Pacific League teams

Toa Samoa coach Matt Parish said the squad he named to take on England was probably the strongest he's selected in his four years in charge.

Wing Antonio Winterstein believes they're more than capable of causing an upset.

"When you put that blue jersey on you go in there to do your best and to do your country proud so definitely be going out there to get a result," he said.

"We believe we've got the team to do it so the result is the big picture but, at the end of the day, the boys are going out there and doing their best for their country."

The Mate Ma'a will take on Fiji in May's Pacific Test, which has been boosted by the inclusion of England and the Cook Islands.

Woolf was excited by the growth of the international weekend.

"It's great to see that it's expanding and really good to see the Cook Islands involved - they've certainly deserved that for a while I think," he said.

"They were really competitive at the last World Cup and they were really hard for us to beat not that long ago in a World Cup qualifier as well.