Brendan Gallagher charts the progress of London Welsh’s amateur side who maintain the great name

It was Robert Browning, without a drop of Welsh blood in him as far as I’m aware, who once observed that a “man’s reach should always exceed his grasp or what’s a heaven for” – which in sporting terms translates as you’ve got no chance of achieving the outstanding unless you aim for the impossible. Shoot for the stars – and risk failure – or keep your powder dry.
That in a nutshell was the London Welsh story for that brief period when t...