Samoa’s Leo doubts benefit of tour

DANIEL LEO makes no qualms about it. He would prefer to be in Dublin as a member of the Samoan national team but the Pacific Islanders concept is, he admits, the next best thing.

The World Cup is less than a year away and, in an ideal scenario, the 24-year old London Wasps backrow-cum-lock would dearly love to be adding to his dozen Samoan caps on this European tour.

His Islanders coach Pat Lam is confident that Samoa, Tonga and Fiji will see real and tangible rewards from this month’s tour of Ireland, Scotland and Wales when they compete individually in France.