Once were warriors.Calon: a Journey to the Heart of Welsh Rugby Owen Sheers Faber & Faber, 288pp, £14.99 Until I was well past 40, Wales always beat England in rugby union internationals. Well, not quite always but it seemed so: from 1949, when I first became aware of the game, English victories were so rare that I could play the whole lot of them back in my head. In most matches, “Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi” (“The land of my fathers, which is dear to me”) and “Bread of Heaven” rose triumphantly and provocatively from the terrace ... Read More