{"id":437091,"date":"2025-01-06T20:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T21:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=437091"},"modified":"2025-01-07T00:12:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T00:12:06","slug":"test-coach-quits-amid-serious-criminal-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=437091","title":{"rendered":"Test coach quits amid serious criminal charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mahonri Schwalger has resigned as coach of the Samoa men's rugby<\/a> team while facing serious criminal charges.<\/p>\n

Chairman Tuilaepa Dr Sailele Malielegaoi confirmed that Schwalger's resignation was accepted by the full board of the Samoa Rugby Union.<\/p>\n

Schwalger was suspended in September after he was officially charged with unlawful sexual connection, attempted sexual violation, sexual conduct with a person under 16, indecent assault and common assault.<\/p>\n

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He has been bailed to appear in court on April 28.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis resignation follows a period of suspension granted to (Schwalger) following the filing of criminal charges against him in court," Malielegaoi said in a statement posted on social media.<\/p>\n

"Under his leadership in the past year, 2024 Manu Samoa achieved significant milestones including strong performances on the international stage, beginning with defeating Tier 1 nation Italy at home and a respectable performance in the Pacific Nations Cup.<\/p>\n

\"Sacked<\/p>\n

\u201cLakapi Samoa will begin the search for a new head coach and remains committed to ensuring that Manu Samoa continues to grow and succeed at the highest levels of international rugby.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schwalger was appointed coach in April following the resignation of Seilala Mapusua, who led Samoa to the 2023 World Cup in France.<\/p>\n

The 46-year-old is a former Samoa captain who played 40 Tests at hooker. He played for Sale and Scarlets in Britain and for the Hurricanes, Highlanders and Chiefs in Super Rugby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mahonri Schwalger has resigned as coach of the Samoa men's rugby team while facing serious criminal charges. Chairman Tuilaepa Dr Sailele Malielegaoi confirmed that Schwalger's […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":437093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437091"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=437091"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":437094,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437091\/revisions\/437094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/437093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=437091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=437091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=437091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}