TERRY Davies loved to reminisce about the old times for Swansea, Llanelli and Wales but, most of all, he loved to reminisce about the Lions and their trip round New Zealand in 1959.
He would spin yarns about how they ‘lived on ten shillings (50p) a day and had an absolutely magnificent tour’. Most of all, he would talk about the opening Test of that series and how it made a mockery of the laws of the game.
How could one team outscore their opponents 4-0 on tries and manage to lose by a single point? What kind of scoring system allowed six penalties to out-point all those tries?
“Every time...