COLIN BOAG

If Coronation Street is our longest-running soap, then the PRO14 is doing its best to rival it. Its chequered history dates back nearly 20 years, starting with the four Irish provinces, the two Scottish franchises, and nine (!) Welsh teams. That rapidly became a league of 12 with the addition of the Scottish Borders franchise, and the Welsh participation being reduced to five, including the ill-fated Celtic Warriors.
Then in 2010, for reasons best known only to the organisers, they added the two Italian teams, creating an additional level of complexity in terms o...