Annielyse Grace-Schuster Coffin – or Annie – as she is more affectionately known, is no stranger to our island community. Born October 16, 1967, she hails from the villages of Pago Pago, AS and Magiagi and Alamagoto, Samoa. She is a long serving police officer with the Department of Public Safety.
Her passion for rugby runs in the family and she has made a name for herself in developing women’s rugby in American Samoa. Her love of the game knows no boundaries and you often find her anxious to be on the field. She dreams of one day having American Samoa’s Women’s Rugby Team sanctioned to a national level.
Her love for rugby and passion for our people will definitely drive that to happen one day!
2008 First Start for Lalomalava Women’s Ten Aside rugby club
2009 Continued playing for the Lalomalava Women’s Ten Aside rugby club competition against Barbarians, Fagatogo Blues, Fagaalu
2010 Established our very own Local Sisters United Rugby Club form of East, Central, West Women’s in the Territory interest in the sport of Rugby
2010 Involvement with the ASRU to establish Rugby program for Women in American Samoa
2012 ASRU Rugby 7s tournament was sanction during the Moso’oi Festival competition against Samoa women’s teams Invitational Vaiala & Moata’a
2015 Sisters United Rugby club travelled to Apia Samoa to represent American Samoa for Marist 7s Invitational Rugby Tournament
2016 Mens 7s Talavalu team Manager for squad travelled to Suva Fiji for Oceania Qualified
2019 Coach for the American Samoa Women’s 7s in Samoa for the Pacific Games 2019
2019 Manager for the Mens 7s Talavalu squad travelled to Suva Fiji for Oceania Qualified
2021 ASRU Summer Rugby competition, Sisters United team against Bula Fiji & Teine O le Motu
2021 Elected Women Representative to the Amerika Samoa Rugby Union Board of Directors
2023 Coach/Player for the Sisters United Rugby Club during the ASRU February 7s competition
