Not that long ago, the topic of Adam Beard came up while in conversation with a South African rugby scribe.
Trust me, this writer does occasionally have better ice-breakers than towering Welsh second-rows, but the 27-year-old merited discussion on this particular occasion.
"If he was South African, we'd love him," was the gist of that particular writer's point of view. Given how set-piece orientated the Ospreys lock is, it's unsurprising that he has at least one member in the South African fan club.
