European farce has forced Samoa to play waiting game

BRENDAN GALLAGHER

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Frustrated: Samoa must wait until July for their RWC play-off

WE’VE already had more false starts than an Olympic 100m final and there will now be a further delay before we get a definitive decision on the World Cup fate of Romania, Spain and indeed Belgium.
A week on Thursday seems to be the earliest date but don’t hold your breath. Mr Quinlan QC and his committee are clearly finding it tough going making sense of the World Rugby eligibility regulatio...