User:LOUIS MACLOU

HUW S(Stephen)THOMAS (DOB 15:11:1942)

Rugby reporter based in Llandovery, Carmarthenshire. Specialised in age group rugby, including coverage of the U19 FIRA World Cup tournaments in Italy (1996), Argentina (1997),France (1998, 2000 and 2002),Chile (2001) as Western Mail Schools Correspondent. Former Schools Editor of rugby magazine RUGBY WORLD 1995-2015, one of just three schools editors of the long running magazine. He followed in the footsteps of George Abbot and Mike Stevenson and was editor of the schools section for 20 years until magazine editor Owen Jones abruptly and controversially stopped the column. Also ran two weekly columns in the Western Mail on Schools and Youth rugby in Wales 1993-200. Now reporting mainly on Welsh Premiership games, particularly Llandovery FRC (the Drovers) and writing articles on Welsh rugby. Latest article on prop Wyn Jones (Wales On Line) caused controversy over its criticism of the WRU in its failure to identify talent in the Welsh Premiersip. Took to sports reporting in 1996 after teaching stints at Sir Henry Floyd GS, Aylesbury and Blundell's School, Tiverton before leaving his post at Llandovery College where he was Head of the French Department, coached rugby and was master in charge of tennis at which sport he had captained the Welsh Universities when at Aberystwyth University (1961-66) A former player for UCW Aberystwyth, Llandeilo, Aylesbury and Tiverton RFCs, he qualified as a senior WRU referee and was also author of two rugby quiz books - RUGBY POSERS (1979)and MORE RUGBY POSERS (1980)