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Samoa treated as second-rate, coach says

International rugby league will not grow while Pacific Island nations continue to be treated as second rate by the game's bosses, Samoa coach Matt Parish says.Parish took aim last night at rugby league officials whom he said had treated his side like \second-class citizens\ during the Four Nations tournament with England, Australia and New Zealand.Parish, who has also been on the coaching team for the Cowboys and New South Wales, was seething at a press conference in the aftermath of his team's heartbreaking 14-12 loss to the Kiwis in Whangarei.He said it was frustrating Samoa had to be dictated to by the other three teams in the Four Nations competition. \We get treated like second-class citizens; it's about time they took a bit of notice.\We knew what we were in for when we came into it.\I think if rugby league wants to get a proper World Cup and not just have three teams