Samoa ruled out the possibility of strike action yesterday at Saturday's QBE International against England at Twickenham.

The tourists had threatened to boycott the game over concerns surrounding the administration of the Samoa Rugby Union, forcing the International Rugby Board and International Rugby Players Association to step in as mediators.

"The game is proceeding as agreed upon. There is no threat and the boycott has been cancelled. It's all been sorted," Samoa team manager Sami Leoti said.

The potential for Samoa to withdraw from the third of this autumn's four QBE Internationals was first made public when the IRB released a statement outlining the players' unrest.

The IRB expected the dispute to be resolved and that the game would go ahead as planned.

"The players handed the matter on to the IRB and players' association three weeks ago before we got to Italy and they've been handling it since," Leoti said.

Samoa have lost to Italy and defeated Canada so far on their European tour.