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BRENDAN GALLAGHER

Impressive: Joel Merkler in action for Toulouse
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IT’S been an outstanding summer for Spain... and the good news keeps coming. Last month Los Leones embarked on a first-ever tour of the Pacific and recorded an historic 29-20 win over Tonga in Nuku’alofa, not to mention a narrow 34-30 defeat against Samoa in Apia the previous week.
And that was followed by Spain U20 making a good impression on their debut at the Junior World Cup in South Africa where they battled hard to successfully avo...