There will be a familiar face in the ranks of Tonna RFC when they line up against Crumlin in the WRU National Shield final at the Principality Stadium later this month.
That said, not every rugby follower may be able to put a name to the chap who’s set to figure at blindside flanker for The Ton in the game on April 30. Craig Mitchell once played prop for Wales, winning 15 caps, one of them at the 2011 World Cup. He came up against New Zealand great Tony Woodcock early in his Test career and his first start in a red jersey saw him oppose the Popeye-esque England star Andrew Sheridan.
But Mitchell stepped back from professional rugby last summer and returned to the club that he represented at youth level. If that wasn’t radical enough, he also cuts a streamlined figure these days, having lost weight, and has changed his position.
