How many times have we heard the rugby saying 'It starts up front'?
That has been the case for every successful team the game has produced. Including the thrilling Welsh side of the 1970s.
When we look back at videos of those halcyon days, 101 Best Welsh Tries or The Crowning Years, there were, indeed, some truly wonder scores from our glittering array of backs. But what the videos don't show is that most of those tries came towards the end of matches after the foundations had been put in place by the pack.
