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By NEALE HARVEY
LANCASHIRE head coach Mark Nelson has slammed cost-cutting proposals that could see the England Counties team and the County Championship axed.
The Rugby Paper understands factions within the RFU hierarchy view county rugby as an unnecessary financial burden and that behind-closeddoors talks aimed at slashing the Union’s commitment to it have been taking place for months.
England Counties take on their Scottish counterparts at Moseley this Friday and while this summer’s proposed tour to Portugal and Spain is expected to go ahead, the scheduling of futur...