From Holyhead to Haverfordwest, scoring two tries for Wales on your debut is the kind of dream held by many youngsters – less so, perhaps, in Huntersville, New Zealand, the hometown of Wales’ newest rugby starlet Hadleigh Parkes. Yet his selection is an example of an increasingly common trend in the Home Nations – Ireland, […]
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On national anthems: a plea from a Welsh woman
I had lived in Wales all my life before I came to Exeter, and, honestly, it was more of a culture shock than I had expected. If I had a pound for every time a sheep joke was made at my expense, I really wouldn’t have to worry about student debt. I can handle juvenile, […]