Exiles aim to build on Welsh legacy

Steffan Thomas finds out London Welsh have gone back to their roots to mount a recovery

Ambitious: Cai Griffiths, inset, coaching London Welsh
PICTURE: Dave Jackson

IN the amateur era London Welsh had some of the finest players in world rugby on their books. Wales and British & Irish Lions legends JPR Williams, Gerald Davies and John Dawes all graced the hallowed turf of Old Deer Park.
But since the dawn of professionalism, the London-based club have found things much more difficult. Apart from two seasons in the top-flight of English rugby, they have struggled to make their mar...

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