Donal Lenihan: Weeping in the Welsh valleys

From Pontypool's granite front row to the magic of Bennett and Edwards, the way Welsh rugby used to be only makes the present crisis all the more miserable.
HEROES FROM THE VALLEYS: Pontypool and Wales front row players Graham Price, Bobby Windsor and Charlie Faulkner pictured overlooking the Pontypool and the Valleys in September 1978.

HEROES FROM THE VALLEYS: Pontypool and Wales front row players Graham Price, Bobby Windsor and Charlie Faulkner pictured overlooking the Pontypool and the Valleys in September 1978.

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Donal Lenihan
A rugby player, coach and manager during a glittering career with Munster, Ireland and the Lions and now a definitive voice in Irish rugby analysis and commentary.

When you see how fractious things are getting in Wales at present, it makes Ireland’s achievement in rising to the top of rugby’s world rankings even more noteworthy.

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