Dual-code ‘Welsh Wizard’ David Watkins dies aged 81

FORMER dual-code Wales and Great Britain star and Salford skipper David Watkins has died aged 81. The exciting back from Blaina, in the South Wales Valleys, made more than 400 appearances for Salford between October 1967, when he was signed for £13,000 from Newport, and April 1979, breaking multiple points-scoring records and twice helping the

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