Leinster’s Welsh strongman embracing fresh challenge

Robin McBryde was a baby at birth in Bangor... So begins the Wikipedia page for the newest addition to the Leinster coaching staff. It’s a reminder — if needed — to tread carefully as you scroll through the website’s infinite vault. Turns out he didn’t change his name from Robin Jones after marrying a Scottish woman either.

The remarkable thing is that this red herring isn’t even the quirkiest claim made for him. The line that he won Wales’ strongest man in 1992? Absolutely true. The event was held at the Royal Welsh agricultural shows and tested functional strength rather than dead lifts.