EVEN now, 70 years after he started blazing trails across the rugby world, Lewis Jones’ achievements still make the average meteor look like a here-today-gone-tomorrow flash in the pan. Consider the facts:
At 18 a winning debut for Wales, against England at Twickenham, followed within weeks by a first Grand Slam.
A Test Lion at 19, against the All Blacks, and a winning series against Australia.
At 20, a second Grand Slam with Wales.
At 21, a transfer from Llanelli (or Llanelly as it was then) to Leeds for a world-record £6,000.
All that has been well documented, less so the...