was sanctioned bizarrely for attempting to make England stick to the laws.
It was a sad and black day for rugby.
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The team official was suspended and they were fined.GloriousEmpire wrote:It smacked of arrogance that the English thought their team management were superior to the match officials on the day and that they could ignore standard professional match protocols just because they were England.fa0019 wrote:You mean when the put on a Dan luger for 1 minute.... where he contributed zero carries and zero tackles in the match?DeludedOptimistorjustDave wrote:I remember Woodwards England fielding 16 players to scrape past Samoa in the 2003 glory cup.
The referee should have awarded a penalty against England on field and the team administrators responsible should have been suspended.
Unfortunately the RFU wielded its political and financial clout and instead saw to it that a match official was sanctioned bizarrely for attempting to make England stick to the laws.
It was a sad and black day for rugby.
Black day for rugby why? It didn't change the result, it didn't impact the game, it was a mistake, they got fined. Whats the big deal?
Has it caused unwanted issues subsequently in rugby since? No.
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Didn't we also win by 13 points?tigerleghorn wrote:and I remember Wales v just the Western part of Samoa in Cardiff at the world cup in 91, do you View?DeludedOptimistorjustDave wrote:I remember Woodwards England fielding 16 players to scrape past Samoa in the 2003 glory cup.
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This forum is absolute gold sometimes - more jealously of England!
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Mate, don't make the mistake in assuming GE requires an intelligent response. It was just a fire and forget fishing post. Just another of the endless wums generated by the terminally tedious Baron Münchausen of Mayfair/ Cuba / NZ and indeed anywhere you or anyone else has been.fa0019 wrote:The team official was suspended and they were fined.GloriousEmpire wrote:It smacked of arrogance that the English thought their team management were superior to the match officials on the day and that they could ignore standard professional match protocols just because they were England.fa0019 wrote:You mean when the put on a Dan luger for 1 minute.... where he contributed zero carries and zero tackles in the match?DeludedOptimistorjustDave wrote:I remember Woodwards England fielding 16 players to scrape past Samoa in the 2003 glory cup.
The referee should have awarded a penalty against England on field and the team administrators responsible should have been suspended.
Unfortunately the RFU wielded its political and financial clout and instead saw to it that a match official was sanctioned bizarrely for attempting to make England stick to the laws.
It was a sad and black day for rugby.
Black day for rugby why? It didn't change the result, it didn't impact the game, it was a mistake, they got fined. Whats the big deal?
Has it caused unwanted issues subsequently in rugby since? No.
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It's always the western part of Samoa.ChequeredJersey wrote:Didn't we also win by 13 points?tigerleghorn wrote:and I remember Wales v just the Western part of Samoa in Cardiff at the world cup in 91, do you View?DeludedOptimistorjustDave wrote:I remember Woodwards England fielding 16 players to scrape past Samoa in the 2003 glory cup.
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GloriousEmpire wrote:It's always the western part of Samoa.ChequeredJersey wrote:Didn't we also win by 13 points?tigerleghorn wrote:and I remember Wales v just the Western part of Samoa in Cardiff at the world cup in 91, do you View?DeludedOptimistorjustDave wrote:I remember Woodwards England fielding 16 players to scrape past Samoa in the 2003 glory cup.
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Almost as black as Engs classic away strip in 2011.GloriousEmpire wrote:It smacked of arrogance that the English thought their team management were superior to the match officials on the day and that they could ignore standard professional match protocols just because they were England.fa0019 wrote:You mean when the put on a Dan luger for 1 minute.... where he contributed zero carries and zero tackles in the match?DeludedOptimistorjustDave wrote:I remember Woodwards England fielding 16 players to scrape past Samoa in the 2003 glory cup.
The referee should have awarded a penalty against England on field and the team administrators responsible should have been suspended.
Unfortunately the RFU wielded its political and financial clout and instead saw to it that a match official was sanctioned bizarrely for attempting to make England stick to the laws.
It was a sad and black day for rugby.
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We played them last year (cue jokes). We're playing Tonga this year. So Wales ARE helping...nathan wrote:i don't remember Wales having any glory at the World Cup.....DeludedOptimistorjustDave wrote:I remember Woodwards England fielding 16 players to scrape past Samoa in the 2003 glory cup.
Why don't Wales play Samoa? Wales often put an extra international on to make an extra few pennies, would make sense as clearly Samoa and Wales both need it.
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I don't understand why Tonga are getting to play against France and Wales but yet Samoa are only playing Ireland?
Also Fiji are only getting to play against Italy and a meaningless game against the Barbarians this year, in their centurion year.
This is their only time they can send out near full strength teams so its really dissapointing.
Also Fiji are only getting to play against Italy and a meaningless game against the Barbarians this year, in their centurion year.
This is their only time they can send out near full strength teams so its really dissapointing.
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A thought, do England dodge the Samoans because it would be embarrassing for them when there Samoan player steps up for the wrong anthem?
Oh wait wait silly me can't be that because they would dodge South Africa,NewZealand and USA as well if that was the case.
Oh wait wait silly me can't be that because they would dodge South Africa,NewZealand and USA as well if that was the case.
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Lots of scores being thrown around this thread regarding Wales v Samoa good to see Samoa getting some recognition for beating Last years Grandslam champs and this year Championship holders,
Maybe that why England avoid them?
They seen them beat a team that handed them their balls on a plate!
Maybe that why England avoid them?
They seen them beat a team that handed them their balls on a plate!
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Do you want to discuss Englands record v Samoa View or shall we just suck on a thoughtful tooth re Wales and anyone south of the equator?DeludedOptimistorjustDave wrote:Lots of scores being thrown around this thread regarding Wales v Samoa good to see Samoa getting some recognition for beating Last years Grandslam champs and this year Championship holders,
Maybe that why England avoid them?
They seen them beat a team that handed them their balls on a plate!
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This whole thread seems motivated by a desire to have a pop At my adopted home country of England. I for one am outraged!
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Of all the things to pick to wum about England the Welshman picks Samoa!tigerleghorn wrote:Do you want to discuss Englands record v Samoa View or shall we just suck on a thoughtful tooth re Wales and anyone south of the equator?DeludedOptimistorjustDave wrote:Lots of scores being thrown around this thread regarding Wales v Samoa good to see Samoa getting some recognition for beating Last years Grandslam champs and this year Championship holders,
Maybe that why England avoid them?
They seen them beat a team that handed them their balls on a plate!
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GloriousEmpire wrote:This whole thread seems motivated by a desire to have a pop At my adopted home country of England. I for one am outraged!
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Oh got into a wrold cu final did you, sorry couldn't remember, what was it 10 year ago. What since.nathan wrote:i don't remember Wales having any glory at the World Cup.....DeludedOptimistorjustDave wrote:I remember Woodwards England fielding 16 players to scrape past Samoa in the 2003 glory cup.
Why don't Wales play Samoa? Wales often put an extra international on to make an extra few pennies, would make sense as clearly Samoa and Wales both need it.
3 Grands Slams
A six nations Championship
And quarter Final in the most current world cup
Oh no thats us sorry
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Thunks fur yor risponss NEXT!!!Jhamer25 wrote:Oh got into a wrold cu final did you, sorry couldn't remember, what was it 10 year ago. What since.nathan wrote:i don't remember Wales having any glory at the World Cup.....DeludedOptimistorjustDave wrote:I remember Woodwards England fielding 16 players to scrape past Samoa in the 2003 glory cup.
Why don't Wales play Samoa? Wales often put an extra international on to make an extra few pennies, would make sense as clearly Samoa and Wales both need it.
3 Grands Slams
A six nations Championship
And quarter Final in the most current world cup
Oh no thats us sorry
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Actually it was three World Cup finals son.Jhamer25 wrote:Oh got into a wrold cu final did you, sorry couldn't remember, what was it 10 year ago. What since.nathan wrote:i don't remember Wales having any glory at the World Cup.....DeludedOptimistorjustDave wrote:I remember Woodwards England fielding 16 players to scrape past Samoa in the 2003 glory cup.
Why don't Wales play Samoa? Wales often put an extra international on to make an extra few pennies, would make sense as clearly Samoa and Wales both need it.
3 Grands Slams
A six nations Championship
And quarter Final in the most current world cup
Oh no thats us sorry
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When was that? I forgets.
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Please Gareth, lets not start again. It was 91, 03 and 07 ok?The Saint wrote:When was that? I forgets.
The posts here are directed towards View/Deluded, nothing anti- Welsh....move along chap (and take jhamer with you please)
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