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Fiji head coach Cotter quits 7 months before Rugby World Cup

Fiji are looking for a new head coach seven months before the Rugby World Cup after New Zealander Vern Cotter resigned on Thursday because of "personal reasons".

The 61-year-old took charge of Fiji in 2020 after coaching French clubs Clermont Auvergne and Montpellier.

He also took Scotland to the 2015 World Cup quarter-finals.

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Tevita Tuiloa, the union's interim chief executive, refused to be drawn on who could replace Cotter - "it could be a Fijian or from abroad" - but expects to name a coach by the end of February.

"Fiji Rugby was blessed to have Vern Cotter come on board, but the call [to resign] came directly from him due to personal reasons," Tuiloa told a press conference in Suva.

"Time is against us to find a coach to take the Flying Fijians to the next level (at the World Cup), but we are confident we have the players."

Fiji have been drawn with Australia and Wales - both of whom also changed head coaches recently - as well as Georgia and Portugal in Pool C at the Rugby World Cup, which will take place in France and starts on 8 September.

Fiji's best performance was at the 2007 tournament in France, where they reached the quarter-finals after a win over Wales, before losing to eventual winners South Africa.

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