This follows after the 60-year-old stepped down from his role as the All Blacks Sevens coach last month after a 22-year stint.
During that time, New Zealand won four Commonwealth Games gold medals, 12 World Rugby Sevens Series titles and two Sevens World Championship titles.
Planet Rugby’s David Skipper caught up with former Samoa, Bath, Gloucester, Coca-Cola Red Sparks centre Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu, who is now working as a lawyer in Samoa, to talk on his views on Tietjens’ appointment and the state of the game in Samoa.
