Category: Press Release

๐๐„๐๐ˆ๐๐€ ๐’๐€๐Œ๐Ž๐€ ๐’๐๐”๐€๐ƒ ๐๐€๐Œ๐„๐ƒ ๐€๐‡๐„๐€๐ƒ ๐Ž๐… ๐๐„๐๐ˆ๐๐€ ๐“๐Ž๐๐†๐€ ๐Œ๐€๐“๐‚๐‡

Lakapi Samoa has officially unveiled the Penina Samoa squad, following a successful launch event held at the STA Fale, Apia. The event marked a significant milestone for womenโ€™s rugby in Samoa, with the introduction of the Penina Samoa team ahead of their upcoming match against Penina Tonga in Nukuโ€™alofa this Friday, 10 April 2026. The […]

๐‹๐€๐Š๐€๐๐ˆ ๐’๐€๐Œ๐Ž๐€ ๐–๐„๐‹๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐’ ๐‘๐ˆ๐€ ๐Œ๐Ž๐๐„๐˜ ๐“๐‘๐€๐๐’๐…๐„๐‘ ๐€๐’ ๐Ž๐…๐…๐ˆ๐‚๐ˆ๐€๐‹ ๐๐€๐‘๐“๐๐„๐‘

Lakapi Samoa is proud to announce a new partnership with Ria Money Transfer, a global leader in international money transfer services, reinforcing a shared commitment to supporting Samoan communities, and strengthening connections across the global Pacific. This partnership marks a significant step forward for Lakapi Samoa as it continues to build strong, values-aligned commercial relationships […]

๐‹๐€๐Š๐€๐๐ˆ ๐’๐€๐Œ๐Ž๐€ ๐€๐๐๐Ž๐ˆ๐๐“๐’ ๐…๐”๐ˆ๐Œ๐€๐Ž๐๐Ž ๐๐„๐– ๐Œ๐€๐๐”๐’๐ˆ๐๐€ ๐‡๐„๐€๐ƒ ๐‚๐Ž๐€๐‚๐‡

Lakapi Samoa is proud to announce the appointment of Fuimaono Bella Milo as Head Coach of the Manusina national team. A New Zealandโ€“born Samoan with heritage from the villages of Solosolo and Salani, Fuimaono brings a wealth of international playing and coaching experience to the role. She is currently based in Hong Kong, where she […]

๐‹๐€๐Š๐€๐๐ˆ ๐’๐€๐Œ๐Ž๐€ ๐€๐‚๐Š๐๐Ž๐–๐‹๐„๐ƒ๐†๐„๐’ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐‚๐‹๐”๐’๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐Ž๐… ๐‚๐‡๐€๐ˆ๐‘๐Œ๐€๐๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐ ๐“๐„๐๐”๐‘๐„ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐”๐ˆ๐‹๐€๐„๐๐€ ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐’๐€๐ˆ๐‹๐„๐‹๐„ ๐Œ๐€๐‹๐ˆ๐„๐‹๐„๐†๐€๐Ž๐ˆ

Lakapi Samoa acknowledges the conclusion of the Chairmanship tenure of Honourable Tuilaepa Dr. Sailele Malielegaoi, who has served the Union with distinction for many years. Tuilaepa first joined the Board of Lakapi Samoa in 1991 and went on to serve as Chairman for 26 years, providing leadership during an important period in the development of […]

๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐š๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐‡๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐š ๐ข๐ง ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‹๐š๐ค๐š๐ฉ๐ข ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐š ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“

Return to Paradise Resort is proud to announce its ongoing collaboration with Lakapi Samoa through the hosting of the national womenโ€™s rugby team, Manusina, for a dedicated team camp at the Resort. This strategic partnership is part of Manusinaโ€™s intensive preparation for the Womenโ€™s Rugby World Cup 2025, set to take place in England. Set […]

๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ฎ ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐š ๐’๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐€๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐œ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐–๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ฐ & ๐๐š๐œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“

Lakapi Samoa is pleased to announce the Manu Samoa squad for the beginning of the international season, ahead of the highly anticipated test match against Scotland in July, and the Pacific Nations Cup (PNC) 2025 in August and September. Manu Samoa Head Coach, Lemalu Tusi Pisi, confirms his first squad since being appointed to lead […]

๐Œ๐€๐๐” ๐’๐€๐Œ๐Ž๐€ ๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐…๐ˆ๐‰๐ˆ ๐“๐„๐’๐“ ๐Œ๐€๐“๐‚๐‡ ๐€๐“ ๐‘๐Ž๐“๐Ž๐‘๐”๐€ ๐๐„๐– ๐™๐„๐€๐‹๐€๐๐ƒ

Rotorua is set to come alive as Manu Samoa take on the Flying Fijians in a much-anticipated rugby test match at ๐‘๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฎ๐š ๐’๐ญ๐š๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ” ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“. Rotorua is set to come alive once again as Manu Samoa take on Fiji in a much-anticipated rugby test match at Rotorua Stadium on 6 September 2025. Rotorua […]

๐‹๐€๐Š๐€๐๐ˆ ๐’๐€๐Œ๐Ž๐€ ๐€๐๐๐Ž๐ˆ๐๐“๐’ ๐‹๐„๐Œ๐€๐‹๐”, ๐๐„๐– ๐Œ๐€๐๐” ๐’๐€๐Œ๐Ž๐€ ๐‡๐„๐€๐ƒ ๐‚๐Ž๐€๐‚๐‡

Lakapi Samoa is pleased to announce the appointment of Lemalu Tusiata Pisi, as the new Manu Samoa Head Coach. This exciting new chapter for Samoan rugby follows Lemaluโ€™s recent role as an assistant coach in last yearโ€™s international windows, including the Pacific Nations Cup 2024, and the 2023 Rugby World Cup. A highly respected figure […]

๐Œ๐€๐“๐€๐€๐…๐€ ๐‘๐€๐Œ๐’๐„๐˜ ๐“๐Ž๐Œ๐Ž๐Š๐ˆ๐๐Ž ๐๐„๐– ๐†๐„๐๐„๐‘๐€๐‹ ๐Œ๐€๐๐€๐†๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐‡๐ˆ๐†๐‡ ๐๐„๐‘๐…๐Ž๐‘๐Œ๐€๐๐‚๐„

Lakapi Samoa is proud to announce the appointment of Mataafa Ramsey Tomokino as the newly appointed General Manager of High Performance. With an impressive track record in sports management and high-performance programs, Tomokino is set to take the lead in driving Lakapi Samoaโ€™s vision to elevate the performance of our athletes on both national and […]

๐€๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‹๐š๐ค๐š๐ฉ๐ข ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐š ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐š ๐Ÿ•๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ

Lakapi Samoa is proud to announce its partnership with Rugby Australia through the Australian Government’s PacificAus Sports initiative to enhance the Manusina 7s program. This partnership will see the Australian Government provide Lakapi Samoa with AUD$800,000.00 (approx. WST$1,430,000) over four years to support talent identification and development, marking a significant step towards Samoa’s quest for […]