Cheer up your Monday with the thought that Samu Manoa is alive and well and plays for the US of A.

Yes, sure, Manoa won't be available for the USA vs Maori All Blacks game, but he's going to rock up against Samoa, and he's going to bring everything he has.

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Think on that as you consider his turn off the bench this past weekend for the Cardiff Blues. The Blues lost to the Cheetahs, but Manoa wasn't about to go down without a fight, and blocked a kick he had no business blocking and then chased it in for a try.

Check it out.