Samuel Slade rugby player
Samuel Slade rugby player

Samuel Slade

28th Aug 1997 1.94m/111kg No 4 Lock

Pacific Nations Cup 2024: Round Two Preview

2 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

  Round two of the Asahi Super Dry Pacific Nations Cup 2024 gets underway this weekend with Tonga and USA making their belated entry into the competition. Having seen Fiji beat Samoa 42-16 and Japan...

Pacific Nations Cup | Samoa

3 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Number of tournaments: 16 (2006-2023)Best finish: Champions (2010, 2012, 2014, 2022)Most points in a match: 53 (53-9 v Japan, June 2006)Biggest win: 47 (50-3 v Tonga, June 2007)Did You Know? Samoa were...

Moana Pasifika name team to clash with Crusaders

5 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Moana Pasifika have named their side to face the Crusaders in their final regular season match of 2024 DHL Super Rugby Pacific.  The match holds important playoff implications with this weekend’s...

Super Rugby Pacific 2024 Round One Teams

9 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Super Rugby Pacific is set to get underway this weekend as the 12 teams battle for the title. The defending champions Crusaders will kick off the action against the Chiefs on Friday February 23, followed...

Moana Pasifika gear up to take the 2024 season by storm

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

A new wave of Moana Pasifika talent is set to light up DHL Super Rugby Pacific in 2024.  Twenty newly contracted players headline the 38-man squad. The team boasts 19 players that featured at...

Match Preview: England v Samoa

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

It’s all about Samoa in Lille. England will finish first in Pool D and have qualified for the quarter-finals whatever the result here.  Not that England are taking any chances. Head coach Steve...

Big changes to the pack - Samoa name team to play England

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Samoa head coach names an all-new front-row of Jordan Lay, Sama Malolo (pictured in action against Japan) and captain Michael Alaalatoa and a new second-row of Sam Slade and Brian Alainu’u’ese...

Rugby World Cup 2023 Match Preview: Samoa v Chile

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Eight days after the tournament kicked off, the perennially popular Samoa make their Rugby World Cup 2023 bow against new crowd favourites Chile at Stade de Bordeaux.   Chile’s brilliant fans...

Former Australia star Leali’ifano starts at 10 - Samoa name team to play Chile

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

  Samoa head coach Seilala Mapusua has named his match-day 23 to face Chile at Stade de Bordeaux on Saturday, with Australia's top points scorer at Rugby World Cup 2019, Christian Leali'ifano, starting...

2023 PIC Steelers Squad Confirmed

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Coach Reon Graham has confirmed his 2023 Counties Manukau Rugby PIC Steelers squad for the upcoming Bunnings Warehouse NPC. Sticking with his theory of picking local, Graham has named a side choc-full...