AN UNCANNY piece of Celtic history will be repeated in Cardiff next Saturday after exactly 50 years. When Wales and Scotland lined up in the same city for the start of the Five Nations championship on February 3, 1968, the hosts had united a young pair of half-backs at the Arms Park for the first time.
They will have to do the same this week against the same opposition for the opening round of the Six Nations. If the new pairing – Rhys Patchell or Gareth Anscombe in tandem with Gareth Davies – proves half as good as the old one, there is every chance Wales will be rejoicing at a...