PETER JACKSON

Max Boyce casts his mind back to the early Sixties and runs through his playing career at Glynneath. It does not take long.
“I played a bit at scrum half for the youth team,” he says recalling a time when Bas Thomas’ Invincibles were in the process of reeling off 55 consecutive wins. “I was very small and not very good. I also played at openside. Full of heart but not much pace.”
How close did that take him to a place in the all-conquering first XV, one that featured another young back row forward who would gain election to the Greatest Welsh Te...