Born in Caerphilly, Jimmy Newland represented Pontypridd Youth, winning international honours with Wales at that level, and went on to become a mainstay of Ponty's front row during the late seventies and early eighties.
He scored fourteen tries for the club, and also played for neighbours Cilfynydd.

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