The Welsh rugby defence coach, Shaun Edwards, realised the scale of his nation’s victory over England last weekend when a priest, arms raised in triumph, greeted him at Mass the following morning. Despite the team reaching their Vale of Glamorgan base at 3.15am last Sunday, Edwards attended Mass at 10am at the church of All Hallows, Miskin. The priest, Fr Allan Davies-Hale, told us that he didn’t think the outcome of the match was divine intervention, but sometimes says in jest to h
01 October 2015, The Tablet
Match made in heaven
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