LLANDOVERYmay have been a force in the Welsh game from the earliest of times but never more so than either side of World War 2 when the legendary, somewhat irascible, figure of TP ‘Pope’ Williams was in charge.
Williams, a stern disciplinarian, directed Llandovery rugby for over 30 years, produced three members of the Wales team that defeated the All Blacks in 1935 –Viv Jenkins, Cliff Jones and Arthur Rees – and helped the West Walians to become the first school outside of England to win the Rosslyn Park Sevens, when they beat Bedford in the 1952 final.
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