With much regret the American Samoa Rugby Union is compelled to cancel the international side of the annual Flag Day 7s Rugby Tournament.

We have notified the Samoa Rugby Union where most of our international teams come from, and also the individual teams from the provincial unions in Samoa that expressed interest to play in our Flag Day event.

It is regrettable that we did not have sufficient time to address the issues that came up last week, and we looked at alternatives with no success.

We assure the international rugby community and our union supporters that we will not be going through this again next year, and the international side of the Flag Day 7s will return next year.

We are proceeding with our local union teams, and will have the competition as scheduled on April 21- 22.

The entry fee is now reduced to US$200 for men’s teams; US$100 for women’s teams; and high school entries are free.

Deadline for entries has now moved to Tuesday, April 18.

Come out and enjoy Rugby Sevens Friday, April 21 and Saturday, April 22.

We expect that the competition will still be as exciting with our local teams. And, this year we have new entries from local teams and it will be interesting to watch their debut.

For any questions please contact tournament director, Peseta Sa Mavaega at (684) 733 1607 (EMAIL: talofa360@yahoo.com) or Falefata Moli Lemana at (684) 770 2750 or EMAIL: moli.lemana@doc.as for entry forms and payment of your registration.