JOHNRichardson’s sudden death at 72 has robbed the game of an unforgettable character, a genuine how-green-was-myvalley prop from Blaen-y-Cwm who never failed to remind anyone and everyone that those from the Rhondda are a breed apart.
No player made an impact in Australia to compare with Richardson’s at the start of Wales’ 1978 tour. Training at a club ground, ‘Johnny Dick’ accidentally rearranged the posts, leaving one of the steel uprights in a sorry state after smashing into it.
Wales rewarded the Aberavon loosehead with his cap in Sydney where Paul McLean ...