WALES may be the smallest nation in Britain, with a population of just over three million, yet its influence on world sport—and American history—has consistently far exceeded its size. In The Fighting Welsh – The Original Britons Who Helped Build America, author and former rugby international A. J. Sutton reveals how Welsh culture, education, and rugby tradition played a quiet but pivotal role in shaping the most-watched sport in the United States: American football.

One of the leading candidates for the Sir Fynwy Torfaen constituency at the Senedd election has blasted his opponents’ leader for his record as a council leader.