‘Little fellow’ Bleddyn gets giant farewell from Tigers | Peter Jackson

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LEICESTER, ENGLAND - APRIL 30: General view inside the stadium as players and officials take part in a minute of silence to commemorate Former Leicester Tigers player and BBC Radio Leicester commentator Bleddyn Jones prior to the European Rugby Challenge Cup match between Leicester Tigers and Ulster Rugby at Welford Road on April 30, 2021 in Leicester, England. Sporting stadiums around the UK remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

THEY sat alone with their memories in Leicester Cathedral as the St Anne’s church choir brought Cwm Rhondda to a crescendo, their masked attendance ensuring an occasion like no other.
Almost a complete XV of venerated English rugby warriors had come to pay homage to one of their own, a mercurial Welshman from a distant valley, one who rolled off the assembly line at the fabled fly-half victory two years after Barry John and two months before Phil Bennett.
The old Tigers emerged blinking into the glare of a summer’s day. And there, in the grounds of the 12th century Norman cathedral, they s...

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