Fiji Rugby Union elects new board

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—The Fiji Rugby Union has elected a new governing board, ending a constitutional crisis which briefly threatened its exclusion from international rugby.

However, the composition of the new nine-member board, elected at Saturday’s annual general meeting, points to an increased influence in Fijian rugby of the military regime which seized power in a 2006 coup.

Several of the new board members have links to the police and military, suggesting the interim government of Commodore Frank Bainimarama will wield greater control over the organization which administers Fiji’s national sport.