The Top 14 has long been thought of as the land of giants in a rugby union context and here we test the theory with a look at the average physical make-up of a player in each squad.
In just a few days another season of the Top 14 kicks off with the likes of Owen Farrell, Siya Kolisi, Josua Tuisova, and Davit Niniashvili making the numbers of the overseas players ready to make the headlines and wrestle for the title.
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Samoa brought their World Cup to an end with comfortably their best performance of the tournament, as they narrowly fell to England 18-17 in Lille.
Samoa have made nine changes to their team to play England this Saturday in Lille following last week’s Rugby World Cup pool loss to Japan.
In an action-packed week 4 of Rugby World Cup 2023, the tournament delivered yet again with plenty of entertaining rugby
Japan boosted their quarter-final hopes with a hard-fought 28-22 Pool D victory over Samoa at Stadium de Toulouse, ensuring England are the second team to qualify for the knock-out stages.
Samoa's head coach Seilala Mapusua has announced four changes to his lineup for their upcoming Pool D clash against Japan in Toulouse on Thursday
With players featuring in competitions around the globe, the Pacific Island sides always face the challenging task of trying to bring together a sizeable group of men to play in one unified group.
The cards keep coming in this year's World Cup with Samoa and Ireland both adding to the tallies in their fixture on Saturday with Samoan hooker Seilala Lam yellow-carded and Irish midfielder Bundee Aki red-carded.