P162 Teletext 162 Jan 3 16:35:12          UNION    —————————————————————————————  —— COBNER FAVOURITE FOR WELSH TOP JOB Former Wales flanker and captain Terry Cobnjr is favourite to bj named as the WRU's new director of rugby (Thursday). The WRU received around 80 applications from all over the world for the £50,000-a-year post. Blajnavon-born Cobner, currently on the teaching staff at Oundle College, captained Pontypool for 10 successive seasons. He won 19 caps for Wales. ——————————————————————————————————————— Teletext Sporting Calendar for 1996 189 WIN BIRMINGHAM-WOLVES TICKETS 179 Next Local sport Feature TV Plus