As previously reported, Boxing Day is – or was – the day for festive rugby.
Take these results from 60 years ago :-
Cardiff 24 Welsh Academicals 3
Llanelly 3 London Welsh 13
Maesteg nil Bridgend 3
Neath 6 Aberavon 5
Newport 25 Watsonians 11
Northampton 16 Penarth 16
Pontypool 6 Pontypridd 9
Swansea 16 U.A.U. 3
Classic rugby, huge crowds – Neath-Aberavon today ?
Oh and there were big games in England – Leicester 10 Barbarians 13.
And in Scotland – Edinburgh Academicals nil London Scottish 9.