URUGUAY are to join the World Rugby Council, the international federation’s primary decision-making forum.
Uruguay become the 52nd member of Council having achieved the required criteria following World Rugby’s governance reform launched in November 2015, since when Georgia, Romania and USA, Fiji and Samoa have been welcomed onto the expanded Council.
It follows Uruguay’s impressive performance at the World Cup, which saw them record a historic win over Fiji in Pool D.
The South Americans are currently 18th in the World Rugby rankings and were runners-up in t...