Samoa A is a national representative rugby union team of the Samoan rugby union. It is the second-tier side to the Samoa national rugby union team. Samoa A competes in the Pacific Challenge, formerly known as the Pacific Rugby Cup, against teams including Tonga A and Fiji Warriors. Since 2016, the team has also competed in the Americas Pacific Challenge.
Between 2006 and 2010, Samoa was represented by two teams at the Pacific Rugby Cup; Upolu Samoa and Savaii Samoa. The two teams were replaced in 2011 by Samoa A which is now the sole Samoan representative in the Pacific Challenge. The tournament is now mainly contested by national 'A' teams.
International results Matches against national teams or national 'A" teams up to and including 2014 Pacific Rugby Cup: 22-03-2011 12–23 Churchill Park, Lautoka 26-03-2011 15–13 Lawaqa Park, Sigatoka 11-10-2012 18–20 Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa 15-10-2012 Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa 04-03-2014 27–18 TG Milner Field, Sydney 11-03-2014 Pampas XV 38–24 David Phillips Field, Sydney
Record Honours Pacific Rugby Cup Runner-up: 2011, 2012, 2013.
Americas Pacific Challenge Winner: 2018.
Season standings
Pacific Challenge (formerly Pacific Rugby Cup) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! style="width:20px;"|Year ! style="width:20px;"|Pos ! style="width:20px;"|Pld ! style="width:20px;"|W ! style="width:20px;"|D ! style="width:20px;"|L ! style="width:25px;"|F ! style="width:25px;"|A ! style="width:25px;"|+/- ! style="width:20px;"|TB ! style="width:20px;"|LB ! style="width:20px;"|Pts ! style="width:20px;"|Final ! style="width:20em;" align=left|Notes
|align=left|2018 | align="center" | 3rd |3 |1 |0 |2 |82 |72 | +10 |— |— |5 |—
|align=left|2017 |4th |3 |0 |0 |3 |78 |112 | -34 |0 |1 |1 |—
|align=left|2016 |2nd |3 |2 |0 |1 |98 |56 | +42 |2 |0 |10 |—
|align=left|2015 |2nd |3 |2 |0 |1 |69 |87 | -18 |1 |0 |3 |— |Finished 2nd in Pool A
|align=left|2014 | 4th | 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 82 || 91 || -9 || 1 || 2 || 7 | — ||align=left| Finished 4th in Pool B |- |align=left|2013 | 2nd | 6 || 2 || 0 || 4 || 134 || 198 || -64 || 1 || 1 || 10 | — ||align=left| Runner-up on league table (no final) |- |align=left|2012 | 2nd | 8 || 3 || 0 || 5 ||191 || 238 ||-47 || 0 || 1 || 13 | — ||align=left| Runner-up on league table (no final) |- |align=left|2011 | 2nd | 8 || 3 || 0 || 5 || 135 || 171 || -36 || 1 || 2 || 15 | — ||align=left| Runner-up on league table (no final)
Americas Pacific Challenge {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! style="width:20px;"|Year ! style="width:20px;"|Pos ! style="width:20px;"|Pld ! style="width:20px;"|W ! style="width:20px;"|D ! style="width:20px;"|L ! style="width:25px;"|F ! style="width:25px;"|A ! style="width:25px;"|+/- ! style="width:20px;"|TB ! style="width:20px;"|LB ! style="width:20px;"|Pts ! style="width:20px;"|Final ! style="width:20em;" align=left|Notes |- |align=left|2018 |1st | 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 97 || 72 || +25 || 2 || 0 ||14 | — ||align=left| First on league table (no final) |- |align=left|2017 |4th | 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 90 ||142 || -52 || 2 || 1 || 7 | — ||align=left| Fourth on league table (no final) |- |align=left|2016 |3rd | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 97 || 103 || -6 || 1 || 0 || 9 | — ||align=left| Third on league table (no final)
References
External links 2014 Pacific Rugby Cup News on oceaniarugby.com