The green, green grass of home is down to Max

PETER JACKSON

Max Boyce casts his mind back to the early Sixties and runs through his playing career at Glynneath. It does not take long.
“I played a bit at scrum half for the youth team,” he says recalling a time when Bas Thomas’ Invincibles were in the process of reeling off 55 consecutive wins. “I was very small and not very good. I also played at openside. Full of heart but not much pace.”
How close did that take him to a place in the all-conquering first XV, one that featured another young back row forward who would gain election to the Greatest Welsh Te...

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