Samoa and Tonga benefit from the return of stars for the World Cup: “It allows them to take a step forward”

2023-09-16 08:21:44

On November 24, 2021, World Rugby may have changed the destiny of several teams during this Rugby World Cup. Two years ago, the supreme body of world rugby indeed ratified a major evolution of its article 8 which governs the eligibility of players for a national selection: since this date, an international can play for a second nation if he was born there (or a parent or grandparent was born there) and he has not played a test match in the colors of his first selection for three years.