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John Jones

Wales' beasting boss at the heart of Gatland's World Cup hopes who's willing to go to dark places alongside his players

The last time Huw Bennett was in Fiesch, Switzerland, he quite literally threw himself into the heart of the action.

As the former Wales hooker addresses members of the media at the team's World Cup training camp, one of several paragliders occupying the sky above the small valley in the Swiss Alps swoops into view. Four years ago, he says, that was him.

"I did it up from where we stayed," he explained. "It was nine days into the camp and I felt like the players needed some kind of pick up, so me and Bobby [Paul Stridgeon] did it. The boys were warming up down below and we came paragliding while Mission Impossible was playing. I don't want to replicate what we did then [this year], but we might have something up our sleeve!"

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