Lynn Howells: Romania will surprise people at the Rugby World Cup

Bucharest Wolves start their European Rugby Challenge Cup campaign in Newcastle, but the primary aim of this scratch squad and their Welsh coach is to improve the national teamLynn Howells whistles through his lips as he remembers his first day coaching Romanias rugby players. There was a metre and a half of snow on the pitch in Bucharest, he says. And it was absolutely freezing! I tell you now, in Britain no player would have cleared that snow. But they just got on with it and trained as normal. I thought to myself: This is a good bunch of lads. I can do something here.Two and a half years la…