HALLOWEEN is nearly on us and in rugby terms October 31 has often been accompanied by shocks, drama and tales of the unexpected. Especially if you are a Kiwi.
Back in 1972 it saw the 9-3 defeat of the All Blacks by Llanelli at Stradey Park when the crowd was officially listed at 22,000, although there are nearer 220,000 in South Wales who claim now to have witnessed the ‘miracle’.
Just over a year earlier Carwyn James, below, had masterminded the Lions success in New Zealand and now here he was doing it at club level but still it didn’t land him the Wales job. It was, thou...