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Fiji and Samoa have unanimously been elected on the World Rugby council. The Pacific Island countries now having voting power as they join Georgia, Romania, and the USA on an expanded council. Both obtained the status after meeting new governance criteria.
Both Fiji and Samoa will participate with the rest at the annual meeting in May 2019. Meanwhile Burkina Faso and Lebanon were also, today, added by World Rugby as associate members.
The addition of Burkina Faso and Lebanon means that there are now 123 national unions in membership of World Rugby.
World Rugby also confirmed four new members in the form of Cameron Clyne (Australia), Philip Orr (Ireland), Christina Flores (Rugby Americas North), Claudia Betancur (Sudamerica Rugby) and Suzanna Vecci (Italy). The Council now stands at 49 members, of whom 14 are women.
Council also elected Mark Alexander (South Africa) onto the World Rugby Executive Committee, replacing the seat vacated by Pat Whelan (Ireland), who stood down earlier this year.
