Rugby: New coach for Samoa

Samoa have appointed a new rugby coach following the retirement of former All Black Michael Jones.

Tuala Lepale Niko Palamo will become the first fulltime head coach. Palamo has coached the national sevens team and the under-19 team and is chief executive of Samoa's Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee.

He has been appointed for two years, with provision to extend the contract through to the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand.