By NEALE HARVEY
NEWS EXTRA
OPPORTUNITIES for aspiring National League players to represent England Counties are to be dramatically scaled back because of cutbacks in RFU finances – a move that may eventually deal a fatal blow to the historic County Championship.
In a week that saw former England Counties prop forward Jamal Ford- Robinson called up for training by England, The Rugby Paper can reveal that England Counties fixtures during the Six Nations are to be scrapped from 2018, along with traditional June tours to developing rugby nations in Europe, Africa, Asia and North and South...