Can someone tell me..

[SelimNiai]

Why the Scarlets are Turks and Why Swansea are Jacks

Tanks

 

[TRF_Olyy]

From what i remember/was told: Turkish sailors used to dock in Llanelli for that nickname
and apparently the Jacks comes from a lifesaving dog from Swansea called Jack (<--from wikipedia, so may be a load of balls)