DAVID COLLINS HIGHLIGHTS THE GROWTH OF PLAYERS AT WELSH CLUBS GOING ON TO REPRESENT THEIR COUNTRY

HAVING players from your club represent the national team makes it all the sweeter.
So it’s fitting, from a Welsh point of view, that the relative success of Swansea City, Cardiff City and Newport County has found welcome recognition on the international stage.
Down the years, we often saw some selections from our home-based clubs: Alan Curtis of Swansea, Phil Dwyer from Cardiff and, of course, the Prince of Wales, Arfon Griffiths from Wrexham.
When I first began following Wales in the 70...