Morgan's mentor can't stop crying as small village is left almost empty

IT USED to be the case that when you searched up Jac Morgan's parents on Google, the search engine would only get half the story right.

- BEN JAMES Sport reporter

It was getting its facts right when it said that Morgan's father was indeed called Rhodri. But when it comes to the Wales captain's mother, Google might be a bit wide of the mark with “Bertie Roberts”.

That said, few know Morgan better than Bertie, who coached the British and Irish Lions openside as a junior at Cwmtwrch RFC.

Bertie has also known Morgan's dad all his life with Rhodri telling him this week that he’s probably more famous than Jac now.

Bertie’s not the only one from Cwmtwrch who is Down Under. In fact, there’s likely no one left in the small village in the Swansea Valley.

“Well no, not many!” Bertie tells us in Melbourne, ahead of today’s second Test.

“We'd planned to come two-and-a-half years ago. We always had a little eye on it, thinking it would be nice if Jac made it. He was involved with Wales then. We had our fingers crossed, then he became captain of Wales. When the announcement came, it was like ‘get in there!’

“I saw the video when he was in South Africa with the Ospreys. I was in work, going through it on my phone looking at the squad. Watching it come through alphabetically...”

At this point, another of the club's supporters chips in, explaining how emotional Bertie tends to get.

In fact, the biggest surprise after leaving him at the Lions' fan zone is that he’s yet to cry.