YOU sometimes worry about Samoan rugby – not just the habitual financial problems and the draining rugby politics – but their on-going ability to produce the exciting individuals that have lit up the modern game around the world.
So it was encouraging last week to see a predominantly homebased Samoa A team win the Americas Pacific Championship for the first time in Montevideo, unveiling a couple of genuinely exciting but previously unheralded talents in the process.
The Samoans beat an Argentina XV, the favourites, 36-31 in their opening game, dealt with Pacific neighbours Tonga...