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Welcome to Wales Today. Following a momentous weekend for Welsh rugby, | :00:13. | :00:17. | |
we're live from the steps of the Senedd in Cardiff Bay - with the | :00:17. | :00:23. | |
Grand Slam winning team! Tonight - a moment to cherish. The | :00:23. | :00:26. | |
team led by Sam Warburton are all here to celebrate their winning | :00:26. | :00:32. | |
weekend. They've been gathering all afternoon - there's a red army here | :00:32. | :00:39. | |
tonight - thousands have come to show their support. A third Grand | :00:39. | :00:42. | |
Slam in eight years - young and old celebrated as a nation came | :00:42. | :00:52. | |
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together. The fireworks, music, all the boys screaming their heads off. | :00:57. | :01:07. | |
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One of the best feelings I have had Good evening - welcome to Wales | :01:16. | :01:19. | |
Today - your timing is perfect - you're just in time to revel in | :01:19. | :01:22. | |
celebrating the Grand Slam all over again. We're live here tonight on | :01:22. | :01:31. | |
the steps of the Senedd. The Welsh rugby team have just left a | :01:31. | :01:33. | |
reception held by the first minister Carwyn Jones and they are | :01:33. | :01:37. | |
here on the steps in front of the Assembly building in front of | :01:37. | :01:40. | |
thousands of fans - many of whom have been waiting for hours to see | :01:40. | :01:50. | |
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What we have here is a great team, a great captain, a great coach and | :01:58. | :02:08. | |
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a great credit to Wales. It gives me a very great pleasure to present | :02:09. | :02:15. | |
the Six Nations trophy 2012 took the Triple Crown and champions, at | :02:15. | :02:24. | |
to the Grand Slam champions, to the 201216 nations champions, our boys, | :02:24. | :02:34. | |
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I did not think they could quite believe this saying. There are all | :03:12. | :03:17. | |
covered in confetti, but it is worth it. Some of these bands have | :03:17. | :03:21. | |
been camping out since lunchtime, desperate to get the best seats and | :03:21. | :03:26. | |
now what a treat. The team back in Das, it has been a great weekend | :03:26. | :03:32. | |
and many of them have not wanted to stop partying. You might just enjoy | :03:32. | :03:42. | |
this. It is our thousands of people across the country had been feeling | :03:42. | :03:45. | |
all weekend. The Grand Slam celebrations shown no sign of | :03:45. | :03:52. | |
fizzling out just yet. It is amazing. We loved it. Mother and | :03:52. | :04:01. | |
daughter. This is my grandson, it is his first of many. Wales | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
produced a performance of which the nation can be proud. It was not | :04:05. | :04:11. | |
always pretty, but the men were ruthless Inst seizing the day. Alex | :04:12. | :04:21. | |
Cuthbert's try will be replayed for years to come. Captain Sam | :04:21. | :04:24. | |
Warburton will also be feeling the effects for weeks. He could only | :04:24. | :04:29. | |
lift the trophy with one arm as his other shoulder was injured. He is | :04:29. | :04:33. | |
now more optimistic he will be available for this summer's Test | :04:33. | :04:40. | |
matches insist area. He will have another scan tomorrow. No one will | :04:40. | :04:43. | |
begrudge can and the players a few days to relax and enjoy their | :04:44. | :04:51. | |
success. They can went badly, they can win by creating, they can win | :04:51. | :04:55. | |
by a paying docket suffer up front, dominating the opposition. All of | :04:55. | :05:05. | |
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these youngsters, 75 % of there team, are probably some way off the | :05:06. | :05:15. | |
best. The with assistant coach expected to stand in for the Wales | :05:16. | :05:23. | |
coach, as they take defend their title. The Welsh Rugby Union are | :05:23. | :05:26. | |
hoping the Grand Slam will have an impact that lasts for years. Some | :05:26. | :05:32. | |
of these pupils were at the game. The rest watch it on television and | :05:32. | :05:41. | |
their role I'm mad about the sport. There are all developing very | :05:41. | :05:49. | |
nicely. Boys and girls. I like passing. I like tackling. Support | :05:49. | :05:53. | |
play. It is no surprise that Cardiff's pubs and hotels are | :05:53. | :06:02. | |
having to restock today. Jubilant fans drank the bars tried. | :06:02. | :06:07. | |
Saturday, the Welsh came out in full force and it was a sea of raid. | :06:07. | :06:12. | |
It was pretty mad. Saturday morning, they were roll-up at the crack of | :06:12. | :06:18. | |
dawn. Breakfast, really good atmosphere, a lot of singing. They | :06:18. | :06:23. | |
went to the match and came back again very busy. The bar was born | :06:23. | :06:28. | |
Dijk. Fantastic, very busy weekend for us. It seems the players have | :06:28. | :06:34. | |
not stop party event did gave at the Senedd, they will receive the | :06:34. | :06:44. | |
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acclaim of the nation after the historic Grand Slam victory. | :06:50. | :06:53. | |
The mind to people who have turned up tonight, we cannot think them | :06:53. | :06:58. | |
enough. Were you expecting a welcome like this? I did not know | :06:58. | :07:04. | |
what to expect. In 48 hours from lifting the Grand Slam, how do you | :07:04. | :07:11. | |
look back on it? It is unbelievable, to be honest. A lot of hard work | :07:11. | :07:20. | |
has gone in over the last two months. It is an amazing feeling. | :07:20. | :07:24. | |
What have you been doing for the past 48 hours, besides coming down | :07:24. | :07:34. | |
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to earth? We have had a few beers. I think they were allowed. How are | :07:36. | :07:43. | |
your stitches? I can see we're hearing well. It is worth it. | :07:43. | :07:50. | |
is the summer tour. What next for Wales? How far can this thing go? | :07:50. | :07:53. | |
Her next big target is to get a couple of wins in the southern | :07:53. | :07:59. | |
hemisphere. That is a big challenge for us. Finally, what is your | :07:59. | :08:05. | |
message to the fans tonight? Out think you very much, we really | :08:05. | :08:11. | |
appreciated. You're going to have a team photo. You look smart, you | :08:11. | :08:16. | |
have clear the confetti of. These fans have been amazing on day and | :08:16. | :08:23. | |
as you can tell, they are very noisy tonight. Our reporter it is | :08:23. | :08:29. | |
among them. Not everyone was lucky enough to have a ticket to see the | :08:29. | :08:32. | |
match at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday. For many of these people | :08:32. | :08:37. | |
in the crowd, this is the first time to see their Grand Slam | :08:37. | :08:41. | |
hearers in the flesh. Let's have a word with a few of them now. Where | :08:41. | :08:50. | |
have you come from today? How long have you been here for question | :08:50. | :08:56. | |
that since 3 o'clock. It is brilliant. This is a big thing, so | :08:56. | :09:01. | |
many people here. Why does it mean so much to people? It is a | :09:01. | :09:04. | |
wonderful atmosphere, a wonderful scene and a thing we have a lot to | :09:04. | :09:10. | |
look forward to in the future. did not get to see any gains, but | :09:10. | :09:14. | |
watch them on the television. Did you still feel part do something | :09:14. | :09:21. | |
special? Yes, and I am very proud to be Welsh. It is lovely to see | :09:21. | :09:31. | |
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you. Why did you decide to come so far? The boys have done us all | :09:31. | :09:35. | |
proud and I could not get to any of the matches this year, but as came | :09:35. | :09:42. | |
down to see them all, absolutely fantastic. Sum up what it seemed | :09:42. | :09:48. | |
mean to you. I have had so many years watching them in the 70s and | :09:48. | :09:55. | |
80s, the 90s, when we did not have such a good team, but these boys, I | :09:55. | :09:59. | |
think their best is yet to come. Just a word with some of the | :09:59. | :10:07. | |
children. You look fantastic. What is your name? How special is this | :10:07. | :10:15. | |
tonight? Why did you decide to come and see this today? Because I like | :10:15. | :10:21. | |
rugby. Who is your favourite player from the Grand Slam. Leigh have | :10:21. | :10:29. | |
penny. What you like about him? just love them. It is great to see | :10:29. | :10:34. | |
all, have a fantastic evening. The crowd are really excited. They are | :10:34. | :10:44. | |
enjoying the national anthem. Sam for Britain is here. Heidi | :10:44. | :10:52. | |
describe this? It is amazing. Listen to them. It is amazing. I do | :10:52. | :10:57. | |
not think anyone expected this, to be honest. The fans have been | :10:57. | :11:05. | |
brilliant through the lolled championship. How are you injuries? | :11:05. | :11:10. | |
The first scan was inconclusive, but I will see the specialist and | :11:10. | :11:15. | |
see what he says tomorrow. How do you sum up being a Grand Slam | :11:15. | :11:21. | |
winning captain? I do not know how to explain it. I never thought it | :11:21. | :11:28. | |
was going to happen, so will that there is only a small and besiege | :11:28. | :11:32. | |
his list of Grand Slam Kempton's. We know the fans her passionate and | :11:32. | :11:37. | |
many of them have come out today, at many of them since early this | :11:37. | :11:42. | |
afternoon. I can see you're getting so much from it. They were people | :11:42. | :11:47. | |
out here hours and hours a goal. I could not believe it. I think it is | :11:47. | :11:52. | |
good making do this for the public and show our appreciation, because | :11:52. | :11:56. | |
we do believe we have the greatest fans and the world and it makes a | :11:56. | :12:02. | |
massive difference. There is no better place to be. They were | :12:02. | :12:08. | |
saying that the era of the 1970s is absolutely fantastic, but they were | :12:08. | :12:11. | |
coming to an end of there careers. The players are so young in his | :12:12. | :12:19. | |
current Welsh side. How far can you go? I think it is impossible to say. | :12:19. | :12:22. | |
Pictures are different, the game is different. They were let Ince in | :12:22. | :12:29. | |
their own right. It is early days now. This year has been pretty | :12:29. | :12:34. | |
successful for us, but we hope to do more in the future. There is a | :12:34. | :12:38. | |
trophy for you to let's go over there. If you're not in a shot, I | :12:38. | :12:43. | |
would get into trouble. Thank you very much. Everybody is a bit | :12:43. | :12:49. | |
chocked up and emotional here. More on the celebrations later, but now | :12:49. | :12:55. | |
let's go back to the newsroom for A journalist from Carmarthen who | :12:55. | :12:58. | |
was arrested in Libya accused of spying is due back in Britain | :12:58. | :13:01. | |
tonight. Gareth Montgomery-Johnson will be met by his family at | :13:01. | :13:05. | |
Heathrow in the next hour. He had been working for an Iranian news | :13:05. | :13:08. | |
channel when he was arrested with a colleague last month. His sister | :13:08. | :13:15. | |
says she is relieved she will soon be reunited with her brother. | :13:15. | :13:21. | |
I had a phone call from him last night and he had just got into the | :13:21. | :13:25. | |
British embassy. He said they were OK, they were expecting to come | :13:25. | :13:32. | |
home today. I feel as though I can relax a little bit. I am anxious to | :13:32. | :13:37. | |
get him home. That is it, job is done. | :13:37. | :13:40. | |
More than 60 people in the Porthmadog area are being offered | :13:40. | :13:43. | |
the MMR vaccination after a health worker was identified as being | :13:43. | :13:46. | |
infectious while on duty. outbreak of the virus in the area | :13:46. | :13:56. | |
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linked to the local secondary school has now reached 42 cases. | :13:57. | :14:02. | |
The Bronmeirion Surgery in Penrhyndeudraeth was the base for | :14:02. | :14:09. | |
the health worker. All those it -- who came in contact to the health | :14:09. | :14:15. | |
worker have been offered a vaccine. They are now 42 cases in this area. | :14:15. | :14:18. | |
It isn't just in this area where measles is on the rise, it is | :14:19. | :14:25. | |
happening across Wales and England. In the first 10 weeks of last year | :14:25. | :14:30. | |
there were 353 notified cases, this year they have been for a friend | :14:30. | :14:37. | |
and 94. An increase of 60%. But this is a disease they had hoped we | :14:37. | :14:41. | |
had seen the back of. One of the on this his parents were urged to | :14:41. | :14:49. | |
vaccinate against. In the 1970s, the number protected from the -- | :14:49. | :14:53. | |
measles was rising. But then in the late 90s came the unfounded scare | :14:53. | :14:59. | |
over the MMR jab, vaccination rates plummeted. We have seen small | :14:59. | :15:03. | |
measles outbreaks across the country both in England and Wales, | :15:03. | :15:10. | |
partly in the age group of 10-14, which her children that may have | :15:10. | :15:15. | |
missed out on vaccination as babies and as pre-school children because | :15:15. | :15:22. | |
of adverse publicity at the time. Most, although not all, and linked | :15:22. | :15:26. | |
to the secondary school. The majority have not had their MMR jab. | :15:26. | :15:30. | |
As far as younger children are concerned it seems worries about it | :15:30. | :15:35. | |
have passed. Both my children have had the MMR jab so I'm not | :15:35. | :15:40. | |
particularly worried. Health officials say the MMR jab is so | :15:40. | :15:42. | |
important it is never too late to get one. | :15:42. | :15:45. | |
A student at Swansea University has admitted posting racially offensive | :15:45. | :15:49. | |
messages about the player, Fabrice Muamba, on Twitter. Liam Stacey, | :15:49. | :15:52. | |
who is 21 and from Pontypridd, was arrested after his comments about | :15:52. | :15:54. | |
the Bolton footballer, who collapsed during a match on | :15:54. | :15:59. | |
Saturday, were reported by other Twitter users. He will be sentenced | :15:59. | :16:03. | |
next week. A 33-year-old woman has been | :16:03. | :16:06. | |
arrested on suspicion of murder after a man's body was discovered | :16:06. | :16:10. | |
at a house in Swansea. The body was found at a home in the Brynmill | :16:10. | :16:13. | |
area of the city at just after 6 o'clock this morning. South Wales | :16:14. | :16:16. | |
Police say they're not looking for anyone else in connection with the | :16:17. | :16:26. | |
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incident. The chief medical officer wants us to be more honest about | :16:29. | :16:37. | |
how many alcohol we consume. The campaign highlights the long-term | :16:37. | :16:41. | |
health risks including cancer and heart disease. | :16:41. | :16:44. | |
The names of some of the 600 people chosen to carry the Olympic torch | :16:44. | :16:49. | |
around Wales have been announced. The torch will spend six days here. | :16:49. | :16:52. | |
More than 80 towns, villages and cities will see a glimpse of the | :16:52. | :17:02. | |
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flame as it makes its way around There is not long to go until the | :17:06. | :17:10. | |
Olympic torch comes close to where you live. Now we know who will have | :17:10. | :17:18. | |
the honour of carrying it. No Stringer to the limelight, Samantha | :17:18. | :17:23. | |
Hunt won �100,000 on a television game show. She gave half of the | :17:24. | :17:27. | |
money to good causes in can you and now she has been rewarded for her | :17:27. | :17:37. | |
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charity work. I am nervous. What if I drop it? When I applied, I was | :17:38. | :17:42. | |
half aware of it but it did not know I was going to win that amount | :17:42. | :17:49. | |
of money. Ken Bennett was picked for his services to Welsh athletics. | :17:49. | :17:58. | |
When a record is said he helps decide it is official. This is the | :17:58. | :18:04. | |
pinnacle of being involved in some way with the Olympic Games. I am | :18:04. | :18:14. | |
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very excited about it. Getting a bit emotional about it?! The toss | :18:14. | :18:19. | |
goes to mammoth and then to Cardiff before reaching Swansea. It will | :18:19. | :18:23. | |
head a long at the coast of west Wales, at Aberystwyth before | :18:23. | :18:28. | |
reaching Bangor. Today it has been concerned -- confirmed the RNLI | :18:28. | :18:32. | |
will be getting involved. It will leave Wales to Chester before | :18:32. | :18:37. | |
returning for its final journey on Wednesday 30th May. He is to go | :18:37. | :18:41. | |
through Wrexham and leaving via Welshpool. James Lusted will run | :18:41. | :18:46. | |
one of the roots. He was nominated by somebody he met while watching | :18:46. | :18:51. | |
the Beijing Olympics. It is fantastic the flame is coming up to | :18:51. | :18:55. | |
North Wales. Usually these big things happen in South Wales all in | :18:55. | :19:00. | |
London. The torch is here for six days on the organisers are hoping | :19:00. | :19:06. | |
thousands were commands to see it. -- come out to see it. | :19:06. | :19:10. | |
If you want to find out if the torch is going your way, go to our | :19:10. | :19:17. | |
website for a detailed route. Let's get back to the Grand Slam party in | :19:17. | :19:22. | |
the Cardiff Bay now. Welcome back. Roger Lewis and | :19:22. | :19:26. | |
Warren Gatland meet me now. They are desperate for a glass of | :19:26. | :19:33. | |
champagne. Does confetti cannons made you jump. I was even warned | :19:33. | :19:37. | |
about his but I got certain shock! The pliers were -- players were all | :19:37. | :19:41. | |
laughing behind me if it's not what does this mean to your squad of | :19:41. | :19:47. | |
players? They have achieved so much or does it mean to you? We are very | :19:48. | :19:53. | |
lucky, we are very privileged, we do things we are loved doing. It is | :19:53. | :19:59. | |
humbling to come out tonight and realise the game means a loss to a | :19:59. | :20:04. | |
lot of people. We have put smiles on faces on Saturday. You are | :20:04. | :20:08. | |
making his coaching job looking -- looked pretty easy. Did you dream | :20:08. | :20:14. | |
of moments like this? I can to anywhere Roger Lewis came down to | :20:14. | :20:23. | |
see me in 2007, if he said I would be coating well as I thought no way. | :20:23. | :20:26. | |
Never worked and I have thought I would has spent the last four years | :20:26. | :20:30. | |
in Wales but it has been a privilege and delight. I have made | :20:30. | :20:35. | |
some great friends. In the minds meet of the passion back in New | :20:35. | :20:39. | |
Zealand. I am so glad I made a decision to come here was that we | :20:39. | :20:43. | |
are glad you made a decision to come here as well! Summed this up | :20:43. | :20:50. | |
for us. I have got to say thank you to this man. We have the best rugby | :20:50. | :20:53. | |
coach in the world. I hope we have got a nice coat to the British | :20:53. | :21:00. | |
Lions as well. He has created an extraordinary environment to an | :21:00. | :21:06. | |
extraordinary group of men. The other face of the new Wales. They | :21:06. | :21:11. | |
are innovative, creative, they can tough it out. Here we are at this | :21:11. | :21:14. | |
iconic set in with his Gloria's deal with these fabulous people. | :21:15. | :21:21. | |
His his family, this is what makes Welsh rugby in Wales so special. | :21:21. | :21:26. | |
Delilah is about to be sung at any minute! Wedd you go next with this | :21:26. | :21:36. | |
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Welsh side?S where do you go for. We shouldered the responsibility of | :21:40. | :21:45. | |
going into the World Cup as favourites. Players had to dig | :21:45. | :21:51. | |
deeper and come from behind. They showed an enormous amount of | :21:51. | :21:55. | |
strength. France didn't play a lot of rugby on Saturday. They were | :21:55. | :22:01. | |
waiting for us to make mistakes the stock I thought the game management | :22:01. | :22:07. | |
and control was brilliant. We should get the boys are to sing | :22:07. | :22:11. | |
this because this is one of our songs! We had a little choir out in | :22:12. | :22:15. | |
New Zealand while we were practising. For who is the best and | :22:15. | :22:21. | |
worst singer. I am probably the worst. Leigh Halfpenny is not bad. | :22:21. | :22:31. | |
He came out of his cell. Alun-Wyn Jones. Lou Reed is outstanding. | :22:31. | :22:35. | |
have become the envy of the world. Everyone in Wales should shed his | :22:35. | :22:40. | |
moment. We should walk tall and what proud. For everybody should | :22:40. | :22:44. | |
share this moment that has been created by this group of players. | :22:44. | :22:48. | |
We are in a very good place indeed the stuff are you going to put your | :22:48. | :22:54. | |
feet up put in the next few weeks? I am going to newsy leant over | :22:54. | :23:04. | |
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Easter. I have had my family here. My daughter is in university and | :23:06. | :23:14. | |
flew in on Friday and flew back yesterday. You thoroughly deserve a | :23:15. | :23:22. | |
glass of champagne. Thank you very much for your time. It has been | :23:22. | :23:27. | |
lovely today, perfect planning. One thing that has been incredible is | :23:27. | :23:32. | |
the weather. I love your time. This is beautiful. It does not get | :23:32. | :23:42. | |
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The sky is clear as well. There is plenty more to celebrate on the | :23:52. | :23:56. | |
weather front this week. It is looking dry and settled thanks to | :23:57. | :24:01. | |
high pressure, cloud a man's world vary from day today. I can promise | :24:01. | :24:06. | |
you some sunshine, above average temperatures. It is clear here at | :24:06. | :24:12. | |
the moment but generally it will turn cloudy across the country. If | :24:12. | :24:18. | |
you spot a drizzle. Not as cold as last night, I am not expecting any | :24:18. | :24:25. | |
frost. Tomorrow's chart shows high price over France and nannies moist | :24:26. | :24:31. | |
winds for Britain. Tomorrow, the spring equinox, not as nice as | :24:31. | :24:37. | |
today for a start there will be some low cloud and a few spots of | :24:37. | :24:44. | |
drizzle. Dry tomorrow and in places as well try. We sell seasons and | :24:44. | :24:49. | |
selling parts of the north and east. -- we shall. Top temperatures | :24:49. | :24:58. | |
typically 10-13 Celsius. The weather for us for a few places | :24:58. | :25:02. | |
familiar to some of the Welsh players. It is looking dry in Neath | :25:02. | :25:11. | |
and Pontypridd. Temperatures in Bangor rising to 13. Cloudy in | :25:11. | :25:17. | |
Carmarthen. It is looking quite mild across Wales tomorrow. | :25:17. | :25:22. | |
Tomorrow night, it will be dry and cloudy with some low cloud, mist | :25:22. | :25:25. | |
and Hill fog. The outlet for the rest of the week is basically dry | :25:25. | :25:33. | |
with plenty of cloud. -- the outlook. The outlook is bright for | :25:33. | :25:43. | |
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the Welsh team and across the whole Many of us are still emotionally | :25:53. | :25:56. | |
drained after the weekend and we had such a great response from you | :25:56. | :25:58. | |
on the poem written by the Welsh Rugby Union's writer-in-residence, | :25:58. | :26:08. | |
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Owen Sheers. Thanks for watching. There are moments in history when a | :26:09. | :26:15. | |
nation becomes a stadium. When a population leans from sofas, pub | :26:16. | :26:22. | |
stools in village halls to watch. Or strain to listen in cars at the | :26:22. | :26:29. | |
sides of roads or in tractor cabs, stilled in silent fields. There are | :26:29. | :26:34. | |
moments when the many, through the few, become one. A faithful but | :26:34. | :26:38. | |
demanding tribe fed by the past, hungry for a win but also more, for | :26:38. | :26:47. | |
beauty as well as strength. For art as well as war. But romance, | :26:47. | :26:52. | |
history, fervour and the privilege of watchers only. For the men who | :26:52. | :26:55. | |
must do, who must carry this burden, fuelled by the colour of their | :26:55. | :27:03. | |
jersey, they can be no past or future but only now. For them, | :27:03. | :27:06. | |
those 80 minutes will be in every living present composed of the | :27:06. | :27:10. | |
angle of their runs, or the learned set piece which like a trigger will | :27:10. | :27:19. | |
fire their line to light the match. It will be the focus practiced | :27:19. | :27:23. | |
their bodies have learned on the training pitch. The thousands of | :27:23. | :27:26. | |
hours of solitary pain, the sacrifice which has led them, and | :27:26. | :27:33. | |
them alone, to this. A nation watching. Sharing a pulse as the | :27:33. | :27:36. | |
clock counts up to the final whistle and then in an instant, now | :27:36. | :27:42. | |
becomes then. The moment, whichever way it falls, cast for ever and | :27:42. | :27:46. |