Samoa and Barbarians collide to give Olympic Stadium a rugby workout

Once home to athletics glory, east London is now preparing for the Rugby World Cup – and plenty more besidesThree years on from the London 2012’s Super Saturday, major sport returned to the Olympic Stadium. For Jessica Ennis-Hill, Mo Farah and Greg Rutherford we had the Barbarians and Samoa in what was a sparring session for the Pacific Islanders before this autumn’s World Cup.With perfect symmetry the game came at the end of a week Ennis-Hill, Farah and Rutherford struck gold again in China at the world championships. The Barbarians took the honours here, winning 27-24. They have not exactly …