James Lay rugby player
James Lay rugby player

James Lay

16th Dec 1993 1.78m/118kg Loosehead Prop

Seilala Mapusua signs with Moana Pasifika

1 month ago by Ultimate Rugby

Moana Pasifika is excited to announce the appointment of Vaovasamanaia Seilala Mapusua as Backs and Skills coach for the 2025 and 2026 DHL Super Rugby Pacific seasons.   The former...

Moana Pasifika name team to clash with Crusaders

6 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

10 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...

Match Preview: Japan v Samoa

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

There’s a lot at stake when Japan face Samoa at Stadium de Toulouse on Thursday. Two sides’ quarter-final hopes are on the line in a ferociously tight Pool D, in which a single point separates...

Fidow starts on wing - Samoa announce team to play Japan

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Samoa head coach Seilala Mapusua has made four changes to his side for their Pool D match against Japan in Toulouse on Thursday, with Taleni Seu and Sa Jordan Taufua coming into the back-row, Ed Fidow...

Rugby World Cup 2023 Match Preview: Argentina v Samoa

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Everything you need to know about Argentina v Samoa at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, on Friday, 22 September.     By the time this match kicks off in Saint-Étienne...

Alo-Emile and Alainu’u’ese join the pack - Samoa name team to play Argentina

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Head coach Seilala Mapusua goes with continuity with his Samoa team to play Argentina in Pool D in Saint-Étienne on Friday, with only two changes to his forwards and one change in his backs from...