PETER JACKSON

Roughly 30 years ago, a new coach took charge of a junior club in a suburb of Cardiff, a drop goal or two from where a small boy began kicking a different shaped ball.
A coalminer’s son from Glynmoch, the visionary coach immediately put his idealism to work, enforcing an unconditional ban on kicking the ball. No matter how dire their defensive predicament, the players would have to pass and tackle their way out of trouble.
The ball was to be kicked only as a means of converting a try. It worked so well for so long that the club, Cardiff Harlequins, won admirers for their adve...