READERS of this column will know that I have been a fan of and advocate for Lyndon Faulkner for a long time and consider him exactly the right man to breathe commercial common sense and rugby nous into the WRU. Better later than never was my reaction when his appointment was announced as the WRU’s new chairman earlier this week.
I first watched the young Faulkner, below, then with a blond mop, hoover up opposition attackers for Pontypool where he formed an impenetrable defensive wall with fellow centre Lee Jones.
He had won a B cap, and there was talk of full Wales honours when he wrecked a ...