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Samoa and Tonga secure spots in 2025 World Rugby Challenger Series

07:51 am on 9 December 2024

2024 Oceania Rugby Men's Sevens Championship winners. Photo: Facebook / Manu Samoa Sevens

Samoa and Tonga will represent Oceania in the 2025 World Sevens Challenger Series, following Sunday's Oceania Sevens Rugby finals in Honiara.

Both the Samoa men's and women's teams qualified for the series.

Manu Samoa Sevens won the men's final 17-12 against the Fiji Development team to claim top spot.

The Manusina Sevens lost 14-5 to Fijiana in the women's final, but qualified as Fiji is already a core team in the HSBC SVNS Series.

Tonga joins Samoa from the men's competition, following their 24-19 win over Tuvalu in the third place play-off.