Apia Park
Apia, Apia, Samoa
Apia Park, Apia, Samoa — opened 1924, 17 rugby league games hosted, home of Toa Samoa (Samoa national rugby league team), for home Test matches; primarily a rugby union venue (Manu Samoa's home ground).
Sourcing caveat: A ninth match this site records at Apia Park, 3 Sep 2011 (Samoa 14-42 Australia), is a Samoa Women vs Australia Women Test, not a men's international — confirmed via direct match-report verification and listed separately from the men's Tests above to avoid misrepresenting it.
Ground facts
| Opened | 1924 (The first sporting event hosted was a rugby union match against Fiji; rugby league did not arrive at the venue until the 1988 Pacific Cup.) |
| Home club | Toa Samoa (Samoa national rugby league team), for home Test matches; primarily a rugby union venue (Manu Samoa's home ground) |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 17 |
| Top recorded crowd | 4,500 |
| Capacity | 12,000 |
| Test matches hosted | 6 |
| Challenge Cup Finals hosted | 1 |
| Surface | Grass |
| First rugby league match | 1 Oct 1988, Cook Islands 19-10 Tokelau (Pacific Cup) |
| Years used | 1988–2016 |
| Location | Apia, Apia |
Name history
- Apia Park — 1924-present
Rugby league history
Samoa's principal multi-purpose national stadium in Apia, primarily associated with rugby union (Manu Samoa's home ground) but also the Samoa national rugby league team's home venue, hosting Test matches spanning the 1988 Pacific Cup through to a 2016 Test against Fiji. It has also hosted events at the 2007 Pacific Games and the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games, and Super Rugby Pacific fixtures for Moana Pasifika.
A national multi-sport venue also used for association football, rugby sevens, athletics, netball and tennis.
Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted
- 5 Oct 1988 — NZ Maori 26-16 Western Samoa, Pacific Cup 1988 Final
- 5 Oct 1988 — NZ Maori 26-16 Western Samoa (Pacific Cup Final)
- 6 Jul 1996 — Western Samoa 16-39 NZ Maori (Pacific Challenge)
- 4 Jul 1998 — Samoa 22-24 Tonga
- 7 Mar 2009 — Samoa 26-18 Papua New Guinea
- 1 Jun 2010 — Samoa 4-24 Fiji
- 8 Oct 2016 — Samoa 18-20 Fiji
Pre-dates the site's structured match-by-match records for these competitions, so listed here as sourced facts rather than linked match pages.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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