Clive A. Sullivan MBE was the second black captain of any British national sporting side, and the first for 90 years, leading Great Britain to the 1972 Rugby League World
The son of Russian immigrants who settled in Tiger Bay, Augustus John Ferdinand Risman was born in Sophia Street and went to South Church Street School. He became one of
Born in the heart of Tiger Bay in 1934, he went to South Church Street School where he was in the same team as Billy Boston and his cousin, Joe Erskine.
Today's codebreaker is Ray Francis.
Ray was born in Butetown in 1919 Roy Francis and later moved to Brynmawr as a child where he was brought up by his parents Albert
Todays' codebreaker is Joe Corsi.
Joe was born into a rugby playing family of Italian immigrants in July 1894, he lived in Adam Street and Sandon Street, in Adamsdown. He became
'Codebreakers' is the description long-associated with those who left the ‘amateur’ rugby union game in south Wales to pursue professional careers in the rugby league code.
Many great black Welsh players were