Boss: Ron Waldron

NEATH is the cradle of Welsh rugby, home of the original All Blacks long before the Kiwis hijacked the attire and the setting for a late 20th century version of Rorke’s Drift.
Neath is the oldest club in Wales, created in 1871 fully ten years before eleven other clubs met in the centre of the town at the Castle Hotel to form the Welsh Rugby Union. And when Ron Waldron’s team were at their supercharged best during the last years of the amateur era, Neath was the place to be.
Over a period of three years they gave successive World Cup holders a serious run for...