The Breakdown | 'No shirkers': how the late, great Ray Prosser changed Welsh rugby for good

Former Pontypool coach, who has died aged 93, brought a new breed of physicality to Wales after a 1959 trip to New ZealandIt was the middle of October in 1989, a few days before Pontypool faced New Zealand, and the rain was beating hard on a mobile office at a steelworks a few miles from the town. Inside it, Ray Prosser, the club’s coach who had forged the career of many an international forward, was explaining his philosophy on rugby. Related: Nigel Owens: 'We need to get back to the referee actually reffing the game' Related: All Blacks make three changes as Argentina overhaul starting XV f…