His 1st ever SL start was against Wigan and he picked up the Man of the match award .

He follows in the family tradition in the halves with George Fages 1959 and Pascal Fages 1991.
It's in the blood

Massively proud of him!!! To play in the World Cup for your country is right up there.

Shows if you work hard & want it enough, it can happen.

Will be cheering at the TV like a woman possessed tonight.

Fingers crossed for him then!

Regardless of how the result goes tonight, I hope Theo plays a blinder, would be great to see him getting plaudits on the biggest stage

For a first full debut I thought Theo had a very good game defensively tonight especially for a young man who's only 19. I really think Theo will be pushing Rangi & Tim Smith next year if he gets the chance for a few games.
I thought Richard Agar decided to play a very structured safe offensive game tonight which nullified Theo's attacking skills.
Anyway well done Theo to add to a very good year.

Tony Puletua has been called into the Samoa squad , didn`t think you could call in replacements , the aussies have been refused a replacement for luke lewis

Samoa were allowed to include Puletua as they have lost 3 players from their 24 man squad. See below )

Aus have only lost 1 ( Lewis ).
Lets hope Ireland nobble Inglis & Slater to even up the score

Steve Simms working with Fiji Coach , now Parish has both his former assistant Coaches with him at Samoa.