High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rugby league is a popular team sport in Samoa. Many Samoans and New Zealanders or Australians of Samoan descent play professional rugby league in Australia or Great Britain, such as the Super League. One of the examples is Va'aiga Lealuga Tuigamala, who represented the New Zealand All Blacks, then became the first million dollar player to be contract out to Rugby League to play for Wigan Warriors, then played Rugby Union for Newcastle Falcons before representing Samoa. Ta'ane Lavulavu of Workington Town, Maurie Fa'asavalu of St Helens and David Fatialofa of Whitehaven are other examples. When rugby union went professional players such as Apollo Perelini and Fereti "Freddie" Tuilagi left rugby league to return to the 15-man game.