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Billy was a hard nut, but so was his mum!

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The Rugby Paper Team
7 April 2019

PETER JACKSON

Super fan: Evelyn Mainwaring at Cardiff Arms Park before the 1975 Welsh Cup final between Aberavon and Llanelli. Full back Kim Davies is the player on her lap. Son Billy (moustache) is directly behind. On his right is his second row partner, Allan Martin (Wales and Lions), on Mainwaring’s left, Wales prop John Richardson

According to their most famous fan, Aberavon RFC once pioneered a novel form of prematch entertainment in the shape of a goalkicking housewife.
Her name was Annie Mort. She lived around the corner from the ground in Port Talbot and Richard Jenkins onc...

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