Manuma Samoa
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| union = Samoa Rugby Union
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| founded = {{nowrap|2019 (Kagifa Samoa)
2020 (Manuma Samoa)}}
| ground = Apia Park ({{abbr|Cap|Capacity}}: 12,000)
| coach = Brian Lima
| captain = Patrick Fa’apale
| league = Global Rapid Rugby
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Manuma Samoa is a professional rugby union team based in Samoa that plays in the Global Rapid Rugby competition. Founded in 2019 as Kagifa Samoa, the team is backed by the Samoa Rugby Union.
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Name and logo
Manuma, in Samoan, refers to the many-colored fruit dove (Ptilinopus perousii), a small dove found in that country.{{cite web |title=Manuma |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manuma |website=Merriam-Webster |accessdate=15 November 2019}}{{cite book |last1=Gillespie |first1=Rosemary |title=Encyclopedia of islands |year=2009 |isbn=9780520256491 |page=800 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9ZogGs_fz8C&pg=PA800}} The team logo includes the head of a manuma bird in profile beneath the Southern Cross in white on a blue background.
History
=Kagifa Samoa=
The Kagifa Samoa team was established in 2019 and competed in the Pacific Showcase series during the inaugural year of Global Rapid Rugby. In Samoan colloquial speech, a kagifa refers to an enormous wild fish or shark that wreaked havoc in Polynesian mythical legend, and which is more formally referred to as tanifa.
The team was backed by Pacific Sports International in partnership with the Samoa Rugby Union. The 2019 squad included Samoan-based players, Tongans, Fijians and New Zealanders as well as Samoan-eligible players based in Australia and New Zealand.
=Manuma Samoa=
The team was renamed Manuma Samoa with the backing of the Samoa Rugby Union for the 2020 Rapid Rugby season.{{cite web |title=Five challengers for Rapid Rugby title |url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/five-challengers-for-rapid-rugby-title/ |website=Western Force |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114232603/https://www.westernforce.com.au/five-challengers-for-rapid-rugby-title/ |archivedate=14 November 2019 |date=14 November 2019}}
Home field
Squad
The Manuma squad for the 2020 Global Rapid Rugby season:
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| colspan=100%|Notes:
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{{efn-ua|group=Squad|name=initial |Initial squad was named in November 2019.{{cite news |last1=Airey |first1=Thomas |title=Manuma Samoa team named for Global Rapid Rugby season |url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/sport/53303 |work=Samoa Observer |date=14 November 2019 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20191114231936/https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/sport/53303 |archivedate=14 November 2019}}}} }} | |
| colspan="100%" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center"| Bold denotes player is internationally capped. {{nowrap|(c) Denotes team captain.}} {{nowrap|1 denotes marquee player.}} |
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==Records==
=Season standings=
Global Rapid Rugby
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| style="width:35px;"|Year
! style="width:30px;"|{{abbr| Pos| Position in standings}} ! style="width:25px;"|{{abbr| Pld| Games played}} ! style="width:20px;"|{{abbr| W | Games won}} ! style="width:20px;"|{{abbr| D | Games drawn}} ! style="width:20px;"|{{abbr| L | Games lost}} ! style="width:25px;"|{{abbr| PF | Points for}} ! style="width:25px;"|{{abbr| PA | Points against}} ! style="width:35px;"|{{abbr| +/−| Points difference}} ! style="width:20px;"|{{abbr| BP | Bonus points}} ! style="width:25px;"|{{abbr| Pts| Standings points}} ! style="width:90px;"|Play-offs | ||||||||
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| style="padding-right:2px"|{{nowrap|2019{{hsp}}{{ref|showcase-2019|*}}}}
|3rd | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 96 | 184 | −288 | 3 | 3
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Notes:
{{note|showcase-2019|*}} 2019 Rapid Rugby matches in the Pacific showcase.
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=Head coaches=
- Darryl Suasua (2019){{hsp}}
- Brian Lima (2020){{hsp}}{{cite web |title=Manuma Samoa |url=https://www.rapid.rugby/manuma-samoa/ |website=Rapid Rugby |accessdate=16 March 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316105412/https://www.rapid.rugby/manuma-samoa/ |archivedate=16 March 2020}}
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=Captains=
- Leon Fukofuka (2019){{hsp}}{{cite web |title=Dress rehearsal done |url=https://www.rapidrugby.com/dress-rehearsal-done/ |website=Rapid Rugby |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531141320/https://www.rapidrugby.com/dress-rehearsal-done/ |archivedate=31 May 2019}}
- Patrick Fa’apale (2020)
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See also
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References
{{reflist|25em|refs=
|date=9 April 2019
|last=Keni Lesa |first=Mata'afa
|work=Samoa Observer
|title=Samoa Rugby Union sanctions Kagifa Samoa as it eyes $1.8 million
|url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/sport/40087
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410002302/https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/sport/40087
|archivedate=10 April 2019
}}
|date=1 March 2019
|title=Fijian Latui set for elite international competition
|work=Fiji Sun
|url=https://fijisun.com.fj/2019/03/01/fijian-latui-set-for-elite-international-competition/
|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20190301053339/https://fijisun.com.fj/2019/03/01/fijian-latui-set-for-elite-international-competition/
|archivedate=1 March 2019
}}
|last=Manukia |first=Matt
|date=9 April 2019
|work=One News
|title=Samoan franchise given green light for breakaway rugby tournament
|url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/rugby/samoan-franchise-given-green-light-breakaway-rugby-tournament
}}
|date=19 September 2018
|last=Tautua-Fanene |first=Deidre
|work=Samoa Observer
|title=Contract awarded for Apia Park, Aquatic Center
|url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/29623
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190319155539/https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/29623
|archivedate=19 March 2019
}}
|date=1 March 2019
|title=Rapid Rugby 2019 Schedule on show
|publisher=Global Rapid Rugby
|url=https://gallery.mailchimp.com/e240c958af49b4f069efc9755/files/6454ded8-74f9-4135-9e5b-5c8bca8e6b89/190301_Global_Rapid_Rugby_2019_Schedule_FINAL.pdf
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301063215/https://gallery.mailchimp.com/e240c958af49b4f069efc9755/files/6454ded8-74f9-4135-9e5b-5c8bca8e6b89/190301_Global_Rapid_Rugby_2019_Schedule_FINAL.pdf
|archivedate=1 March 2019
}}
|title=Global Rapid Rugby
|url=https://www.rugbyasia247.com/rapid-rugby/
|website=Rugby Asia 24/7
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190319224654/https://www.rugbyasia247.com/rapid-rugby/
|archivedate=19 March 2019
|date=1 March 2019
}}
|date=15 May 2019
|title=Kagifa Samoa Squad
|url=https://www.facebook.com/kagifasamoarugby/photos/a.2770453492981638/2770452159648438
|website=Kagifa Samoa Facebook
|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20190516211438/https://www.facebook.com/kagifasamoarugby/photos/a.2770453492981638/2770452159648438/?type=3&theater
|archivedate=16 May 2019
|access-date=16 May 2019
|url-status=live
}}
|date=15 May 2019
|last1=Airey |first1=Thomas
|work=Samoa Observer
|title=Kagifa Samoa making debut this week
|url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/sport/41970
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516211039/https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/sport/41970
|archivedate=16 May 2019
}}
}}
External links
- [https://www.facebook.com/investsamoamanuma Invest Samoa Manuma] page
- [http://www.manusamoa.com/ Manu Samoa] website of the Samoa Rugby Union
=Archives=
- {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115063444/https://www.facebook.com/kagifasamoarugby/|title=Former Kagifa Samoa page|date=15 November 2019}}
- {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115064814/https://www.facebook.com/kagifasamoanewsandfans|title=Former Kagifa Samoa Rugby fan page|date=15 November 2019}}
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