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Samoa national under-20 rugby union team

Field	Value
country	Samoa Under-20s
union	Samoa Rugby Union
coach	Samoa Semo Sititi
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countryflagvar	rugby
first	SAM Samoa 29–17 Scotland SCO
(6 June 2008)
bigwin	SAM Samoa 48–11 United States USA
(24 May 2011)
bigloss	WAL Wales 74–3 Samoa SAM
(12 June 2012)
World cup apps	5 (First in 2008)
best	7th, 2008 & 2009

(6 June 2008) (24 May 2011) (12 June 2012) The Samoa under-20 rugby union team is Samoa's junior national team. They represent Samoa at the IRB Junior World Championship. After the 2010 Junior World Championship they were relegated to the Junior World Rugby Trophy for second tier nations. They were later promoted to the 2012 Junior World Championship after finishing as winners of the 2011 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy. The team also competes at the Oceania U20 Championship as of 2015.

Squad

Samoa U20 Squad - 2014 IRB Junior World Championship

Management

Semo Sititi – Head coach
Andy Ripley – Team manager
Robert Johnston – Assistant coach
Orene Ai'i – Assistant coach
Joshua Ioane – Physiotherapist
Neru Leavasa – Team doctor
Andrew Clark – Technical assistant
Jed Knox – Trainer

Wins against Tier 1 nations

Slater 29' m Fonoti 72' c Hoyland 16' c Fergusson 63' c Pecquer 51' m Ritchie 72' m Apa 43' c Mu 47' c Falaniko 20' c Tuiomanufili 69' c Polledri 31' m Ferraro 44' c Zanetti 51' m

Full internationals

2008: Alatasi Tupou, Maselino Paulo, Roysiu Tolufale (2008), Misioka Timoteo, Afa Aiono, Semiperive Semeane (2009), Richard Muagututia, Levi Asifa'amatala (2010), Fa'atoina Autagavaia (2012), Vavae Tuilagi (2015)

2009: Falemiga Selesele (2010), Fa'atiga Lemalu, Viliamu Afatia (2012), Uini Atonio (2014, France)

2010: Steven Luatua (2013, New Zealand), Patrick Fa'apale, Tulolo Tulolo, Vaiofaga Simanu (2014)

2011: Robert Lilomaiava, Ropeti Lafo (2012), Vavao Afemai, Oneone Fa'afou (2014), Will Skelton (2014, Australia)

2012: Aniseko Sio (2014)

References

[[International Rugby Board. "Samoa Squad to 2014 IRB Junior World Championship".
worldrugby.org. "World Rugby".
worldrugby.org. "World Rugby".
worldrugby.org. "U20 Championship".

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