Editors Intro
Welcome To Rugby Social Curated Newsletter Issue 17
Well that was a pretty interesting weekend of rugby!
England got battered after an incredible performance from France and Ireland continue to look like their on for the grand slam.
Its going to be a great final round of the 6 nations (perhaps not if you are a fellow England fan)
Ben
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