Rugby sevens players wooed by Samoan apparel

Members of the Papua New Guinea women’s sevens team have been impressed away by the colours and designs of Samoan-made T-shirts and lavalava.
A lavalava is a piece clothing worn by Polynesians. It consists of a single rectangular cloth worn as a skirt.
Yolanda Gittins, Gwen Pokana and Lynette Kwarula were checking out the locally-made apparel that were put on display in a tent, which was set up at the Marist St Josephs Stadium at Lotopa when Samoa Observer caught up with them on Saturday.
Gittins said she loved the designs and the colours, and noticed that they were similar to the Pacific style that can be found in other countries like the Cook Islands or even her home country.
“I guess they got the same kind of Pacific style across PNG, Samoa and other islands, similar but different,” she said. Gittins said she also loved the coastline of Samoa and the mountainous terrain.
She said their accommodation at Faleula Games Village did not have any issues and loved it.
“I love it, it’s a beautiful coastline and the mountains are amazing, it’s cool to be around all other (participating) countries and to see them every morning,” Gittins said.
Pokana said she liked the material used to make the T-shirts and the lavalava designs used beautiful colours. “Nice material and designs on the lavalava are beautiful, it has beautiful colours,” she said.
The girls bought some of the T-shirts and said they would taking back to Papua New Guinea after the Games.
The team beat hosts Samoa in the bronze-medal playoff at the Pacific Games.