Wales Can Return with Heads Held High, Says Young ; Blues Chief Suffered in Nz, but He Says It Will Be Different This Time
Wales on Sunday › June 13, 2010
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IT was carnage in Christchurch, agony in Auckland....but is it going to be disaster in Dunedin and hell in Hamilton? Blues coach Dai Young still has vivid memories of the first two destinations in the above collection.
You have to go back 22 years to May 28 and June 11, 1988, to relive two of the most fearful hammerings Wales will ever suffer at the hands of the All Blacks - and Young was at the forefront of the punishment, quite literally.See the full content of this document
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Wales Can Return with Heads Held High, Says Young ; Blues Chief Suffered in Nz, but He Says It Will Be Different This Time
As a fresh-faced 21-year old prop, the Aberdare boy was looking to find out if he and his team mates could transfer their Triple Crown winning exploits of that winter to the fortresses of the New Zealand game.
Well, 106 points and 18 tries later and Young had his answer.An All Blacks side containing names like Gallacher, Kirwan, Fox, Fitzpatrick, Shelford and the irrepressible openside flanker Micha...See the full content of this document
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