Rugger Man the stubborn creature who ignores medical advice to play on despite risk of long-term injury

The finest sports documentary you have never heard of is BBC Wales’s We
Beat the All Blacks, a beautifully understated homage to the 1972
Llanelli team who conquered the All Blacks 9-3 at the old Stradey Park.

It
is an evocation, in every sense, of a lost era.

Fond recollections of a time
of maximum employment, when the steelworks were at full steam and when men
were men, are juxtaposed mournfully with images of a modern-day town in
which residents drift aimlessly through deserted streets.




It is a production of aching nostalgia, marking the day that Scarlets fans
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