Samoa : after God, the rugby

Samoa : after God, the rugby

In the Samoa Island, rugby is played with natural and disconcerting joy. Rugby here is unbridled, free, without any tactics. The notion of competition is also not as developed as elsewhere. In Samoa, one plays without calculating, simply for pleasure. Matches are not part of a rigid competition aimed at establishing a hierarchy, revealing the best players.The original rugby.
New-Zealand – Ethnology – Sport – Community

Partner(s) : Canal +

Broadcaster(s) : Canal +

Director(s) : F. Chignac, J-Y Cauchard

Author(s) : Frédéric Chignac

Year : 1995

Duration : 52 minutes