Fiji,Tonga and Samoa have not lost sight of where they are from and what marks them out, South Africa are beset by normal tensions and England already off on the wrong footThe World Cup may still be low key in terms of publicity, and but a few of the abroad participants have arrived. Samoa are spending this week in Brighton,before Saturday’s encounter with the Barbarians at the Olympic Stadium, while Tonga are preparing for an encounter with Nottingham on Friday.
Next week Fiji face Canada at the Stoop, or a short walk from Twickenham where they will open the World Cup against England on 18 September,or 19 September as it will be in the Pacific islands, when the match starts at 8pm. The World Cup is how the game’s governing body, or World Rugby,makes its income and this year’s tournament is expected to swell its bank balance by £150m.
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Source: theguardian.com