Numerous media reports over the past week have alluded to an International Rugby Board memo questioning the official status of today’s Test between the All Blacks and Manu Samoa. Although Samoa is the twelfth best team in the IRB’s official rankings, and even shares one-third of its players with the world’s number one team, they have only ever met in four Tests – the last being in 2001. As well as being vastly under-represented in international Tests, they suffer from their players being contracted for other competitions as they face the world’s best.
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