Former Wales head coach John Ryan has sadly passed away at the age of 83.
He guided the national side from 1988 to 1990, a particularly turbulent time when Welsh rugby was hit by a series of departures to rugby league. Spotting a drinker reading a Welsh evening newspaper at the time, one arrival at a Valleys workingmen's club shouted across: "Who's gone today?" His words said a lot.
It was against this backdrop that Ryan operated.
