By JON NEWCOMBE
LYNN HOWELLS has called for European qualification for the Rugby World Cup to be run over one year instead of two as he prepares to lead Romania into battle for the final time.
Howells announced earlier this week that he will retire after today’s Rugby Europe Championship title decider against Georgia in Tbilisi with automatic qualification for Japan 2019 now looking unlikely.
“I find it hard to believe we have to go through a two-year qualifying process while the Americans only have to play two games. I can’t see the reasoning behind it,” he said. Th...