Manuma Samoa

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Manuma Samoa
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UnionSamoa Rugby Union[1]
Founded2019 (Kagifa Samoa)
2020 (Manuma Samoa)
GroundApia Park (Cap: 12,000)
CoachBrian Lima
CaptainPatrick Fa’apale
LeagueGlobal Rapid Rugby
Union website
www.manusamoa.com

Manuma Samoa is a professional rugby union team based in Samoa that plays in the Global Rapid Rugby competition.[1] Founded in 2019 as Kagifa Samoa, the team is backed by the Samoa Rugby Union.[2]

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Manuma, in Samoan, refers to the many-colored fruit dove (Ptilinopus perousii), a small dove found in that country.[3][4] The team logo includes the head of a manuma bird in profile beneath the Southern Cross in white on a blue background.[1]

History

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File:Kagifa Samoa logo.png
Kagifa logo 2019

Kagifa Samoa

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The Kagifa Samoa team was established in 2019 and competed in the Pacific Showcase series during the inaugural year of Global Rapid Rugby.[2][5] In Samoan colloquial speech, a kagifa refers to an enormous wild fish or shark that wreaked havoc in Polynesian mythical legend,[2] and which is more formally referred to as tanifa.

The team was backed by Pacific Sports International in partnership with the Samoa Rugby Union.[2] The 2019 squad included Samoan-based players,[2][6] Tongans, Fijians and New Zealanders as well as Samoan-eligible players based in Australia and New Zealand.[6][7][8]

Manuma Samoa

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The team was renamed Manuma Samoa with the backing of the Samoa Rugby Union for the 2020 Rapid Rugby season.[9]

Home field

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Manuma Samoa plays home games at Apia Park Stadium. Due to construction at Apia Park in 2019 for the Pacific Games,[10][11] the team's home matches for the Rapid Rugby Pacific Showcase were moved to Pukekohe Stadium in Auckland and Ballymore Stadium in Brisbane.[12]

Squad

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The Manuma squad for the 2020 Global Rapid Rugby season:

Manuma Samoa – 2020 Global Rapid Rugby [A]
Hooker
Prop
Lock
Backrow
Scrum-half
First five
Centre
Wing
Fullback
Notes:
  1. ^ Initial squad was named in November 2019.[1]
Bold denotes player is internationally capped. (c) Denotes team captain. 1 denotes marquee player.

Records

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Season standings

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Global Rapid Rugby

Year Pos Pld W D L PF PA +/− BP Pts Play-offs
2019 * 3rd 4 0 0 4 96 184 −288 3 3 —

Notes:

^* 2019 Rapid Rugby matches in the Pacific showcase.

Head coaches

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Captains

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See also

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References

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Archives

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