Samoa: Fact file

Form guide

Samoa's men suffered the heartbreak of relegation from the SVNS series at the Grand Final in Madrid. Having finished the regular season in 11th place, they travelled to Spain's capital needing a good result to retain their core team status, but lost out to USA in their crucial match and finished winless.

Star dust

Sevens commentator and reporter Rob Vickerman says: "Vaa Apelo-Maliko hits like a hammer but creates like a master craftsman."

Road to Paris 2024

Samoa’s men secured their ticket to Paris 2024 at the Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship in Brisbane in November 2023. The Samoans capped an impressive tournament with a 24-0 defeat of Papua New Guinea to book their place at a first Olympic Games.

Previous Olympics

Samoa will make their Olympic rugby sevens debut in Paris.