Cockbain set for Wales Grand Slam glory

BRENT Cockbain has been one of the workhorses in the Welsh boiler room during a march through the Six Nations tournament that has brought them to within a game of their first clean sweep in 27 years.

Yet the joy of Wales’ campaign has been tainted by personal grief for Cockbain following the death of his 13-month old son Toby from a brain tumour last year.

Singled out as the enforcer within the Wales pack, Cockbain, younger brother of World Cup winning Wallaby Matt, has a reputation as one of the game’s real competitors, but it’s his ability to bounce back from one of life’s cruellest blows off the field that marks him out as a man with a difference this season.