Uale Mai

The Dubai Sevens this weekend sees the dawn of a new era for Samoa who are pooled with Zimbabwe, Scotland and Fiji in Pool B. The new head coach Stephen Betham has had to deal with the official retirement of Samoas leading alltime IRB Series point scorer, Uale Mai, ahead of Dubai and the unavailability of stalwart Ofisa Treviranus. Read Full Story

The first episode of season is usually my favorite. I like getting to view the contestants for the first time and I can usually figure out who has a chance to make it as far as the merge. You also get to see how stupid most of the people are. To begin the competition, Jeff announced that each tribe would pick a leader based on first impressions. Russell from Galu and Mick from Foa Foa were the two chosen. Galu was perfectly fine with their choice but a couple of members from Foa Foa weren't too thrilled with their tribe's choice. Both Ben and ... Read Full Story

I apologize for the lateness of this ... In what may be the smartest move ever in first 3 days of a Survivor season, Russell began searching for the hidden immunity idol - without a single clue. Obviously, this guy thought about how he was going to compete prior to arriving in Samoa. I'm not sure anyone else did, though. From the look of it, it didn't take Russell long to find the idol hidden inside a tree in the middle of Foa Foa's camp. Is he the only one who has watched this show? I'm with him - I'd be searching for the ... Read Full Story

Laura (Galu): "The good news is - you'll never believe it! - there's FISH in THE OCEAN!" - best line of the episode I love this season of Survivor , it's so much fun. Last night's episode was about Survivor firsts I noticed: Russell continued his evil plan, and found the idol without any clue - well, I guess he really is a threat. Honestly I thought people would catch on that there's something fishy about him, but Foa-Foa has the most gullible members alive. Ben was the first ever contestant to be kicked out of a challenge - mostly his fault, because he ... Read Full Story

OK, not to go all Jessica Simpson on you guys, but I honestly didn't know rocket scientists were actually real. I just thought it's something people say... yeah... Anywaaaay, I'm really super excited about this season of Survivor ; if last season I was complaining that the casting choices were poor, now I truly love all of the contestants. Mark Burnett can pat himself on the back, 'cause he did good. Here's my top three: - Shambo Why? Cause she's the kind of woman who'll go through the woods and find magic mushrooms. I mean come on, a look inside her head would probably ... Read Full Story