Manu Samoa Rugby Team Arrives in Pago Pago, American Samoa

IRB Hong Kong 7's Champions, Manu Samoa, arrive in Pago Pago. American Samoa. Greeted by family, friends and supporters, the team enjoys a traditional welcomes with flower leis, gifts and kisses.

[@taalilipaetau747]

Thanks Samoa for visiting us

[@stockie2580]

IRB 2010 Champions!! Chee hooooo

[@itue2000]

Yes, just the response i've expected from home with rugby or any other sport. It's somewhat the attitude and enviroment that speaks for itself. Lot of everything but staggers to what is most important. Like the Manu Samoa '7 winning the World 7s Rugby Title; what kind of welcome and victory salute was that!!! Tutuila, wake the hell up! I'm from Leone and for the first time I'm ashame to be one. O 'Tiafau' o la'u suafa; and if you're offended, do something better especially for our own heros.

[@busycorner]

@cheyanqui American Samoa has recently begun organized youth football beginning at 12 years old. In the villages kids began tossing a rugby ball (or a footbal) at the same age. But there is no organized rugby until juniors leagues of under 19. JW

[@busycorner]

@cheyanqui 7's tournament here in Pago next week. 12 local teams and 2 from Upolu. JW

[@theephraimite]

@busycorner Actually, I mistakenly posted my previous comment through somebody else's account. You want to guess all you want about me being an Upoluan,and that's, but I'm also a Tutuilan through my mother who is a member of several prominent chiefly clans. In fact, those big chiefly titles originated in Western Samoa, and so do most Tutuilans - unless you are from Manu'a. Anyway, to me, there is only one Samoa, though Westerners divided us into two separate political entities.

[@cheyanqui]

Does America Samoa have much of a rugby following, or is their interest mostly focused on the Manu Samoa?

[@Taukatea123]

faamanuia le Atua ia te outou,ia maua pea le malosi aua le tautua i lou atunuu pele,alofaaga e le uma

[@busycorner]

@kalakauai I'm guessing you are an Upoluan.

[@Fakaleke]

@enomluv haha .. kio ..

[@cheyanqui]

@busycorner -- Do young kids (pre high school) play touch rugby, tackle rugby, or anything else? There was a documentary segment (Real Sports on HBO), where they emphasized how the gridiron players from American Samoa have no exposure to to American Football until high school. Yet in the documentary, there was a 5-10 shot of two of the footballers playing 2v2 touch footy. I just wonder if their "raw talent" that HBO wanted me to believe wasn't so "raw", and had a dash of rugby in it.

[@moonstah7986]

In American Samoa there are games in elementary roughly similar to rugby. The sport of rugby itself however is not as developed as it is to the brothers to the west. There are efforts to slowly develop the sport of football in American Samoa at an early age. But if you understand Samoans, we love physical sports whether it be rugby, football(American), boxing, wrestling, etc. If always said, 'if Samoans knew how to skate we'd be hockey players as well.

[@theephraimite]

Malo Manu.

[@Brigmac47]

malo Manu! malo foi i le kapuai!

[@pokers112]

Good job cause the governor of American Samoa is trying to set up a national team

[@Rastadeeej]

You sure thats not Kananafou !? lol

[@KealanuiOkeAkua]

Look @ all that space! When Troy Polamalu visited, there was no room for anyone to manuver and he's from Oregon. ha, go figure.

[@islandboy1018]

coach really pickin his nose? really? like for reals come on uce lol

[@vmine1]

no were not a rugby players, just football.

[@Fakaleke]

really... yu hnstli cudnt ediT dah video wen dahT lady ws wipin dah baybays nose wiT er hand..come on pepo...dose fings yu kip tu yoslvs...hav sum respekt..owa manu samoa is embarasin enuf..