THROUGHOUTa distinguished career for Swansea, Wales and the Lions, Richard Webster never lost sight of his oldschool values. They served him well as a coach, not least during his valiant attempt to keep Maesteg in business a decade or so ago.
One prop short of a pack, he talked a recently retired tighthead into a come-back on condition that Webster bought him a new pair of boots. The first shop he called at had the right size but only in green. Webster declined the offer: “A prop wearing green boots? Not in any team of mine.’’
He drove the extra mile to find a pair in old-...