U-M 3, Ohio State 2 (5 innings due to rain) Uaisele, the former Parramatta and Penrith winger, is part of a Tongan team that features experienced NRL players, including Anthony Tupou, Sika Manu, Brent Kite and Fuifui Moimoi.CAPACITY: 18,000 (1930-47) 3,000 (1948-85) 4,000 (1986-present) ''The feelings and the hype you get doing the haka is awesome,'' Uaisele said. Uaisele has led the pre-game ''Siva Tau'' since 2008. Meanwhile, the passion of Samoan and Tongan players when they performed their war dance was one of the highlights of the 2008 World Cup, and Tongan leader Etu Uaisele is bracing for more fireworks on Saturday night. "The six clubs all have rugby league players and they aren't worried about rugby union any more," Tuiavii said. Fritz Tuiavii, the team's manager and secretary general for Rugby League Samoa, said the nation was in far better shape heading into the end-of-season tournament based on a six-strong domestic first-grade competition. Samoa finished the last World Cup in ninth place. Barring injury, we will have our strongest team ever at this year's World Cup."
"It's great for development because it's an easier game to learn and they are starting to turn their back on rugby union," Vagana said. They will be tested when they face a touring Hunter Sports High School later this year. He helped established the first rugby league junior academy in Samoa where the best 40 players from the school competition were invited and given high-performance training. This year we have 14 teams in our high school competition." "That was off the back of what the rugby union guys were doing. "The game used to pretty much have ups and downs, in terms of interest," Vagana said. Now Samoa's technical director, Vagana said the game had had rapid growth in his island home, highlighted by the annual under-17 schoolboy competition played in his honour which was relaunched last year with six teams. After playing 37 Tests for the Kiwis, Vagana finished his distinguished career by playing for Samoa in the 2008 World Cup. The Samoan push was led by former Kiwi international Nigel Vagana. My goal is to be a NRL player and that's why I have to train hard and do what they say." "It's for my dad, he told me to come and play league and that's what I'm trying now. "It's a good opportunity to learn some skills and knowledge, and take it back home," Saofaiga said. While Saofaiga, a former Samoan rugby union junior representative, won't play in the Test at Centrebet Stadium, the 22-year-old is part of a growing reliance of domestic players for the Samoan national team. After playing the game for three months Saofaiga, or ''fish'' as he is known to his teammates, joined the likes of NRL stars Jeff Lima, Roy Asotasi and Junior Sa'u in a star-studded Samoan squad based in Cronulla for a week-long camp.
Saofaiga, a winger-fullback is part of an extended Samoan squad, featuring four Samoan domestic players for the Test against Tonga on Saturday night.
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"When we do attack we are told to get the ball and run straight but when we come here, they teach us how to run angles and spaces to go, not go straight to a tackler." Before Leia Saofaiga joined the Samoan team in Sydney this week, his approach to the game was simple.
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