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Counties enjoy a clean sweep

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The Rugby Paper Team
17 June 2018

By JON NEWCOMBE

Done it: England Counties celebrate their stunning undefeated tour of Romania

JAMES Shanahan has hailed the recent England Counties tour to Romania as probably his best yet in five years as head coach.
The flagship team of community rugby in England, featuring players from levels three to five, recorded back-to-back wins against Romania A (31-20 and 40-5), following a 41-17 victory over club side CSM Bucharest 41-17 in their opening match.
“I was a bit apprehensive because we had 23 new caps and didn’t have much time to prepare and gel,” said the former ...

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