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Too much of Wales has become a rugby wasteland

CHRIS HEWETT

The Rhinogydd range, rough and remote; the micro-breweries of Gwynedd; RS Thomas, the fierce preacher-poet of the Llyn Peninsula whose hard verses might be scratched into the hillsides themselves: if you’re a walker, a drinker of proper beer, a literary pilgrim or a combination of the three, North Wales has plenty going for it.
What it doesn’t have, depressingly, is a rugby scene.
What kind of serious union nation ignores three-quarters of itself, leaving vast acres of territory lying fallow? It doesn’t happen in Ireland, where all four provinces are capable of prospering ...

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