The 27-year-old Fa'asavalu played for Samoa in the 2003 rugby union World Cup but pledged his allegiance to Britain after qualifying through residency.
Chief among them were Sir Clive Woodward, who went on to guide England to success at the rugby union World Cup in 2003, and, ironically, the Germany Football Association.
She topped the bill at the opening of the Welsh Assembly in 1999, and performed the anthem World In Union with Bryn Terfel for the Rugby World Cup in 2000.
Gatland, who signed a four-year deal to be Wales coach in December 2007, only signed a new contract with the Welsh Rugby Union in October to take him to the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
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Woodward, a former England rugby union international, guided England to victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup and also had a spell in football with Southampton.
If England's Rugby Football Union is successful with its World Cup bid, having missed out to France in 2007, the 2015 tournament could see matches held at Twickenham, Wembley and the new Olympic Stadium.
Brian Ashton, the Leigh-born Rugby Union coach who took England to the World Cup final, is also made an OBE.
The 32-year-old former Wigan and Great Britain rugby league captain, who switched codes in 2005 in a deal funded by Saracens and the Rugby Football Union, was named in the World Cup squad but after injury ruled him out of the quarter-final against Australia, he did not feature again.
Japan are bidding to host the Rugby World Cup for the first time as the Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU), who lost out to New Zealand for the right to host the 2011 World Cup, has bid for the 2015 and 2019 events.
The RFU expects to capitalise on the high profile of the England team and grow interest and participation in rugby union in the lead up to the 2015 World Cup, which runs from 18 September to 31 October.
Rogers was one of three high-profile Australian rugby league players recruited to rugby union to play for the Wallabies at the 2003 World Cup.
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The Welsh Rugby Union - who have also bid for the 2019 World Cup - have made two joint applications to the International Rugby Board (IRB).
After the World Cup, the New Zealand Rugby Union made a clear assessment of what happened, what Graham Henry and his fellow coaches did, and opted to keep them on.
The Kiwi signed a four-year deal with the Welsh Rugby Union when he replaced the sacked Gareth Jenkins in December 2007 after a dismal display in the 2007 Rugby World Cup when Wales were eliminated in the group stages.
And Catt, currently playing some of his best rugby with London Irish, says that the Rugby Football Union should utilise the knowledge and experience of England's World Cup winning squad.
He was Welsh Rugby Union president for 11 years, and the national team wore black armbands in tribute for their opening World Cup game in Nantes.
The Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU), who lost out to New Zealand for the right to host the 2011 World Cup, has bid for the 2015 and 2019 events.
The Wallabies rugby union team is third in the world rankings - above England and France - but it has not won the Bledisloe Cup against New Zealand's mighty All Blacks for a decade.
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