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Former Scotland and Fiji coach Vern Cotter is to be a marketing consultant for Romania in the course of the upcoming Rugby World Cup, the nationwide federation stated on Monday.

The 61-year-old New Zealander is presently the top coach of Tremendous Rugby outfit Blues having stepped down from the Fijian nationwide submit in February.

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“I’m glad to be a part of Rugby Romania’s World Cup journey,” Cotter stated on the Romanian Federation’s Twitter account.

“I’ve been overseeing their preparation since this 12 months’s Rugby Europe Championship and I shall be concerned as an advisor for the RWC, hoping the Oaks will evolve, play some good video games and exceed everybody’s expectations.”

Cotter guided Scotland to the 2015 World Cup quarter-finals the place they misplaced controversially to eventual finalists Australia.

Romania, although, face an almighty problem to achieve an analogous stage.

They’ve been drawn in Pool B together with defending champions South Africa, Six Nations Grand Slam winners Eire, Tonga and Scotland.

They open their marketing campaign in opposition to the Irish in Bordeaux on 9 September.

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