Samoa

Samoa and France meet in their Round 1 match at the 2026 Rugby League World Cup. Team lists for the fixture have been updated, and commentary ahead of the game argues Samoa should be taken seriously as a contender, with writers listing reasons the Pacific nation could make a deep run at the tournament in Australia.

A member of the Lauli'i Assembly of God church in Lauli'i, Samoa has noted that the church sits roughly 15,967 km (9,979 miles) from their previous place of worship, the Aj Jined congregation in Aj Jined, Sudan. The post documents an extraordinary relocation across continents, from East Africa to the South Pacific, as part of a personal journey visiting places of worship around the world.