Intrepid Robin was reliant for telling truth

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CARDIFF, WALES - JANUARY 14: Detailed view of Cardiff Arms Park with the Principality Stadium in the background during the European Rugby Challenge Cup match between Cardiff Blues and Toulouse at Cardiff Arms Park on January 14, 2018 in Cardiff, United Kingdom. (Photo by Harry Trump/Getty Images)

PETER JACKSON

NOBODY understood the old tribalism of Welsh club rugby better than Robin Davey. As chief rugby correspondent of the Newport-based South Wales Argus, he spent the vast majority of his 46 years on the paper at the cutting edge of old feuds.
One Wednesday night at Newbridge, he discovered exactly how cutting that edge could be. The local club had just sent the mighty Black-and-Ambers packing and their players were in jubilant mood when Davey knocked on the dressingroom door and asked team secretary John Evans if he could have a word with the coach, Arthur Hughes.
Before Davey co...

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