Pontypool RFC: Club nearly folded after WRU legal challenge One of Wales' most famous rugby clubs, Pontypool, was a week away from folding earlier this year, it has emerged. The club, immortalised in the Max Boyce song Pontypool Front Row, faced crippling legal bills after a failed court case with the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU). But now the bills have been paid thanks to a £100,000 donation from a life long fan. Pontypool went to court to fight WRU plans to reorganise the Welsh Premiership. Jordan Davies reports. Testing time for town rugby club