Memory of Gibbs’ try never fades for Dafydd

PETER JACKSON
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW

Storm Dudley howled along the Porthcawl seafront as if defying a middle-aged Lion to recall that heavenly Sunday when a blazing blue sky came down on an English Grand Slam.
Dafydd James peered out through the water spitting against the beachside window until the Twin Towers hoved into his view.
“I can see it now exactly as it was at the time,’’ he said of an international occasion which could be described as one of the most historic of all time.
Wales v England at Wembley on Sunday April 11, 1999 was unique, the last Five Na...

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