Plans to erect a statue of three Welsh rugby legends in Cardiff Bay have been approved. Billy Boston, Clive Sullivan, and Gus Risman will be depicted in a new monument celebrating the city's rugby "codebreakers."
The statue, which will be erected in Landsea Square in Mermaid Quay, honours three rugby players from the Butetown and old Tiger Bay area. The trio were among the first leading players to move from Welsh amateur rugby union careers to England’s professional rugby league teams in the north.
The 'One Team – One Race, Honouring the Cardiff Bay Rugby Codebreakers' project launched in 2020 and raised money to create a statue chosen from 13 sports stars who made a contribution playing rugby lover the past 120 years. All of the 13 nominees grew up within a three-mile radius of Cardiff Bay.
