Pacific Island Players Association

Pacific Island Players Association speaks out over World Rugby's 'unfair' treatment of Samoa

The union doesn't know when its final World Cup qualifier will be, who it'll be against, or whether it'll be able to call on its top players, all because of a corruption and eligibility scandal in the European group.

Somehow a scuffle between Spain, Belgium and a Romanian referee has created a headache for Samoa.

Their World Cup qualifying pathway is now uncertain and, after a month, there's been anger that World Rugby hasn't fixed the issue at hand.

The problem revolves around European qualifying, at the heart of it – Romania.