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Samoa to send strong team to Grand Prix Sevens

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By Tupuola Terry Tavita

Samoa will send its strongest possible team to the inaugural Rugby Sevens Grand Prix in Los Angelos, USA.
Some 28 national teams have been invited to the July tournament which comes with a record prize money of US$1 million (WST$2.6 million).
Said chairman of the Samoa Rugby Union and Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi yesterday;
“I’ve already told the chief executive of the SRU to confirm Samoa’s participation with the tournament’s organizing committee.
“I’ve also told him to make sure we assemble our strongest possible sevens team. To call up all the top key players we have playing overseas. That million US dollars is an attractive incentive for them to go out and win.”
To date, top sevens sides New Zealand, Australia, England, Fiji and Tonga have already publically indicated they will be sending teams to the tournament.
The Rugby Sevens Grand Prix will be held at the 60,000-seat Home Depot Stadium in Carson, Los Angeles on July 12-14.

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