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The World Cup was scheduled to be held in New Zealand in September and October but the governing body said it had become clear that it s not possible to deliver the environment for all teams to be at their best.
Fiji was poised to make its World Cup debut in New Zealand while Samoa were among a host of teams still trying to qualify for the 12 team tournament.
Manusina coach, Ramsey Tomokino, heard whispers the tournament could be delayed and said the announcement from World Rugby made sense. There was a lot of uncertainty and we were just, with our management group, having a discussion last night and I just had actually mentioned without seeing the news until this morning that it looked every chance that the World Cup it s looking likely it s going to be postponed and certainly the news came through.
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