There have been millions of words written about the art of captaincy, perhaps a lot of effort could have been saved by spending some time at Cardiff's Whitchurch High School.
When the class of September 1999 walked through the doors, little did staff know that three future Wales captains would be in the ranks.
Sam Warburton skippered Wales at the 2011 and 2015 Rugby Union World Cups, Gareth Bale will do the same at next month's Fifa World Cup and Elliot Kear leads the Dragons at the Rugby League World Cup. Just 284 days separate their respective birthdays.
