NEWS EXTRA

By ROB COLE
A YEAR ago Anthony Buchanan launched an ‘SOS’ appeal to try to safeguard the future of Llanelli rugby club.
How could one of the greatest names in the world game be under threat, most people thought, but Buchanan wanted to let everyone know just how close to extinction the club he played for and served for so long actually was.
The original ‘Scarlets’, formed in 1872, had just hung onto their Welsh Premiership status with a play-off victory over Pontypool and the former Wales prop set about improving performance on and off the field last season...