Rewind the clock some four decades and Pontypool RFC were among the most feared club sides in the United Kingdom, let alone Wales.
The 1987-88 is generally considered to be their peak where they won 35 out of 36 matches, while they were also crowned Welsh champions three times in a row between 1983 and 1986.
Under the tutelage of the no nonsense Ray Prosser, Pooler were almost unstoppable with the likes of the legendary Wales front-row of Graham Price, Charlie Faulkner, and Bobby Windsor among others wreaking havoc.
