South Bay Youth Rugby – Home of the SPARTANS Located in Southern California & founded in 2007, the South Bay Youth Rugby club, also known as SBYR, has grown significantly since then. From a mere three divisions and 25 players, to last year’s end count at 66 players to this season at 106 active players from ages 5 to 16 years old with now five divisions starting at with the U8s on up to the U16s in this, it’s third year. This year in the 7th annual Fullerton Junior Sevens tournament two divisions took first place, the U8s & the U10s, while the U12s took third. So far this year,...
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As a young boy growing up in Samoa, John Schwalger thought it was “normal” to be slapped by his parents. But the Hurricanes star is hoping to break the cycle by taking an anti-domestic violence message back to his homeland. Ten members of the Wellington Lions and Hurricanes squads were honoured by Police Commissioner Howard Broad yesterday for their campaigning under a joint police and New Zealand Aid programme aimed at preventing violence. In November, the rugby stars were in Samoa using their public profiles to tell children and adult men that violence in the home must...
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New Zealand has been bundled out of the Wellington Sevens after suffering a shock 14-24 loss to Samoa in the Cup semi-finals. Uale Mai scored a hat-trick as Samoa outscored the home side by four tries to two. New Zealand’s defence had been so strong coming into the match but it slipped off too many tackles early in the game and was made to pay the price. Mai was the beneficiary in the opening minutes and although New Zealand took a 7-5 lead into the break thanks to a converted try for Tim Mikkelson it never looked in control. An intercept pass from Sherwin Stowers was gratefully...
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February 13 & 14 will mark the 4th competition of the IRB Sevens Series, which is the largest competitive Rugby match in the world.  The Manu Samoa squad that has faithfully participated in various international rugby events will also be in Las Vegas to play during this installment of the series. There still is time to purchase your tickets if you are living in and around the Las Vegas area.  The Manu is explosive and to have a solid fan base to back them up would be an incredible treat for the boys from Samoa. Click here to purchase your tickets 2009/10 IRB Sevens Series...
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Samoa Sevens star Lolo Lui will not be part the national team taking part in the International Sevens at the Suva Rugby Festival next week. Samoa Rugby Union official Peter Schuster said Lolo Lui is still recovering from a back injury suffered in George on the second leg of the IRB Sevens World Series. Lui is still a doubt for the next leg of the World Series in Wellington (5-6 Feb). The Digicel Suva Rugby Festival, to be held on 15-23 January 2010 at various venues in the Fijian capital, will involve more than 200 rugby teams and is the start of the build-up towards Suva Rugby’s...
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Apia, Samoa: The Samoa 7’s team will be arriving tonight, (Mon 14th December), rueing their missed opportunities in the knock out stages, after failing to emulate their impressive start on day one at George. Despite giving Samoa its best ranking after Dubai and George, Head Coach Stephen Betham is not satisfied, and is already looking at areas which otherwise prevented his team from advancing to the final stages, “ Consistency is where we fall short, which comes with complacency. Our results against New Zealand and U.S.A were good examples of this, where we had the ability to put these...
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