MEIRION Roberts would have been highly amused had someone told him that his death last week would resurrect probably the most controversial tackle in Anglo-Springbok warfare and blast it off on a social media whirl. By severing the last living Barbarians’ link to their historic win over South Africa at Cardiff Arms Park 64 years ago, the former Cardiff captain’s passing in his 91st year has given a new lease of life to Haydn Mainwaring’s X-certificate flattening of Springbok captain Avril Malan, as recorded on a 37-second video.
A Lieutenant in the Royal Marines, ...