(Reuters) - Pacific Island nations Fiji and Samoa have been granted seats on World Rugby's governing council after meeting governance criteria with the move potentially giving them more of a say in the way the game is run.
The two nations, whose teams have both reached the last eight at a World Cup, will join an expanded council in May 2019, along with representatives from Georgia, Russia and the United States.
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