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The management staff of the Samoa women s sevens team have been stood down until the end of April because the rugby union cannot afford to employ them on a full-time basis.
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But Samoa Rugby Union High Performance Unit General Manager, Seumanu Douglas Ngau Chun, said because the team only plays in tournament per year the staff are only employed on a part-time basis. We have about six to eight weeks of preparations and then two weeks of tournaments, so normally we call them in around that time and from there they will start preparing their team.