THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW
Dan defies heavy toll on fearless flankers

Indestructible: Dan Lydiate is back for Wales
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Dan Lydiate is due to start a Test comeback next Sunday at an age beyond the reach of a startling number of his wing forward contemporaries. The ever more pulverising nature of their trade has claimed many recent casualties, a list headed by Lydiate’s sidekick in the same back row for Wales and the Lions, Sam Warburton. Nobody needs to advise him that mastering the dangerous art of the jackal can be seriously injurious to long-term health.
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