The famous Welsh rugby club that unleashed Mike Ruddock onto the top-level rugby scene are under threat amid a player shortage that led to their opening game of the season being called off.
Tredegar RFC, the ex-Merit Table outfit, had only 10 playing personnel available for last weekend’s scheduled Division 6 East encounter against Old Tylerian, meaning the game had to be postponed.
And chairman Anthony Preece didn’t shy away from stating the perilous position in which one of Welsh rugby’s most well known old clubs now find themselves.