Fiji and Samoa elected into World Rugby Council

Fiji and Samoa have been unanimously elected onto the World Rugby Council after meeting new governance criteria.

The Pacific nations join Georgia, Romania and the United States on the expanded council and will take their place at the next annual meeting in May next year.

World Rugby Chair Bill Beaumont hailed the decision, recognising the enormous contribution the Pacific Islands made to the global game.

Previously, Pacific Island nations only had a share of two of the 48 votes on the World Rugby Council.

Those two votes are held by Rugby Oceania, which represents 12 countries including New Zealand and Australia, who already have three individual votes each.

[Source: RadioNZ]

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