Samoa's Ofisa Treviranus (C) is challenged by Flip van der Merwe (L) and captain Jean de Villiers of South Africa during the test match at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria June 22, 2013. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
(Reuters) - Flanker Ofisa Treviranus was named Samoa captain for the rugby World Cup in September and his first match as skipper will be next week's one off test against world champions New Zealand.
The 31-year-old forward, who plays his club rugby in England with London Irish, said he had just been focusing on making the starting lineup for the July 8 fixture, the first ever visit to Apia by the All Blacks.
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