When Wales beat France to clinch the 2012 Six Nations Championship Grand Slam – one player stood out from the rest of the field.
A powerful presence on the pitch, Dan Lydiate, the 6ft 4in fearless farmer’s son from Llandrindod Wells truly deserved the title Player of the Tournament.
In Grand Slam Man , the heroic Welsh flanker reflects on his comeback from a broken neck in 2008 to become the hero of Wales’s 2012 Grand Slam success. He also reveals his thoughts on the Australia tour, his love of tackling, his life on the farm and his British Lions dream.
Welsh flankerDan Lydiate grew up on his family’s farm near Llandrindod Wells. He started his rugby career as a teenager with Newport Gwent Dragons Academy, progressing to their senior squad. In 2008 he suffered a serious neck injury in the Dragons’ Heineken Cup Group match at Perpignan threatening his playing career. A year later he made his debut for Wales and quickly established himself as a key player.
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