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AROUND THE WORLD IN TEN STORIES

1 Romania

Florin Vlaicu became the seventh player to score 1,000 Test points, during Romania’s 28-27 win against Portugal. The fly-half/centre joins Dan Carter, Jonny Wilkinson, Neil Jenkins, Ronan O’Gara, Owen Farrell and Diego Domínguez in passing the milestone.

The 34-year-old (below) said: “It is very nice to have my name there, with

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