Wales, England and the RFU - the winding tale of Derek Morgan


  • Rugby
  • Thursday, 21 Feb 2019

LONDON (Reuters) - There will be no split loyalties for Derek Morgan in Cardiff this weekend as the man whose Welsh accent makes Tom Jones sound like Hugh Grant but who won nine caps for England and became president of the RFU is firmly in the Eddie Jones camp.

Asked by Reuters how somebody sounding so clearly Welsh ended up wearing a red rose rather than a red shirt, Morgan settled down and delivered what would be become a familiar line as he looked back at his career: "I can tell you a little story about that..."

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