There is only one way to achieve true immortality in Welsh life. Forget the Gorsedd, the Queen’s Jubilee Birthday Honours List or even getting your signed picture on the wall of Giovanni’s in Cardiff. You only now you’ve really made it in Wales when you’re a Grogg.
So it feels like a moment in Welsh cultural history to see the first FEMALE player captured in clay by the Michelangelo of rugby Richard Hughes. His figurine of Jasmine “Jaz” Joyce was unveiled this week, complete with “braids of heaven”, silver boots and the fabulously determined game face which has already inspired a generation of young girls to pick up a rugby ball.
The speedster from St David’s - whose try-scoring exploits for Wales and the GB Sevens team have lit up stadia and social media alike - more than deserves her place in the Grogg pantheon of the game.
