STEVE WINN
THE FORMER BRIDGEND, SWANSEA, NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS & CORNISH PIRATES CENTRE

Istill get mistaken for Tom Shanklin or Gareth Thomas, my first centre partner, despite enjoying a 15-year professional career in my own right!
I was fresh out of school when I made my senior debut for Bridgend in 1996, the year the game went professional. I’d thrown all my eggs into one basket in the hope I could make a go of it and, luckily, I had a really good first season alongside Alfie. I benefitted from all the attention being on him, and the fact I had a ‘nofear’ approach ...