Wallabies coach Eddie Jones believes the rise of Pacific nations poses a “considerable threat” to tier 1 nations and that New Zealand stands to suffer more than most.
Fiji’s storming win over England last weekend, along with Samoa’s close loss to Ireland has seen both emerge as World Cup wildcards. The Samoans are in England’s pool at the tournament and given a chance of tipping the 2003 winners out of the knockout stages.
Fiji will be aiming to break the expectations of Australia and Wales being the two teams to advance to the quarterfinals from pool C.
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