Samu Manoa

Tom Varndell named Aviva Premiership Rugby Player of the Month for December

Bristol Rugby’s Tom Varndell has been named Aviva Premiership Rugby Player of the Month for December 2016, as judged by a panel of experts.   “The lad is flying again,” said...

USA 38-man squad for November Tour

Men’s Eagles Head Coach John Mitchell has assembled a travel squad of 38 players for the three-match November Tour kicking off Friday, Nov. 4 in Chicago.   Todd Clever, current U.S. caps...

Jimmy Gopperth named Premiership Rugby Player of the Month for September

Wasps inside centre/fly-half – who yesterday signed a new contract with his club – has been in stellar form as Wasps finished the first six rounds of Premiership Rugby in second place,...

Louis Picamoles beefs up Northampton for French test against Montpellier

The France No8 has added muscle to Saints’ defence and is relishing doing battle with his former club in the opening round of Champions Cup gamesLouis Picamoles is finding it harder to get to grips with...

Top 5 Premiership signings

The Aviva Premiership gets underway this coming weekend and with more money in the game then ever before, there has been some high profile moves into the league. In total the league has welcomed 106 players...

Tries, Tackles & Fends - Toulon's season so far

South Africa vs USA - Match Preview

USA coach Mike Tolkin has made 12 changes to the starting XV that lost to Scotland in his team’s last game. Seven of his match-day 23 will be making their RWC 2015 debuts. Springbok coach Heyneke...

Scotland vs USA - Match Preview

Scotland make a host of changes for this game as they look to give their entire squad a run. They are in second place on the log on 5 points having played only one game, chasing South Africa on 7...

Fotuali’i full of praise for Eagles' lock Manoa

Influential Samoa back Kahn Fotuali’i has given high praise to the USA forward Samu Manoa ahead of the two sides’ match in the Rugby World Cup on Sunday.The two players worked together at Northampton...

Rugby World Cup: talking points from the latest warm-up matches

Wales may have played a game too far, England require gloss on their finishing, Samu Manoa is vital if USA Eagles are to soar and Argentina reap rewardsThe third warm-up game turned out to be like the...