Sad: Rhys Webb has been robbed of his Cardiff farewell
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The lucky ones find a way of bowing out with a World Cup or a Grand Slam in their hands, the acclaim of a grateful country ringing in their ears.
Few manage the hazardous task of leaving when they choose to before someone else opens the back door and shoves them through it. Rhys Webb had always looked good enough to leave on his own terms.
Instead the No.1 scrum-half in Wales, second best only to Conor Murray in the Lions’ pecking order, is left staring at a fate which would have been unthinkable a few sho...
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