Samoa has potential to win Singapore 7s

Despite losing out in the Cup semifinal at the Hong Kong 7s last week, Samoa will still be a team to watch in Singapore, this week.

The team missed out on its chance of featuring in the main final after losing to France 19-12.

The Gordon Tietjens coached side won two of its pool games and lost to South Africa 21-7 in its final pool game.

After the semifinal loss, the team then went on to settle in fourth place in the tournament after losing to USA 22-10.

After the competition in So Kon Po, Samoa’s Alamanda Motuga is ranked second in the DHL’s performance tracker with 231 points.

Samoa will take on Spain in their first match of the Singapore 7s before taking on Japan on Saturday.

Their third match will be against New Zealand, also on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Samoa is currently ranked 6th in the World Sevens Series with 74 points.

     

Author: 
Josephine Navula