Historians tell us the Black Death ravaged medieval Europe for a mere seven years, although it must have felt plenty long enough at the time.
Welsh domestic rugby’s marathon descent into the fires of hell has been going on for more than three decades and if we’re stretching a point, we might call it the Red Death, not least because the Scarlets of Llanelli are among those most exposed to its perils.

How sad is the current situation, on a scale of one to 10? Eleven sounds about right.
“The industry’s gone, the manufacturing’s gone, the mines are gone,” the club’s managing director, Jon Daniel...

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