Samoa rugby union team
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Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, the prime minister of Samoa and rugby union chairman, had claimed the dispute was under control
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Rugby union: talking points from the weekend's action Rugby union: talking points from the weekend’s internationals
Guardian writers: England must be more clinical, Samoa show World Cup promise and the All Blacks make a clean sweep at the end-of-year awards
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England’s final autumn Test will define their pre-World Cup year, with George Ford admitting Australia will punish them if they repeat the mistakes made in the win over Samoa
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Dean Ryan: Stuart Lancaster should heed lessons from recent internationals to avoid inviting problems for his side against the Wallabies
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George Ford gave England a spark at fly-half but Owen Farrell fared less well after his move to the centres
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Stuart Lancaster was relieved after England’s 28-9 win over Samoa at Twickenham and praised the performance of fly-half George Ford
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Sportblog England’s George Ford delightfully sharp in attempt to dispel the gloom
Michael Aylwin at TwickenhamMichael Aylwin: Bath’s No10 certainly took his opportunity to impress the England coaches but a wet night under floodlights was not an occasion to render any findings definitive -
George Ford carried England to a 28-9 autumn international victory over Samoa at Twickenham with a mature showing at fly-half
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Rugby union: England failed to impress despite beating Samoa and ending their losing run, in a dreadful match at Twickenham
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Robert Kitson: England’s Owen Farrell is putting on a brave face but his move from No10 against Samoa, to make way for George Ford, is an unnatural one
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Dean Ryan: Just when England have carte blanche to attack and entertain, Stuart Lancaster bewilderingly turns into a pragmatist
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Samoa’s rugby players almost called off their Test with England after being labelled spoilt children by their prime minster, while long-standing issues have not been addressed by officialdom
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There have been moments when Ben Youngs has felt old before his time. Now he is back, fit and raring to go for England
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Scrum-half reflects on career at Saracens and says he feels privileged to be chosen for the England team that will play Samoa
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Stuart Lancaster has handed the Bath fly-half George Ford his first start for England in the Test against Samoa
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George Ford has been handed a first England start, against Samoa on Saturday, and given the chance to stake his claim to be England’s No10 at the World Cup
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England have selected George Ford at fly-half and Owen Farrell at inside-centre against Samoa on Saturday
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Mike Averis: Stuart Lancaster’s midfield solution is pre-tested and the duo have knowledge of one another’s game dating back to schoolboy level
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England’s captain Chris Robshaw has stated that they are a better team with Owen Farrell in their number than out of it
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Samoa’s senior players only agreed to call off boycotting Saturday’s England match after claiming to be threatened with expulsion from next year’s World Cup
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Answer a simple question correctly and you could be off to Twickenham to watch England take on Samoa
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England are set to throw Owen Farrell the No12 jersey against Samoa as they seek to extricate themselves from the autumn quicksands into which they have stumbled over the past fortnight
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George Ford and Owen Farrell have shown they can prove a point for England when they play Samoa on Saturday
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The Northampton centre is raring to go and confident Samoa can overcome a turbulent month against England
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The centre has recovered from a hand injury and could play for England against Samoa
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Samoa have ruled out the possibility of strike action at Saturday’s clash with England at Twickenham
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Stuart Lancaster will give the Bath fly-half his first start against Samoa as England look to bounce back from five straight defeats
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A threatened boycott by Samoa’s players has been resolved, removing the threat to next week’s match against England
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Robert Kitson: As the one-year countdown to the Rugby World Cup begins on Thursday, we present our lowdown on the state of the strongest-looking nations
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Ireland are set to recall the Lions fly-half Jonny Sexton for the Test against Australia on Saturday
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Ireland's first match under new coach Joe Schmidt ended with an easy 40-9 win over Samoa with Dave Kearney scoring two tries
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Scotland have no fewer than 15 players on the treatment table after their 27-17 defeat by Samoa
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Greig Laidlaw refused to use the absence of key players with the Lions as an excuse for Scotland's 27-17 defeat by the Pacific Islanders
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Frédéric Michalak scored all but three of his side's points as France twice came from behind to defeat Samoa 22-14 in a hard-fought encounter in Paris
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