RETURNING favourite Tom Organ tells the Will Bain why he has dropped down a division to come home to Pooler.

EVERY rugby team, whatever their level, is made instantly better with a real out and out open-side.

You know the type, a Richie McCaw, Neil Back, Sam Warburton pest.

The guy who does the unflashy, grizzly bits the best forcing turnovers, slowing ball and tackles to a standstill.

The man who would put his head places any sane person would think twice about putting their foot.

In the returning Tom Organ, Pontypool have a player in that mould; big engine, tough tackling, hard working.

His new skipper, Luke Dyckhoff perhaps best summed it up when he described Organ as doing "the industrial side of the game" better than anyone he’s played with. "I enjoy that side of it, relish it," says the 25-year-old, who returns to the Park for his fourth season in Pooler red, black and white after a year at Premiership side Bedwas.

"I guess it’s that old school coal face type work, but it’s work that needs to be done to win rugby matches. It lets your flair players play."

It’s that work-rate, mental toughness and leadership that made the Pooler coaches so keen to bring him back. Organ says he loved his time at Bedwas and felt the coaches and squad had helped him improve.

"I had the chance to stay," he explains " And I was playing enough. But when I came back to Pontypool it didn’t feel massively different to before.

"I thought with all the changes, it would feel different, but running up those steps at the Park for the Blackwood game, it became a no-brainer in the end,’ he says tailing off.

The squad he rejoins is clearly stronger and Organ is excited about what he’s seen.

"They’re hard working, honest, there’s some real pace in the outside backs and there’s a lot of good players in a lot of positions," the Chepstow number seven says.

That’s the key to the Championship Organ feels. Depth.

"That’s what Ebbw Vale do the best," he says.

Happy to play wherever the coaches want to pick him, as you might expect, his play reflects his character.

He’s about as far removed as you can get from a Mariah Carey style diva, but he does expect certain standards.

"There’s no reason in a rugby game to be outworked, why can’t you work harder than anyone else?

"’I would like Pontypool, especially the home games, to be really tough for opponents.

"I want teams, even if they manage to win, not wanting to come back to Pontypool Park because it was so tough."