Speaking at the launch this week, Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi said,” the magnitude of the World Nines tournament is the first of its kind in rugby league to be played on our home soil.”
“While this will focus on international interest on Samoa as a sporting nation, it will also portray our capacity to host world events, and demonstrate the capabilities of our sports personnel and infrastructure that have made it possible to conduct and facilitate several international sporting events in the past.”
