CONNOR EDWARDS DRAGONS CENTRE

As a 12-year-old setting out on his rugby journey with Croesyceiliog RFC in Cwmbran, Connor Edwards first took note of a man who would shape his career. His name? Ma’a Nonu.
The bustling All Black might have been 12,000 miles away in New Zealand but his name was synonymous with the kind of all-action, rampaging rugby Edwards wanted to play.
He was hooked.
“I played football as a kid but made a decision to play rugby because I preferred the principles of the game – the brotherhood and all that – and started out as a fly-half,” Edw...