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15th Jul 2015

Samoa players left with 48-hour economy trip to USA while management fly business class

Botch job

Patrick McCarry

Wonder what Roy Keane would make of this fiasco?

Samoa will play the United States in San Jose, this Saturday, but their preparations for the Pacific Nations Cup clash have been severely hampered by botched planning and greed.

The Samoan Rugby Union was at the centre of a player bonus row before the 2011 World Cup and has already has its knuckles rapped by World Cup for its creative accountancy.

Samoa player Daniel Leo was so fed up with the haphazard travel arrangements, from Apia to San Jose, that he felt compelled to share his feelings.

https://twitter.com/danleo82/status/620862260567740416

Leo followed it up with this tweet.

The feedback he has since received shows strong support for Leo, and Manu Samoa.

Leo also retweeted this from former Samoa player Junior Poluleuligaga.

Some things never change.

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