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Samoa National Under-20 Rugby Union Team
The Samoa under-20 rugby union team is Samoa's junior national team. They represent Samoa at the IRB Junior World Championship. After the 2010 Junior World Championship they were relegated to the Junior World Rugby Trophy for second tier nations. They were later promoted to the 2012 Junior World Championship after finishing as winners of the 2011 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy. The team also competes at the Oceania U20 Championship as of 2015. Squad Management * Semo Sititi – Head coach *Andy Ripley – Team manager *Robert Johnston – Assistant coach * Orene Ai'i – Assistant coach *Joshua Ioane – Physiotherapist *Neru Leavasa – Team doctor *Andrew Clark – Technical assistant *Jed Knox – Trainer Wins against Tier 1 nations Full internationals 2008: Alatasi Tupou, Maselino Paulo, Roysiu Tolufale (2008), Misioka Timoteo, Afa Aiono, Semiperive Semeane (2009), Richard Muagututia, Levi Asifa'amatala (2010), Fa'atoina Autagavaia (2012), Vavae Tuilagi (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semo Sititi
Semo Sititi (born 6 March 1974) is a rugby union footballer in Samoa. He was born in Motootua. Career He is a flanker and last played for Ricoh in Japan, having previously played for Celtic League side Border Reivers and Manu Samoa internationally. He made his test debut in 1999 against Japan in Apia, Samoa. Of Manu Samoa's squad of 30 at the 1999 Rugby World Cup Sititi was the only one based in Samoa. Sititi took over the role of captain of Samoa when Pat Lam retired after the 1999 Rugby Union World Cup. He has also skippered the Samoa 7s team, including a trip to the 2001 Rugby World Cup 7s in Argentina. In 2000, he won a Super 12 contract with the Wellington Hurricanes, making five appearances, he also played 13 times for Wellington in the National Provincial Championship scoring one try. In 2002 he joined Cardiff and then Borders in Scotland, where he played for two seasons and then signed for the Newcastle Falcons and later returned to Borders in 2005. He played in the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
(also called Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium) is a rugby union stadium located in the Aoyama district of central Tokyo, Japan. It is the spiritual home of Japanese rugby union and the headquarters of the Japan Rugby Football Union. Named for Prince Chichibu, the late brother of Emperor Hirohito, the venue is used mostly for rugby sevens and rugby union matches. Redevelopment plans call for the stadium and the adjacent Meiji Jingu Stadium, used for baseball, to be demolished and replaced with new facilities. Facilities The stadium currently can accommodate 27,188 spectators, but only part of the stands are covered. A large electronic scoreboard was added to the grounds as a step toward modernization before the fifth Rugby World Cup in 2003. On April 19, 2007, it was announced that the stadium was to be equipped with lights for night games by the end of July, to assist with the RWC 2015 bid. The first rugby game under lights was Japan v Asian Barbarians in August 2007, the sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbie Fergusson
Robbie Fergusson (born 30 August 1993) is a Scottish rugby union player who plays international rugby for Great Britain 7s. He formerly played for Glasgow Warriors and London Scottish, and will re-join Glasgow Warriors in January 2022. Rugby Union career Amateur career Fergusson had been playing for amateur club Ayr RFC for a number of seasons, since joining the club's mini-rugby section; progressing through the ranks and making his first-team debut as a 17-year-old while still a pupil at Wellington School in his hometown. His rugby development was curtailed on being diagnosed with cancer. After chemotherapy treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Fergusson returned to rugby in October 2014. Fergusson was assigned Ayr in the Pro draft for the Scottish Premiership sides from Scotland 7s for the season 2017-18. Professional career Fergusson has represented Glasgow at under-16, under-17, and under-18. Fergusson trained with Glasgow Warriors in the 2013–14 season. He played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damien Hoyland
Damien Hoyland (born 11 January 1994) is a Scottish rugby union player who is signed to Old Glory DC in Major League Rugby. Age grade rugby The James Gillespie's HS former pupil represented Scotland under-17 as well as Edinburgh at under-16, under-17 and under-18 levels. He was part of the Scotland under-17 Sevens team which took part in the Youth Commonwealth Games on the Isle of Man in 2011. Sevens In February 2015, he was named in the Wellington Sevens World Rugby dream team, after scoring seven tries, which made him the events top try scorer. International Hoyland made his full international debut in the summer of 2015, and to date has garnered four caps. He scored his first test try during a 2017 summer victory over Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommaso Allan
Tommaso Allan (Tommy) (; born 26 April 1993) is an Italian professional rugby union player who primarily plays fly-half for Perpignan of the French Top 14. He has also represented Italy at international level, having made his test debut against Australia during the 2013 Autumn Internationals. Allan has previously played for Harlequins and Benetton, as well as an earlier stint at Perpignan. Early life & youth rugby Allan was part of the London Wasps Academy in 2011 before captaining the RGS High Wycombe rugby side. He won the Under-19 Provincial Championship while playing for Western Province in South Africa and at the end of his contract there, he joined Perpignan. Club career Allan signed for French Top 14 side Perpignan shortly before the 2013–14 season. Allan made his debut for Perpignan on 8 September 2013 against Racing Métro at Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir in the Hauts-de-Seine, Paris. Perpignan lost 19–16, with Allan kicking one conversion (56th minute) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AJ Alatimu
AJ Alatimu (born 25 March 1993) is a Samoan rugby union player who plays for the Houston Sabercats of Major League Rugby Major League Rugby (MLR) is a professional rugby union competition in the United States. The league comprises 11 teams. While operating outside of the governance and oversight of the national governing body, the league is officially sanctioned ... (MLR) in the United States. His position of choice is fly-half. He also played for Western Force in the World Series Rugby competition. On 23 August 2019, he was named in Samoa's 34-man training squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, before being named in the final 31 on 31 August. References External links * Samoan rugby union players 1993 births Living people Samoa international rugby union players Rugby union fly-halves Rugby union centres Rugby union fullbacks Perth Spirit players Brisbane City (rugby union) players Seattle Seawolves players Counties Manukau rugby union players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calvary Fonoti
Calvary ( or ) or Golgotha () was a site immediately outside Jerusalem's walls where, according to Christianity's four canonical gospels, Jesus was crucified. Since at least the early medieval period, it has been a destination for pilgrimage. The exact location of Calvary has been traditionally associated with a place now enclosed within one of the southern chapels of the multidenominational Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a site said to have been recognized by the Roman empress Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, during her visit to the Holy Land in 325. Other locations have been suggested: in the 19th century, Protestant scholars proposed a different location near the Garden Tomb on Green Hill (now "Skull Hill") about north of the traditional site and historian Joan Taylor has more recently proposed a location about to its south-southeast. Biblical references and names The English names Calvary and Golgotha derive from the Vulgate Latin , and (all meaning "plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Slater
Paul John Slater (born 22 March 1958) is a retired Anglican bishop. From 2015 until January 2022, he served as the Bishop of Kirkstall, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Leeds. He was previously the Archdeacon of Craven from 2005 to April 2014, Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven from April 2014 to July 2015, and the Bishop of Richmond from 2015 until his title (but not his role) changed to Bishop of Kirkstall in 2018. Early life Slater was born on 22 March 1958. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School, then a direct grant grammar school in Bradford, Yorkshire. He studied chemistry at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree, which was later promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) degree in 1983. In 1981, Slater entered Cranmer Hall (part of St John's College, Durham) to study for ordination. He graduated from Durham University with a BA degree in theology in 1983 and completed a further year of training for ministry at Cranmer Hall. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melani Nanai
Melani Nanai (born 3 August 1993) is a Samoan rugby union player who plays as an outside back for the Vancouver Highlanders. Early career Born and raised in Samoa, Nanai came to New Zealand to attend high school at De La Salle College in the southern part of Auckland. He later returned home to his native Samoa at the end of his 5th form in 2009 before returning to New Zealand in 2011. He worked packing boxes and doing dispatch in East Tāmaki while playing club rugby, first for Otahuhu and latterly for Manukau Rovers where he came under the wing of All Black legend, Frank Bunce. His brother's, Kitiona and Codemeru Vai, are currently contracted to the All Blacks 7's squad. His father Kitiona Nanai Vai was a Samoan Rugby international, whilst his sister Corina Nanai Vai and his wife, Bridie Nanai also represented Auckland Storm in the Farah Palmer Cup. Senior career Although not initially named in the Auckland squad for the 2014 ITM Cup, Nanai's impressive form at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Rugby Federation
The French Rugby Federation (, ; FFR) is the governing body for rugby union in France. It is responsible for the French national team and the Ligue nationale de rugby that administers the country's professional leagues. History Before the FFR was established, football, rugby union and other sports in France were regulated by the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques (USFSA). Founded in November 1890, the USFSA was initially headquartered in Paris, but its membership soon expanded to include sports clubs from throughout France.''The Official History of the Olympic Games and the IOC- Athens to Beijing, 1894–2008'': David Miller (2008) The FFR was formed in 1919 and is affiliated to World Rugby, the sport's governing body. In 1934 the FFR set up the ''Fédération internationale de rugby amateur'', now known as Rugby Europe, in an attempt to organise rugby union outside the authority of World Rugby, then known as the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascal Gaüzère
Pascal Gaüzère (born 23 April 1977) is a retired referee from Montfort-en-Chalosse in France who represented the French Rugby Federation at international level in refereeing. He officiated at the highest level from 2006 to 2021, refereeing matches in the club tournaments, Top 14, Pro12, Challenge Cup, and Heineken Cup. He made his international refereeing debut in 2009, when he refereed the match between Tonga under-20s and Wales under-20s in the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship. He was once again on the IRB panel for the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship, refereeing several matches including the final between Australia under-20s and New Zealand under-20s. In late 2010, Gaüzère made his debut at professional level, touch judging and refereeing in four matches in the 2010 end-of-year rugby union tests. His first match as match referee was between Georgia and Canada. Later on he was part of the 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying match between Romania and Uruguay. On 4 D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Football Union
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the Sports governing body, national governing body for rugby union in England. It was founded in 1871, and was the sport's international governing body prior to the formation of what is now known as World Rugby (WR) in 1886. It promotes and runs the sport, organises international matches for the England national rugby union team, England national team, and educates and trains players and officials. The RFU is an industrial and provident society owned by over 2,000 member clubs, representing over 2.5 million registered players, and forms the largest rugby union society in the world, and one of the largest sports organisations in England. It is based at Twickenham Stadium, London. In September 2010 the equivalent women's rugby body, the Rugby Football Union for Women (RFUW), was able to nominate a member to the RFU Council to represent women and girls rugby. The RFUW was integrated into the RFU in July 2012. Early history (19th century) For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
