Stephen Jones meets Welsh star Lee Byrne after the fullback cemented his Lions chances with a string of eye-catching performances last month. Check out the interview in the Sunday Times.
"Byrne has the full armoury. He has a siege-gun boot; one swing from Byrne, by no means a giant, can take play 80 metres away. He is a magnificent footballer and defender and, more to the point, a brilliant attacker.
"Yet the regal stride of Byrne’s career is a recent phenomenon. He has had a superb couple of seasons, but he is 28, not 22. He had always been a good player. He was discovered at Bridgend Athletic, played for Tondu, squeezed into a development contract with Llanelli and then joined the Ospreys"
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