BRENDAN GALLAGHER
It was a week of departures for Romania, one unexpected but the other less so.
First the shock resignation of former England coach Andy Robinson, below, who has been in charge of the Oaks for the last three years and was due to take them to the World Cup in less than nine months time now.

Coaching Romania, with its declining player base and financial issues, is no picnic but Robinson had put his shoulder to the wheel and there were signs of improvement. Last autumn they comfortably beat Uruguay and Tonga with a less than full strength team and, although automatic World ...