World Series

Samoa are yet to compete in any tournament this season, largely because of their government's strict Covid protocols.

They set up camp in Dubai in January in the hope that they could play during the second half of the campaign, but they didn't feature in Spain because of a COVID outbreak in the squad, and the next tournament in Singapore is two months away.

To add to Lakapi Samoa's woes, a letter has surfaced from the players which accuses team management of bullying and intimidation.

The Blitzboks beat England 24-14 in the cup final to finish two points clear of Fiji in the overall standings.

Captain Philip Snyman was full of praise for South Africa's performance.

"In the beginning of the tournament we said listen, we're not going to focus on the result, we want to go out and play some fantastic rugby and it's out of our hands," he said.

"We can only control the controllable and we made it so difficult for us but that's day one and we put it behind us.