Dan Lydiate will draw a line under a year of misery when he returns to playing action for the Ospreys in their United Rugby Championship clash with Leinster in Dublin on Saturday.
It’s just over 12 months since the teak-hard flanker injured knee ligaments playing for Wales against Ireland in the Six Nations. Speaking about the injury later, Lydiate reckoned the affected knee had been ‘obliterated’.
There were fears among some that the then 33-year-old might decide to call it a day.
