Qualifiers road to the Rugby World Cup

By Sam Ryan Whilst the majority of the attention is focussed on the 12 teams that qualified automatically for the Rugby World Cup, a secondary tournament has been contested over the past four years, with 84 nations playing 184 matches to determine the final eight spots at this year's World Cup. Fiji, Japan, USA, Georgia, Romania, Canada, Uruguay and Namibia have all earned a spot at the World Cup and whilst victory may be seldom for some, the obstacles they've overcome will make the journey all the more sweeter. Join us as Rugby News takes a look at the qualifiers road to the Rugby World Cup. Fiji (World Ranking - 9th) After losing to South Africa, Wales and Samoa in 2011, Fiji missed out on automatic qualification for the 2015 tournament and needed to beat the winner of the 2013 Oceania Cup in a one-off match to book a spot at England 2015. The Cook Islands beat Tahiti and the Solomon Islands comfortably in their opening two matches, before defeating Papua New Guinea 37-31 to cl
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