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-COMMENTATOR: -On his very last appearance in international rugby, | 0:00:05 | 0:00:09 | |
Shane Williams will lead Wales out onto the Millennium Stadium. | 0:00:09 | 0:00:13 | |
I remember coming out on my final game thinking, | 0:00:15 | 0:00:18 | |
"I'm not going to have this again. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:21 | |
"I'm not going to go out to the stadium | 0:00:21 | 0:00:22 | |
"and have the whole crowd standing up | 0:00:22 | 0:00:24 | |
"and singing the anthem and chanting our names." | 0:00:24 | 0:00:28 | |
That was almost as sad as realising that I was giving up rugby. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:32 | |
December 2011, | 0:00:36 | 0:00:38 | |
Wales against Australia at the Millennium Stadium, | 0:00:38 | 0:00:41 | |
and all eyes are on Shane Williams. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:43 | |
They have come to say goodbye to a favourite son, | 0:00:46 | 0:00:48 | |
every one of them willing the mercurial winger | 0:00:48 | 0:00:51 | |
to score a final try and sign off in style. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:53 | |
In the last seconds of his last game for Wales, | 0:00:57 | 0:00:59 | |
and with his very last touch of the ball, | 0:00:59 | 0:01:02 | |
he delivers the fairy-tale ending. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:04 | |
Williams! He's going to do it! | 0:01:04 | 0:01:06 | |
He's going to go out with a flourish. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:09 | |
Last game, last try. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:12 | |
Shane Williams, off in style. | 0:01:12 | 0:01:15 | |
And it's goodbye to the Welsh stage | 0:01:21 | 0:01:25 | |
for Shane Williams. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:27 | |
How much has it meant to you to wear this jersey? | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
It's meant everything. That's the only thing you want to do | 0:01:31 | 0:01:34 | |
when you play in Wales. | 0:01:34 | 0:01:35 | |
I have been very privileged and lucky to have had the chance. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:38 | |
I've had the best time of my life. | 0:01:38 | 0:01:41 | |
Shane ended his career in 2015, | 0:01:55 | 0:01:57 | |
playing in Japan for the Mitsubishi Dynaboars. | 0:01:57 | 0:02:00 | |
Now home in the Amman Valley, | 0:02:01 | 0:02:03 | |
he has had to adapt to a life outside of the game. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:06 | |
I had to start again. Completely bizarre. | 0:02:08 | 0:02:11 | |
I get up on a Monday morning and I've got absolutely nothing to do. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:14 | |
Roly-poly! | 0:02:14 | 0:02:16 | |
I decided then, "Right, OK. I've got to do something." | 0:02:16 | 0:02:18 | |
When rugby is all you've known, | 0:02:20 | 0:02:22 | |
how do you replace the rush of competitive sport? | 0:02:22 | 0:02:24 | |
He's strong, isn't he? | 0:02:28 | 0:02:30 | |
Can you put it, "to Shane, lots of love." | 0:02:30 | 0:02:32 | |
Looking very handsome. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:35 | |
You'd spend your whole life trying to chase it again. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:39 | |
So you've to go and find something else that floats your boat. | 0:02:39 | 0:02:42 | |
I tried my best to retire, tried my best to give it up completely | 0:02:42 | 0:02:46 | |
and I just couldn't do it... | 0:02:46 | 0:02:48 | |
Oh, it feels awesome. Sorry, I had a whack in the chops. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:51 | |
..and that's why I'm back. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:53 | |
When his rugby career ended, | 0:03:07 | 0:03:08 | |
Shane returned to his home in the Amman Valley | 0:03:08 | 0:03:11 | |
and the routines of family life. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:13 | |
I'm not a celeb dad at the school gates, because everyone knows me. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:16 | |
I've grown up in this area. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:18 | |
I played rugby up in Brynamman, in the school where the kids go. | 0:03:18 | 0:03:23 | |
It is great for me to have the opportunity to pick them up. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:26 | |
I've been in Japan for the last three years | 0:03:26 | 0:03:28 | |
and I've missed out a little bit on the kids growing up | 0:03:28 | 0:03:30 | |
and I've been the dad who comes and | 0:03:30 | 0:03:33 | |
gets involved in sports days and comes to pick the kids up | 0:03:33 | 0:03:36 | |
and so on, so I'm enjoying it. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:38 | |
-Hi! -Hey, boy, all right? | 0:03:39 | 0:03:41 | |
Apart from Japan, we've never really strayed anywhere. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:52 | |
We tried them in school out there but there was very little English. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:56 | |
We just struggled, especially when he went away for the weekend playing | 0:03:56 | 0:04:00 | |
and then we'd have an earthquake and I just... | 0:04:00 | 0:04:03 | |
Yeah, I felt lonely, I think. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:06 | |
Rock, paper, scissors, shoot. | 0:04:06 | 0:04:08 | |
Rock, paper, scissors, shoot. | 0:04:08 | 0:04:10 | |
Hold on. Rock, paper, scissors, shoot. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:14 | |
That is 2-0. See ya. Get in goal. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:16 | |
Ready? | 0:04:16 | 0:04:18 | |
God, every time I used to come home from Japan, | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
Georgie was an inch taller. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:25 | |
Carter's face, facial expressions and his face was changing. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:28 | |
And I just found it really bizarre | 0:04:28 | 0:04:30 | |
and I felt like every time I came home, it was taking a while for us | 0:04:30 | 0:04:33 | |
to get to know each other again. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:35 | |
You kicked that, not me! | 0:04:35 | 0:04:37 | |
Header, Georgie. Header! | 0:04:37 | 0:04:38 | |
When I was growing up, my father was a long-distance lorry driver | 0:04:41 | 0:04:44 | |
so I'd perhaps see him two or three times a month. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:48 | |
And when he was coming home, he was tired. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:50 | |
I didn't want the kids to miss me all the time either. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:54 | |
Georgie, if you open your mouth any more, | 0:04:54 | 0:04:56 | |
you're going to swallow the ball. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:57 | |
But now...I took the kids to school this morning. | 0:04:57 | 0:05:01 | |
Carter's got rugby training tomorrow. | 0:05:01 | 0:05:02 | |
Georgie's going up to do the horses and I can be there for that now. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:06 | |
So it's nice that I can manage my time | 0:05:06 | 0:05:08 | |
and I can spend a bit more time with them. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:11 | |
I'm glad the whole rugby fame thing is over | 0:05:12 | 0:05:16 | |
so we can settle down to a quieter life. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:18 | |
Shane was born in Morriston Hospital, Swansea, in 1977. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:30 | |
The first thing I remember is rugby. | 0:05:30 | 0:05:32 | |
And obviously when my brother came along, | 0:05:34 | 0:05:36 | |
I kind of roped him into it as well. | 0:05:36 | 0:05:38 | |
Growing up, we kind of just got into rugby through school. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:43 | |
Fell in love with it and just kept doing it because we enjoyed it. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:47 | |
-All right, cheers. -Thank you. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:49 | |
It wasn't only rugby that blossomed in the Amman Valley. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:51 | |
I lived in Glanamman, right down the bottom. You were up here. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:58 | |
And I used to walk all the way up to the Half Moon | 0:05:58 | 0:06:01 | |
and phone you from the bottom of the road | 0:06:01 | 0:06:03 | |
because I didn't want to go up because I was scared of your father. | 0:06:03 | 0:06:07 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:06:07 | 0:06:10 | |
You had to chase me for ages. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:11 | |
-I didn't have to chase you for ages! -It was, like, | 0:06:11 | 0:06:14 | |
'96 by the time I went out with you. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:15 | |
He was so shy, weren't you? | 0:06:15 | 0:06:19 | |
I was playing hard to get. I didn't want to chase you too much. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:21 | |
And you looked really young. I thought you were about 14. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:24 | |
Yeah. Pulled you the first night I met you, so... | 0:06:26 | 0:06:28 | |
Pulled me?! | 0:06:28 | 0:06:30 | |
As they say. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:31 | |
-SOFTLY: -Disgusting. | 0:06:31 | 0:06:33 | |
Shane and Gail married on December 23rd 2005. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:43 | |
The good thing with Gail is that she doesn't really care | 0:06:43 | 0:06:46 | |
that I was a rugby player. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:47 | |
She doesn't really care what I've achieved. | 0:06:47 | 0:06:50 | |
You know, I'd come home and we'd have won our Six Nations match | 0:06:50 | 0:06:54 | |
and Gail would be like, "How did it go today? Did you win?" | 0:06:54 | 0:06:57 | |
I'm thinking, "You are probably the only person in Wales | 0:06:57 | 0:07:00 | |
"that doesn't know the result of today's match." | 0:07:00 | 0:07:03 | |
-So are you going to play golf with me or...? -No. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:07 | |
Where are you going to find time to play golf? | 0:07:07 | 0:07:10 | |
How are you going to fit that in with Loose Women, | 0:07:10 | 0:07:13 | |
Housewives Of New York and...what else is there? | 0:07:13 | 0:07:17 | |
-Kardashians. -Kardashians. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:18 | |
-How are you going to fit that in with golf? -Shut up. | 0:07:18 | 0:07:21 | |
Right. | 0:07:24 | 0:07:25 | |
Although Shane's days as a professional player are over... | 0:07:30 | 0:07:34 | |
..rugby still offers up opportunities as a pundit. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:39 | |
This is what I'm going to be doing from now on, so I get excited | 0:07:39 | 0:07:43 | |
to do this because I know that I'm not going to be playing today. | 0:07:43 | 0:07:46 | |
It's match day. Any excuse, really, to come to a Welsh match. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:49 | |
I am there. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:51 | |
Shane Williams! | 0:07:51 | 0:07:54 | |
We don't take the Japanese lightly. I think Wales did that last time. | 0:07:55 | 0:07:58 | |
They're a very good side and they will want to play some rugby. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:01 | |
They've got a point to prove today as well. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:03 | |
And Wales, I think, will know that | 0:08:03 | 0:08:04 | |
and that's why they've got the experience, plus the youngsters. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:07 | |
The line that's separating us at the moment | 0:08:10 | 0:08:12 | |
from the pitch is a sacred place. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:15 | |
You know, I can't just get on that field when I want. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:19 | |
Everything I've achieved and everything I've done, | 0:08:19 | 0:08:21 | |
good and bad, I suppose, has been on that side of the grass. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:25 | |
For me, rugby has been my life and I miss it, I miss it terribly. | 0:08:30 | 0:08:34 | |
You know, I miss playing in the Millennium Stadium. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:36 | |
I miss changing in the changing rooms with the lads before the game, | 0:08:36 | 0:08:39 | |
didn't matter what game it is. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:41 | |
It's simple, you don't get it back. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:44 | |
You don't and I'll never get it back and I realise that | 0:08:44 | 0:08:48 | |
and I kind of appreciate it... what it was, now, a lot more. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:52 | |
Alex Cuthbert in pursuit. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:55 | |
-Alex Cuthbert is going to score! -Oh! | 0:08:55 | 0:08:57 | |
-Loses it! -Oh! | 0:08:57 | 0:08:59 | |
If he'd have put his foot down straight away... | 0:09:02 | 0:09:05 | |
-VOICE OVER: -One of the things I found really hard when I started | 0:09:05 | 0:09:08 | |
was speaking about the guys you played rugby with, | 0:09:08 | 0:09:10 | |
trying to be positive all the time, | 0:09:10 | 0:09:12 | |
because even your mates make mistakes | 0:09:12 | 0:09:13 | |
and you've got to speak about them and how they performed on the field | 0:09:13 | 0:09:16 | |
and sometimes they don't play well. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:18 | |
They hate to hear it, and I hated to hear it, but it does happen. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:22 | |
So there's a fine line between, you know, criticising | 0:09:22 | 0:09:26 | |
and being a bit positive, how you speak about these guys. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:29 | |
And I find that really difficult. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:30 | |
When I got on the rugby field, I was a different animal. | 0:09:36 | 0:09:39 | |
You know? I wanted to express myself, I wanted to show off. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:42 | |
I became a showman, I suppose. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:44 | |
Without rugby, I would be a completely different person. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:47 | |
The TV career is a side-line for Shane. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:55 | |
His day-to-day job is working alongside Gail in the family firm, | 0:09:55 | 0:09:59 | |
an animal feed and heating oil business based in the village. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:02 | |
-Morning. -Morning. | 0:10:03 | 0:10:05 | |
I started up with my brother-in-law Andrew | 0:10:08 | 0:10:11 | |
and my father-in-law Sean. | 0:10:11 | 0:10:13 | |
We've got Craig. Obviously, Gail heavily involved. | 0:10:13 | 0:10:16 | |
When I tell people that I have an oil company, | 0:10:16 | 0:10:19 | |
I think they assume that I've struck oil in the Amman Valley | 0:10:19 | 0:10:21 | |
and it's under my house somewhere. Unfortunately, that's not the case. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:25 | |
Oh, yeah, Shane does a lot in the business, | 0:10:25 | 0:10:27 | |
gets his hands really dirty. | 0:10:27 | 0:10:29 | |
Picking pens up, especially if they're leaking, | 0:10:29 | 0:10:32 | |
that will be really dirty, and telephones, | 0:10:32 | 0:10:34 | |
you can have really dirty telephones. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:37 | |
In a nutshell, it's delivering oil | 0:10:41 | 0:10:43 | |
to local housing estates, local houses. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:47 | |
It's the same as a rugby team, I suppose - | 0:10:47 | 0:10:49 | |
if one person doesn't chip in on the field, | 0:10:49 | 0:10:51 | |
it can affect the whole team, really, | 0:10:51 | 0:10:53 | |
and that's why we work well together here. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:55 | |
Gail, are you going to pick up your kids? | 0:10:55 | 0:10:57 | |
-You're a hell of a -BLEEP -today. He's... | 0:10:57 | 0:11:00 | |
There's no food for you tonight, I'm telling you now. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:02 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:11:02 | 0:11:04 | |
We're kind of all on the journey together, if you like. | 0:11:04 | 0:11:07 | |
And, for Shane, I think he's happy to have something to do. | 0:11:07 | 0:11:09 | |
It's perfect really - I don't have to clock in, | 0:11:09 | 0:11:11 | |
I don't have to clock out. I can manage it myself. | 0:11:11 | 0:11:14 | |
Shane started playing rugby for Amman United in 1998 | 0:11:20 | 0:11:24 | |
and within a few months he was spotted by Neath, | 0:11:24 | 0:11:27 | |
who offered him £7,500 a year to play for them. | 0:11:27 | 0:11:30 | |
There's players there that would snap me in half | 0:11:32 | 0:11:35 | |
if they got hold of me - what am I doing here? | 0:11:35 | 0:11:37 | |
I was quick, I was agile, went out on the field, expressed myself. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:41 | |
And it kind of worked for me, really. | 0:11:42 | 0:11:44 | |
CHEERING | 0:11:44 | 0:11:46 | |
WHISTLE BLOWS | 0:11:48 | 0:11:50 | |
His dynamic style led to a call-up to the Welsh team in February 2000. | 0:11:58 | 0:12:03 | |
Well, we've heard a lot about this lad. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:06 | |
He's just 22 years old and he gets his first cap, | 0:12:06 | 0:12:10 | |
that's out of the Neath club | 0:12:10 | 0:12:11 | |
so they'll be thrilled down at the Gnoll about that. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:13 | |
Shane had gone from playing for his village club | 0:12:13 | 0:12:16 | |
to getting his first international cap in just 18 months. | 0:12:16 | 0:12:21 | |
In his second game for Wales, he scored. | 0:12:23 | 0:12:26 | |
The little pass to Taylor. | 0:12:26 | 0:12:28 | |
Shane Williams. What a dream. | 0:12:28 | 0:12:31 | |
And he's raised the roof in the Amman Valley. | 0:12:32 | 0:12:36 | |
And Wales have a new hero. | 0:12:36 | 0:12:39 | |
It was the first of 58 tries for his country | 0:12:40 | 0:12:43 | |
and the start of a legendary run in the red shirt. | 0:12:43 | 0:12:46 | |
It's not easy for any sportsman to give up. | 0:12:54 | 0:12:58 | |
There's a fork in the road when you've retired, | 0:12:58 | 0:13:00 | |
and the easiest one is to stay in rugby, become a coach. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:03 | |
And there's the other direction, you completely move away from rugby. | 0:13:03 | 0:13:07 | |
If he was to enjoy retirement, Shane would need a new challenge. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:11 | |
I did the London Marathon for charity. | 0:13:14 | 0:13:16 | |
When someone said, "You've got to run 26 miles," | 0:13:16 | 0:13:18 | |
I thought, "This is not going to happen. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:20 | |
"It's going to take me a day to do this," | 0:13:20 | 0:13:22 | |
because my background was sprinting. | 0:13:22 | 0:13:24 | |
And I remember thinking, "I'm never going to be able to do this." | 0:13:24 | 0:13:27 | |
The other side of me was also saying, | 0:13:27 | 0:13:29 | |
"It's a hell of a challenge if you do actually do this." | 0:13:29 | 0:13:32 | |
CAR HORN TOOTS | 0:13:32 | 0:13:34 | |
Then after that, a friend of mine asked me if I would like to do | 0:13:34 | 0:13:37 | |
a triathlon for his charity, | 0:13:37 | 0:13:39 | |
and I just kind of agreed to it after a pint | 0:13:39 | 0:13:42 | |
and didn't think anything of it. | 0:13:42 | 0:13:44 | |
It was only a few weeks later when Shane went online | 0:13:48 | 0:13:51 | |
that he realised what he had actually signed up for. | 0:13:51 | 0:13:55 | |
1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike | 0:13:55 | 0:13:59 | |
and then a half-marathon to finish. | 0:13:59 | 0:14:02 | |
I really thought, "Jesus, what have I done now? This is ridiculous." | 0:14:02 | 0:14:06 | |
It does take over our life a bit when he's training | 0:14:06 | 0:14:09 | |
because he does put 100% effort into everything he does, you know. | 0:14:09 | 0:14:14 | |
It's all about just enjoying the experience of triathlons. | 0:14:15 | 0:14:18 | |
I'm not going to be a rugby player ever again. Those days are gone. | 0:14:18 | 0:14:22 | |
Shane might have swapped rugby for triathlons, | 0:14:28 | 0:14:30 | |
but there is still one member of the Williams family | 0:14:30 | 0:14:33 | |
keen to pull on some rugby boots - | 0:14:33 | 0:14:34 | |
Shane's son, Carter. | 0:14:34 | 0:14:36 | |
Follow him! Follow him! | 0:14:36 | 0:14:39 | |
Hands up, Carter. Carter, go on the outside, boy. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:41 | |
You're going through the middle, everyone's in the middle. | 0:14:41 | 0:14:44 | |
I've gone on the field to help him with the coaching side of it | 0:14:44 | 0:14:47 | |
and he's ushered me to the side and told me, "Dad, you've had your time, | 0:14:47 | 0:14:50 | |
"now this is my time." So I realised then, OK, | 0:14:50 | 0:14:53 | |
I'm going to have no influence on this guy whatsoever | 0:14:53 | 0:14:55 | |
when it comes to rugby. | 0:14:55 | 0:14:56 | |
Roly-poly. | 0:14:56 | 0:14:58 | |
Pop if you want. Good boy. | 0:14:58 | 0:15:00 | |
That's it. | 0:15:00 | 0:15:01 | |
Spending time with Carter, | 0:15:01 | 0:15:02 | |
teaching him to kick with his left foot because he's all right foot | 0:15:02 | 0:15:05 | |
or showing him how to pass both ways | 0:15:05 | 0:15:06 | |
rather than only being able to pass one way, | 0:15:06 | 0:15:08 | |
getting him to learn how to tackle, | 0:15:08 | 0:15:11 | |
cos he hasn't played tackle until this year. | 0:15:11 | 0:15:13 | |
The little things, just learning the personalities. | 0:15:13 | 0:15:15 | |
When you're away for six months of the year and you come back, | 0:15:15 | 0:15:18 | |
and you're spending time with kids, | 0:15:18 | 0:15:19 | |
you feel like you're kind of learning all over again. | 0:15:19 | 0:15:22 | |
Good running, boy. Don't worry. Have a break. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:24 | |
I think he is in for a bit of a rough ride, really. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:29 | |
They'll be comparing him to Shane I think, so... | 0:15:29 | 0:15:32 | |
They already talk about, "Oh, has he got your step, is he quick? | 0:15:34 | 0:15:37 | |
"Can he do this?" And whatever. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:38 | |
And I'm thinking, I hope he doesn't get this all the way through school. | 0:15:38 | 0:15:42 | |
Go on, straight. Carter, get ready! | 0:15:42 | 0:15:45 | |
I'm not going to be one of these dads that is going to push them. | 0:15:45 | 0:15:47 | |
I'm not a competitive dad. | 0:15:47 | 0:15:49 | |
Carter! | 0:15:49 | 0:15:51 | |
WHISTLE BLOWS | 0:15:51 | 0:15:52 | |
Well done, good game. | 0:15:52 | 0:15:54 | |
Well done, boy. Good game. | 0:15:54 | 0:15:55 | |
Well done, Carter. | 0:15:55 | 0:15:57 | |
Good try, boy. | 0:15:57 | 0:15:59 | |
With rugby training done for today, | 0:16:04 | 0:16:06 | |
it's time for Shane to get some coaching of his own - | 0:16:06 | 0:16:09 | |
in the art of refuelling. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:11 | |
Don't put the heating too high now or I'll be sleeping. | 0:16:11 | 0:16:14 | |
Not with all the work you've got. | 0:16:15 | 0:16:17 | |
I've been out a couple of times in the lorry, | 0:16:18 | 0:16:21 | |
it's not my main job, but it's good fun as well. | 0:16:21 | 0:16:24 | |
It's a good way of meeting existing clients | 0:16:24 | 0:16:27 | |
and making sure everybody is happy as well, | 0:16:27 | 0:16:29 | |
because we want to keep them, at the end of the day. | 0:16:29 | 0:16:32 | |
We started off with one truck with a 1,000-litre tank. | 0:16:32 | 0:16:35 | |
Within four years, we've got five or six trucks on the road. | 0:16:35 | 0:16:39 | |
For me, personally, it's about competing against the big lads, | 0:16:40 | 0:16:44 | |
the big boys. We're a small fish in a big pond | 0:16:44 | 0:16:47 | |
and we're really holding our own. I enjoy that. | 0:16:47 | 0:16:50 | |
-Is it pumping? -I've got to reach first, I am only small. | 0:16:52 | 0:16:55 | |
Having Shane along has been rather hectic because he's a bit too fast. | 0:16:56 | 0:17:00 | |
I don't normally go that fast. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:02 | |
-Another one bites the dust. -There you are. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:05 | |
-All right? -Another one done. | 0:17:05 | 0:17:07 | |
At work, Shane is one of the boys. | 0:17:08 | 0:17:11 | |
His customers, however, can still get starstruck. | 0:17:11 | 0:17:15 | |
That's Clem, I'm Shane. Nice to meet you. | 0:17:15 | 0:17:17 | |
I know! It's lovely to meet you, Shane. | 0:17:17 | 0:17:19 | |
What I will do with the company is, | 0:17:19 | 0:17:21 | |
obviously I meet and greet customers. | 0:17:21 | 0:17:23 | |
I saw your picture with Dan Lydiate and Jamie Roberts | 0:17:23 | 0:17:26 | |
so it's nice to have a picture with someone your own size. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:28 | |
-That's true. -I go to people's houses who've been with us for some time, | 0:17:28 | 0:17:32 | |
and have a coffee and have a chat. | 0:17:32 | 0:17:34 | |
And I love that more than anything else, really. | 0:17:34 | 0:17:36 | |
-Just sign there, please. -Thank you. -Put it "to Shane, lots of love". | 0:17:36 | 0:17:40 | |
He is one of my heroes. | 0:17:42 | 0:17:43 | |
What can you say when you meet a hero? | 0:17:43 | 0:17:45 | |
You don't often get a chance to meet somebody like that, | 0:17:45 | 0:17:48 | |
especially if you're a Welsh rugby fanatic. | 0:17:48 | 0:17:50 | |
-Take care. -Cheers, Shane. -Ta-ra. | 0:17:50 | 0:17:52 | |
After months of punishing endurance training, | 0:18:02 | 0:18:04 | |
and not a rugby ball in sight, | 0:18:04 | 0:18:06 | |
it's time for Shane to tackle this next challenge - | 0:18:06 | 0:18:09 | |
the Ocean Lava Triathlon. | 0:18:09 | 0:18:11 | |
-Good morning, you all right? -Yeah, good. -We meet again. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:14 | |
Yes, I'm back. | 0:18:14 | 0:18:16 | |
Doing the middle distance, Shane, yeah? | 0:18:16 | 0:18:18 | |
-Middle distance. -As in... -Oh, sorry, yeah. Sorry, I'm new to this game. | 0:18:18 | 0:18:23 | |
My brother's doing it and I've managed to rope Brian Jones in. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:28 | |
Ian Gough is doing it. | 0:18:28 | 0:18:29 | |
Plus a couple of other ex-players that have been there, done it. | 0:18:29 | 0:18:33 | |
-Got the nerves? -Proper, proper nerves. | 0:18:33 | 0:18:36 | |
Much worse than playing the All Blacks. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:39 | |
I want to beat people. My brother's running, I want to beat my brother. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:42 | |
He wants to beat me. And I can't help that, I'm sorry, | 0:18:42 | 0:18:45 | |
that's ingrained inside me. | 0:18:45 | 0:18:48 | |
The competitive edge may be familiar, | 0:18:48 | 0:18:50 | |
but this event has taken Shane completely out of his comfort zone. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:53 | |
The race is on, bring it on. | 0:18:53 | 0:18:55 | |
When I was playing rugby, I was told exactly what I was eating, | 0:18:56 | 0:18:59 | |
the drinks and everything was prepared for me | 0:18:59 | 0:19:02 | |
and it was just about eat it | 0:19:02 | 0:19:03 | |
and you become a better rugby player. | 0:19:03 | 0:19:05 | |
Now I've got to fend for myself. | 0:19:05 | 0:19:07 | |
And Shane's finding it all a bit of a challenge. | 0:19:08 | 0:19:11 | |
Anyone selling bottles? I've left my bottle at home. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:17 | |
It's a schoolboy error for the former international superstar. | 0:19:18 | 0:19:22 | |
Luckily, other competitors are better prepared. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:25 | |
Paul, I'm all right, boy. Diolch. Yeah. | 0:19:25 | 0:19:29 | |
Just too many things to think about for a rugby player anyway. | 0:19:29 | 0:19:32 | |
With the race about to start, the butterflies begin to kick in. | 0:19:34 | 0:19:38 | |
Yeah, nerves setting in. | 0:19:38 | 0:19:41 | |
It's always scary at the start, | 0:19:41 | 0:19:42 | |
because the swimming is going to be tough, really. | 0:19:42 | 0:19:45 | |
A lot of people swimming over the top of each other but... | 0:19:45 | 0:19:48 | |
People like that as well probably swimming over the top of you. | 0:19:51 | 0:19:55 | |
So it's not going to be fun, but, no, it is exciting. | 0:19:55 | 0:19:57 | |
Can't wait for it to start now. | 0:19:57 | 0:19:59 | |
I don't think he would have coped very well just retiring, | 0:19:59 | 0:20:02 | |
doing nothing, not doing a sport, | 0:20:02 | 0:20:04 | |
so I think this has saved him, in a way. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:07 | |
HOOTER BLARES | 0:20:07 | 0:20:08 | |
Retirement robbed Shane of the buzz of competition, | 0:20:10 | 0:20:13 | |
of a goal to work towards. | 0:20:13 | 0:20:15 | |
This is the closest he has got since giving up rugby. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:19 | |
So many things go through your mind, "Am I going quick enough? | 0:20:19 | 0:20:22 | |
"Is my brother ahead of me?" | 0:20:22 | 0:20:24 | |
I found the swim the worst, to be honest. | 0:20:24 | 0:20:27 | |
Couple of elbows going astray. | 0:20:27 | 0:20:29 | |
But despite the pain, | 0:20:31 | 0:20:33 | |
Shane is determined to cross the finish line ahead of his brother. | 0:20:33 | 0:20:37 | |
Found the bike all right. Pushed a bit too hard. | 0:20:37 | 0:20:39 | |
The first mile on the run, I felt like I was about 20st. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:45 | |
It was really difficult. I had my brother right on my tail, as well. | 0:20:45 | 0:20:49 | |
Secretly, yeah, competing against Shane. | 0:20:49 | 0:20:51 | |
I beat him on the first race but that's about it now. | 0:20:51 | 0:20:54 | |
I can't catch him. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:56 | |
After five hours and 21 minutes, Shane crosses the line. | 0:20:58 | 0:21:02 | |
There are no action replays, | 0:21:02 | 0:21:04 | |
no fireworks, no crowds singing his name, | 0:21:04 | 0:21:07 | |
but he does still have a team to celebrate with. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:09 | |
-ALL: -Yay! | 0:21:11 | 0:21:13 | |
One team, in particular, is very important to Shane. | 0:21:18 | 0:21:21 | |
Rugby is massively ingrained in me. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:25 | |
It's ingrained because of where I live, it's a massive rugby town. | 0:21:25 | 0:21:29 | |
The rugby field and the rugby club itself - | 0:21:29 | 0:21:32 | |
probably the heart of the whole valley. | 0:21:32 | 0:21:34 | |
The triathlon was a test but it didn't fill the hole left by rugby. | 0:21:37 | 0:21:41 | |
Little wonder that, despite his best efforts, | 0:21:41 | 0:21:44 | |
he has been drawn back to the smell of the changing rooms | 0:21:44 | 0:21:47 | |
and the roar of the crowd, albeit as a coach. | 0:21:47 | 0:21:51 | |
What are we doing, boy? | 0:21:51 | 0:21:53 | |
Amman struggled last year, | 0:21:53 | 0:21:54 | |
I think the league was a little bit too strong for them. | 0:21:54 | 0:21:57 | |
A couple of the older, | 0:21:57 | 0:21:59 | |
more-experienced players had finished, so they have had a tough | 0:21:59 | 0:22:02 | |
couple of seasons, really. | 0:22:02 | 0:22:04 | |
Shane has been asked to help out the new coaching team of Karl and Tony, | 0:22:05 | 0:22:08 | |
who are trying to revive Amman United's fortunes. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:12 | |
We've come down to Division Three, back to a local league, | 0:22:12 | 0:22:15 | |
which is good for us because of the crowds we get. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:18 | |
And Shane, obviously, British Lion, | 0:22:18 | 0:22:19 | |
should be doing well in Division Three. | 0:22:19 | 0:22:21 | |
Concentrate on holding the ball. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:23 | |
Right, no matter where it goes, just hold the ball. | 0:22:23 | 0:22:25 | |
It didn't take much persuasion, to be honest. | 0:22:25 | 0:22:27 | |
He's always been a valley boy, obviously. He loves the club. | 0:22:27 | 0:22:30 | |
All his mates are playing here. | 0:22:30 | 0:22:33 | |
I used to be captain of the Amman and I'd ask Shane, | 0:22:34 | 0:22:36 | |
"Can you come down, do a session?" | 0:22:36 | 0:22:38 | |
If training was at six o'clock, | 0:22:38 | 0:22:40 | |
Shane would be there at half-past five, setting up. | 0:22:40 | 0:22:42 | |
You would finish training at eight o'clock, | 0:22:42 | 0:22:44 | |
he might stay there till half-past eight. | 0:22:44 | 0:22:46 | |
That's his nature. His nature is, whatever he does, | 0:22:46 | 0:22:48 | |
he will go that extra mile for you. | 0:22:48 | 0:22:51 | |
I think we're having about 45 players training. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:53 | |
You know, for a small, local club that's absolutely unbelievable. | 0:22:53 | 0:22:56 | |
There is no denying it, with someone like Shane training, the youngsters | 0:22:56 | 0:22:59 | |
are going to turn up, you know. So, yeah, fantastic. | 0:22:59 | 0:23:01 | |
It's not only coaching Shane is trying his hand at. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:15 | |
The rugby legend is about to host his first public-speaking event and | 0:23:15 | 0:23:18 | |
is feeling a bit like a fish out of water. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:21 | |
So he's turned to friend and actor Julian Lewis Jones for advice while | 0:23:21 | 0:23:25 | |
shark-fishing in West Wales. | 0:23:25 | 0:23:27 | |
Another first for Shane. | 0:23:27 | 0:23:30 | |
Yeah, I'm dreading these awards I've got to do, it's hosting. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:33 | |
-Have you done hosting before? -No. And it's in Merthyr. -And it's in Merthyr? -It's in Merthyr. | 0:23:33 | 0:23:37 | |
-Tough crowd. -If you don't get it right there, you get accosted. | 0:23:37 | 0:23:40 | |
Yeah. Exactly. My main sort of thing is just take your time. | 0:23:40 | 0:23:44 | |
I'll give it a go. It's only now I'm getting to like public speaking. | 0:23:44 | 0:23:48 | |
Yeah. It's like anything, the more you do it, the more relaxed you are. | 0:23:48 | 0:23:52 | |
I suppose you've got to get the first one done, haven't you? | 0:23:52 | 0:23:54 | |
-Yeah. -If you're going to do it, you've got to do it in Merthyr. -Exactly! | 0:23:54 | 0:23:58 | |
Yeah. Remember, the first thing you say is, "Hello, Merthyr!" | 0:23:58 | 0:24:03 | |
-Yeah, I will. -All right? -Yeah. | 0:24:03 | 0:24:05 | |
That's a tip from the top, all right? | 0:24:05 | 0:24:07 | |
-Hello, Merthyr. -Hello, Merthyr! | 0:24:07 | 0:24:09 | |
I'll write that down. | 0:24:09 | 0:24:12 | |
As the rookie on the trip, Shane has the job of preparing the shark bait, | 0:24:12 | 0:24:16 | |
which means mashing up a lot of rotten fish. | 0:24:16 | 0:24:19 | |
-That's it. -Ah, it just went! | 0:24:21 | 0:24:23 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:24:23 | 0:24:25 | |
HE COUGHS | 0:24:32 | 0:24:33 | |
It's just relaxing, isn't it? | 0:24:36 | 0:24:38 | |
Quite busy these days, and to come out for the whole day and just | 0:24:38 | 0:24:41 | |
experience something like this, come out on the open water. | 0:24:41 | 0:24:45 | |
I enjoy fishing anyway, as well. | 0:24:45 | 0:24:47 | |
Good bunch of guys here doing it. | 0:24:47 | 0:24:50 | |
It's a chance for me to relax. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:52 | |
That's it. Yes, yes, yes. | 0:24:54 | 0:24:57 | |
Fishing for sharks is a welcome distraction from the worry of | 0:24:57 | 0:25:00 | |
-speaking in public. -At least a 66. | 0:25:00 | 0:25:03 | |
I can't lift it up! | 0:25:09 | 0:25:11 | |
Where am I lifting it to? | 0:25:11 | 0:25:13 | |
-He's strong, isn't he? -Yeah. | 0:25:13 | 0:25:15 | |
That was unreal. | 0:25:18 | 0:25:19 | |
It is great that we can catch these animals and put them back. | 0:25:19 | 0:25:22 | |
There is no harm there. | 0:25:22 | 0:25:24 | |
But just stunning, simply stunning. | 0:25:24 | 0:25:26 | |
THEY WHOOP | 0:25:27 | 0:25:30 | |
-Right. Let's head for home. -Let's go. | 0:25:35 | 0:25:37 | |
One week after facing sharks off the Welsh coast, | 0:25:45 | 0:25:47 | |
Shane is pitched into a much more frightening scenario. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:50 | |
Nervous is an understatement. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:56 | |
I have never done anything like this before. | 0:25:56 | 0:25:58 | |
Actually having a whole night revolve around you | 0:25:58 | 0:26:01 | |
is quite scary. | 0:26:01 | 0:26:04 | |
So I am kind of thrown into the lions' den at the moment. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:07 | |
I know that there's a lot of women here tonight as well, which makes it | 0:26:07 | 0:26:10 | |
even more daunting. I just hope they are gentle with me. | 0:26:10 | 0:26:13 | |
That's why we call him Shane Willybumps. | 0:26:13 | 0:26:16 | |
Why do they call him that? | 0:26:16 | 0:26:17 | |
Have a look. | 0:26:17 | 0:26:19 | |
Very handsome. Thank you very much. | 0:26:21 | 0:26:23 | |
-All right. -I'll put it on Facebook straightaway. | 0:26:23 | 0:26:27 | |
Is it on? | 0:26:27 | 0:26:28 | |
Hello. Hello. | 0:26:31 | 0:26:33 | |
Hello. Good evening. | 0:26:33 | 0:26:35 | |
I suppose there's a number of reasons I was invited. | 0:26:35 | 0:26:38 | |
I have done a lot of work in Merthyr before and I think I am the only | 0:26:38 | 0:26:42 | |
rugby player that fits under this tent here so... | 0:26:42 | 0:26:45 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:26:45 | 0:26:47 | |
2008, Grand Slam year, we were playing France, and my phone goes, | 0:26:48 | 0:26:53 | |
just as we are going to turn right into the Millennium Stadium. | 0:26:53 | 0:26:56 | |
I pick it up. "All right, Dad?" | 0:26:56 | 0:26:58 | |
"How's it going? What are you up to?" | 0:26:58 | 0:27:00 | |
I'm like, "Dad, I'm actually a little bit busy at the moment. | 0:27:01 | 0:27:06 | |
"I'm just about to play France in a Grand Slam decider | 0:27:06 | 0:27:08 | |
"at the Millennium Stadium." | 0:27:08 | 0:27:10 | |
"Oh, yeah, yeah, no problem." I'm just about to put the phone down, | 0:27:10 | 0:27:13 | |
he goes, "Whoa, whoa, whoa. | 0:27:13 | 0:27:15 | |
"Do you know, if you score today..." | 0:27:15 | 0:27:17 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:27:17 | 0:27:19 | |
"..I win £50,000?" | 0:27:19 | 0:27:21 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:27:21 | 0:27:23 | |
I've felt this pressure before, | 0:27:23 | 0:27:24 | |
so hopefully tonight is going to go swimmingly. | 0:27:24 | 0:27:26 | |
I'm not the most natural public speaker. | 0:27:28 | 0:27:30 | |
Probably seemed quite forward when I played rugby. | 0:27:30 | 0:27:34 | |
I'm quite sure of my ability when I was a rugby player. | 0:27:34 | 0:27:37 | |
Away from the pitch, I wasn't as confident. | 0:27:37 | 0:27:40 | |
I've done a few now and when I've come away from it, | 0:27:40 | 0:27:43 | |
I've actually enjoyed it. | 0:27:43 | 0:27:44 | |
But back in 2002, Shane's confidence on the pitch took a huge knock... | 0:27:51 | 0:27:55 | |
..when he was dropped from the Welsh squad after just two years. | 0:27:56 | 0:27:59 | |
Playing for Wales came a little bit too early for me. | 0:28:01 | 0:28:04 | |
I wasn't half as physical as the players out there. | 0:28:04 | 0:28:06 | |
Defensively not good enough. | 0:28:06 | 0:28:08 | |
And you just need to get more powerful. | 0:28:08 | 0:28:11 | |
I started taking supplements. | 0:28:11 | 0:28:13 | |
Put all this weight on. | 0:28:13 | 0:28:14 | |
Lost a bit of speed and agility. | 0:28:14 | 0:28:17 | |
I was feeling depressed. | 0:28:17 | 0:28:19 | |
I didn't enjoy where I was as a person. | 0:28:19 | 0:28:22 | |
Defying his critics, Shane chose to do things his own way. | 0:28:23 | 0:28:27 | |
I decided I wasn't going to put myself under that pressure any more, | 0:28:27 | 0:28:30 | |
that I was going to play at the weight that I wanted to play at, | 0:28:30 | 0:28:33 | |
and be the player I wanted to be. | 0:28:33 | 0:28:35 | |
-COMMENTATOR: -Good to see Shane Williams back on a rugby field. | 0:28:35 | 0:28:37 | |
And that's what I did. | 0:28:37 | 0:28:39 | |
In 2003, Shane returned to the Welsh team and never looked back. | 0:28:43 | 0:28:46 | |
The underdog had turned things around. | 0:28:48 | 0:28:50 | |
Shane Williams, he's off! Shane Williams for Wales - scores. | 0:28:50 | 0:28:54 | |
Game after game, he delivered. | 0:28:54 | 0:28:57 | |
His devastating sidestep helped him become Wales's record try-scorer, | 0:28:57 | 0:29:01 | |
and most-capped winger. | 0:29:01 | 0:29:04 | |
Shane Williams, always a buzz of excitement! | 0:29:04 | 0:29:07 | |
Williams has scored! | 0:29:07 | 0:29:09 | |
And Williams, what can he create? Oh, he can create magic again. | 0:29:09 | 0:29:12 | |
Shane Williams, and Williams for the corner, a dive... | 0:29:12 | 0:29:16 | |
Shane Williams. | 0:29:16 | 0:29:17 | |
And Shane Williams has won the most dramatic game! | 0:29:17 | 0:29:21 | |
Despite agreeing to rejoin his local club as a coach, Shane has decided | 0:29:29 | 0:29:33 | |
to turn out for a home game against Burry Port. | 0:29:33 | 0:29:36 | |
When I go and watch Amman play, I want to be on the field with them. | 0:29:36 | 0:29:40 | |
I just can't help myself, really. | 0:29:40 | 0:29:42 | |
I tried my best to retire. | 0:29:42 | 0:29:44 | |
I tried my best to give it up completely, | 0:29:44 | 0:29:46 | |
and I just couldn't do it. And that's why I'm back. | 0:29:46 | 0:29:49 | |
We tried signing him a couple of years ago but we couldn't get the | 0:29:51 | 0:29:54 | |
insurance, because he was still with the Japanese team. | 0:29:54 | 0:29:56 | |
It will be his first game for the club in quite some time. | 0:29:56 | 0:29:59 | |
He is back in the valley, where he belongs. | 0:29:59 | 0:30:02 | |
I don't have a choice, really! | 0:30:02 | 0:30:04 | |
No, I can't stop him doing what he wants to do. | 0:30:04 | 0:30:07 | |
I think he has started on the wing and he might be moving into centre, | 0:30:07 | 0:30:10 | |
second half. So he will be looked after, I think. | 0:30:10 | 0:30:14 | |
But after seeing the opposition, Shane has some reservations. | 0:30:14 | 0:30:18 | |
If he's playing in the centre, I'll cry. | 0:30:18 | 0:30:20 | |
Game days are great. You get all them nerves and butterflies, | 0:30:20 | 0:30:22 | |
it doesn't matter who you are playing for, who you are playing against, really. | 0:30:22 | 0:30:26 | |
If I don't play well today it's pretty embarrassing, to be fair. | 0:30:26 | 0:30:29 | |
So I've got that added pressure. | 0:30:29 | 0:30:30 | |
What he's given to the game in Wales is phenomenal. | 0:30:32 | 0:30:36 | |
And it's great to see him now coming back to grassroots rugby and giving | 0:30:36 | 0:30:39 | |
something back to the boys of his own club. | 0:30:39 | 0:30:42 | |
Two, three, four, five phases, we put these boys away. | 0:30:42 | 0:30:45 | |
Right? Easy. | 0:30:45 | 0:30:47 | |
THEY CHANT | 0:30:47 | 0:30:49 | |
Let's do this, lads. Let's do it. | 0:30:50 | 0:30:52 | |
It could get a bit feisty. | 0:30:57 | 0:30:59 | |
I hope not. But I don't want to use my cards. | 0:30:59 | 0:31:01 | |
I know players like Burry Port target Shane for what he has done, | 0:31:01 | 0:31:06 | |
and to see if they can catch him. | 0:31:06 | 0:31:08 | |
If they CAN catch him, that is! | 0:31:08 | 0:31:10 | |
This is brutal grassroots rugby with no cameras watching every angle. | 0:31:12 | 0:31:17 | |
No playback slow-mos and no fourth official. | 0:31:17 | 0:31:19 | |
Even the crowds are tough. | 0:31:22 | 0:31:24 | |
Come on! | 0:31:24 | 0:31:25 | |
He is playing all right, yes. | 0:31:28 | 0:31:30 | |
What I've seen of him, he has done good. | 0:31:30 | 0:31:31 | |
He has made a couple of breaks. | 0:31:31 | 0:31:34 | |
But not everyone agrees. | 0:31:34 | 0:31:36 | |
We are trying to use Shane too much at this moment in time. | 0:31:36 | 0:31:38 | |
We are rushing it. We are rushing everything wide, we are. | 0:31:38 | 0:31:41 | |
We need to just go back to basics. | 0:31:41 | 0:31:42 | |
Despite some tough defence and a few mistakes, | 0:31:45 | 0:31:48 | |
Shane and the team persist | 0:31:48 | 0:31:50 | |
and it's not long before the Amman tries come rolling in. | 0:31:50 | 0:31:52 | |
-When we get here, let's -BLEEP! -just kick the leather off it, | 0:31:58 | 0:32:00 | |
-good talk, good chase and then we -BLEEP! -make them play down there. | 0:32:00 | 0:32:03 | |
-It's hard, isn't it? We just had it for 40 -BLEEP! -minutes. | 0:32:03 | 0:32:06 | |
He's having a couple of men marking him, it's not just the one. | 0:32:06 | 0:32:09 | |
But second half now, when they get a little bit tired, | 0:32:09 | 0:32:11 | |
we think he'll have a bit more space, | 0:32:11 | 0:32:13 | |
and hopefully he'll be crossing that corner down the bottom there. | 0:32:13 | 0:32:16 | |
Shane switches to the centre and soon turns provider for his | 0:32:17 | 0:32:21 | |
new team-mates. | 0:32:21 | 0:32:22 | |
WHISTLE BLOWS | 0:32:36 | 0:32:38 | |
THEY CHEER | 0:32:38 | 0:32:40 | |
Shane has lasted the full bruising 80 minutes. | 0:32:41 | 0:32:44 | |
He hasn't scored, but it's still a winning return to rugby. | 0:32:44 | 0:32:47 | |
I do actually miss the physical side of it, in a strange way. | 0:32:49 | 0:32:52 | |
My legs were just like lead out there. | 0:32:52 | 0:32:54 | |
The combination of age and the fact I was tired and lethargic. | 0:32:54 | 0:32:58 | |
I wouldn't have gone and played anywhere else, really. | 0:32:58 | 0:33:00 | |
I am retired. This is just a hobby for me and a bit of fun. | 0:33:00 | 0:33:03 | |
And who knows, I might put the boots on again. | 0:33:03 | 0:33:05 | |
I think the chairman of the club was happy today. He has taken a few pounds on the gate. | 0:33:05 | 0:33:09 | |
So it's good for the club, good for the village, | 0:33:09 | 0:33:12 | |
good for the boys playing with him as well. | 0:33:12 | 0:33:15 | |
I am dreading tomorrow morning. My calf is going like that as we speak. | 0:33:15 | 0:33:18 | |
My head is little bit sore from a few bangs to the head, | 0:33:18 | 0:33:21 | |
but that's rugby, and that's why we do it. | 0:33:21 | 0:33:23 | |
Gail, any order, eh? | 0:33:27 | 0:33:30 | |
Shane's comeback is a welcome boost for the club but this time | 0:33:30 | 0:33:33 | |
around the demands of playing won't overshadow his priorities - | 0:33:33 | 0:33:37 | |
his family. Today, it's the turn of horse-mad daughter Georgie to get | 0:33:37 | 0:33:41 | |
Mum and Dad to herself. | 0:33:41 | 0:33:43 | |
Georgie. | 0:33:43 | 0:33:45 | |
It doesn't matter which way, does it? | 0:33:45 | 0:33:48 | |
Georgie now is ten years of age. | 0:33:48 | 0:33:50 | |
She's into ponies, her gymkhana, and her games on the pony. | 0:33:50 | 0:33:54 | |
She is doing extremely well. | 0:33:54 | 0:33:57 | |
Go on. Go. Go on! | 0:33:57 | 0:33:59 | |
She's got the heart of a lion, to be fair. | 0:34:00 | 0:34:03 | |
She's tough as nails. | 0:34:03 | 0:34:04 | |
She's doing things on that horse that I've never seen other people | 0:34:04 | 0:34:07 | |
do, to be completely honest with you. | 0:34:07 | 0:34:10 | |
Go on. | 0:34:12 | 0:34:14 | |
-Good girl. -She's doing really well. | 0:34:14 | 0:34:16 | |
She's very competitive, which is her father, with the competitive genes, | 0:34:16 | 0:34:21 | |
and me the horsey genes, cos I used to do this when I was younger. | 0:34:21 | 0:34:25 | |
And ready, look ready for it. | 0:34:25 | 0:34:27 | |
Better. As many shows as Georgie does, | 0:34:32 | 0:34:35 | |
I try to get to watch as much as I can. | 0:34:35 | 0:34:37 | |
It's great. I've got no excuses now, I'm back home. | 0:34:37 | 0:34:41 | |
It's not just Shane's daughter that has the heart of a lion. | 0:34:44 | 0:34:48 | |
In a glittering career, his proudest achievement was being picked for | 0:34:48 | 0:34:51 | |
three separate Lions' tours. | 0:34:51 | 0:34:53 | |
Playing for the British and Irish Lions was the highlight of my career. | 0:34:53 | 0:34:56 | |
For me to say that I've been part of that, to be on three tours, | 0:34:56 | 0:35:00 | |
is just completely surreal. | 0:35:00 | 0:35:02 | |
I am able to put my name in with some of the best players that have played the game. | 0:35:02 | 0:35:07 | |
What's great about the Lions is, you get put in with players that perhaps you think, | 0:35:07 | 0:35:10 | |
"Oh, I don't know if I like this guy because I played against him and | 0:35:10 | 0:35:13 | |
"he was a little bit horrible to me on the field," | 0:35:13 | 0:35:15 | |
or "..beat me up on the field there." | 0:35:15 | 0:35:17 | |
And you get to meet these guys and they are just as | 0:35:17 | 0:35:20 | |
normal as anyone else, you know. | 0:35:20 | 0:35:22 | |
Very few players get picked for three separate Lions' tours, | 0:35:22 | 0:35:26 | |
and fewer still are crowned World Player of the Year. | 0:35:26 | 0:35:29 | |
IRB Player of the Year for 2008 - Shane Williams. | 0:35:29 | 0:35:33 | |
The highlight, and I suppose the pinnacle, | 0:35:33 | 0:35:35 | |
was being named World Player of the Year in 2008. | 0:35:35 | 0:35:38 | |
Being told countless times that I wasn't good enough, | 0:35:38 | 0:35:41 | |
to come full circle and go through the ups and downs, that I could | 0:35:41 | 0:35:45 | |
almost stick two fingers up to a lot of people who told me from | 0:35:45 | 0:35:48 | |
the start that it was never going to happen, | 0:35:48 | 0:35:50 | |
and I almost believed that, at times, was just amazing. | 0:35:50 | 0:35:55 | |
I didn't have to say anything, really. | 0:35:55 | 0:35:57 | |
Just receiving that award just said it all. | 0:35:57 | 0:36:00 | |
It was quite selfish of me, really, because that was a single award for | 0:36:00 | 0:36:03 | |
a single player, but I suppose that really | 0:36:03 | 0:36:08 | |
summed up my rugby career, really, and me as a person. | 0:36:08 | 0:36:13 | |
The former World Player of the Year is about to help his home team grab | 0:36:18 | 0:36:22 | |
some glory of their own. | 0:36:22 | 0:36:24 | |
Shane has been picked to play for the Amman in the quarterfinals of | 0:36:24 | 0:36:28 | |
the WRU National Bowl. | 0:36:28 | 0:36:30 | |
While coaching Amman, we have won leagues, | 0:36:30 | 0:36:32 | |
we have won all the local cups, | 0:36:32 | 0:36:34 | |
the only one we haven't won is the Millennium Stadium. | 0:36:34 | 0:36:37 | |
I'll go and warm up. | 0:36:37 | 0:36:39 | |
-You all right there? -Yeah. | 0:36:39 | 0:36:42 | |
Shane has played in the Principality, or the Millennium Stadium, | 0:36:43 | 0:36:46 | |
loads of times. But to help these boys get somewhere like the | 0:36:46 | 0:36:49 | |
Millennium Stadium would absolutely be fantastic for him. | 0:36:49 | 0:36:52 | |
But not everyone is looking forward to sharing the pitch with Shane. | 0:36:52 | 0:36:56 | |
When we realised Shane was playing, | 0:36:56 | 0:36:58 | |
we sat down as a group of players and talked about it. | 0:36:58 | 0:37:01 | |
We could either get down in the dumps that a world-class player's | 0:37:01 | 0:37:04 | |
playing, or we can get excited at the opportunity of playing against | 0:37:04 | 0:37:06 | |
him. Some of our boys have only ever seen him play on TV, | 0:37:06 | 0:37:09 | |
so to actually grace the fields with him would be a great | 0:37:09 | 0:37:11 | |
opportunity for our boys. | 0:37:11 | 0:37:13 | |
I bet they're looking forward to trying to run him down and catch him | 0:37:13 | 0:37:16 | |
and stick his face in the mud. | 0:37:16 | 0:37:19 | |
Despite the mud, the brutal tackles and the freezing conditions, | 0:37:20 | 0:37:24 | |
Amman clinch the game. | 0:37:24 | 0:37:27 | |
They started well. We were slow off the bus, I think. | 0:37:27 | 0:37:30 | |
We just... We just built into the game, | 0:37:30 | 0:37:33 | |
but their defence was very good. | 0:37:33 | 0:37:36 | |
I thought we dominated the first half. | 0:37:36 | 0:37:38 | |
Set piece, our line-outs, scrum, | 0:37:38 | 0:37:40 | |
we got the backs quite a bit of ball. | 0:37:40 | 0:37:43 | |
18 points up - against a tough team. | 0:37:43 | 0:37:45 | |
In really poor conditions, didn't really have to do much. | 0:37:45 | 0:37:48 | |
The forwards were fantastic. | 0:37:48 | 0:37:50 | |
Oh, definitely still got it. | 0:37:50 | 0:37:52 | |
I don't think he'll ever lose it. I think he'll still be sidestepping | 0:37:52 | 0:37:54 | |
when he's 75 on the street, I think, | 0:37:54 | 0:37:56 | |
so when you've got a talent like he has, | 0:37:56 | 0:37:58 | |
I don't think it will ever disappear. | 0:37:58 | 0:38:00 | |
The improved performance hasn't resulted in a try and he's still yet | 0:38:09 | 0:38:12 | |
to score for the Amman. Not that he's worried. | 0:38:12 | 0:38:15 | |
The reason I want to come back and play is because it is old school. | 0:38:15 | 0:38:18 | |
You're playing in the mud, you're playing in poor conditions and | 0:38:18 | 0:38:20 | |
you're playing against teams like this and you're having a good craic | 0:38:20 | 0:38:23 | |
And you're just enjoying it. | 0:38:23 | 0:38:25 | |
You know, to play alongside my brother and my brother-in-law, | 0:38:25 | 0:38:28 | |
to be involved with them guys and enjoying it, is what it's all about, | 0:38:28 | 0:38:31 | |
-really. -18-7, we'll take that every day. | 0:38:31 | 0:38:33 | |
This is the furthest we've ever got, so it's getting really close now. | 0:38:34 | 0:38:37 | |
Shane has left the mud of West Wales for the town of Rugby, | 0:38:43 | 0:38:46 | |
home of the game and a place where he has a VIP appointment with some | 0:38:46 | 0:38:50 | |
very high-profile players. | 0:38:50 | 0:38:52 | |
We're heading to the Hall of Fame, | 0:38:53 | 0:38:55 | |
myself plus a couple of other legends on the bus, to get inducted. | 0:38:55 | 0:38:59 | |
Quite excited, a little bit nervous, actually, | 0:39:00 | 0:39:03 | |
because I'm not 100% sure what to expect, but really looking forward. | 0:39:03 | 0:39:07 | |
Wales had that tradition of flair. Skilful, speedy rugby players. | 0:39:13 | 0:39:19 | |
And Shane fits that mould to a T. | 0:39:19 | 0:39:22 | |
I loved Shane Williams. I loved the fact he was very small, | 0:39:22 | 0:39:26 | |
I loved the fact that, really, he had no business playing. | 0:39:26 | 0:39:29 | |
He was too small, he was going to get damaged. And the fact that he | 0:39:29 | 0:39:32 | |
had the best feet of any rugby player | 0:39:32 | 0:39:34 | |
that I ever managed to play against. | 0:39:34 | 0:39:36 | |
Obviously, you've gone for a life-size picture as well. | 0:39:39 | 0:39:42 | |
It's good to see, yeah. | 0:39:42 | 0:39:44 | |
It's quite surreal, really, | 0:39:44 | 0:39:45 | |
you know, to realise you're in a place, I guess, with all | 0:39:45 | 0:39:49 | |
the jerseys, the memorabilia and the video clips of all the legends | 0:39:49 | 0:39:52 | |
before me. | 0:39:52 | 0:39:54 | |
You know, hitting home, really, what being inducted into the Hall of Fame | 0:39:56 | 0:39:59 | |
really means. | 0:39:59 | 0:40:01 | |
Like, I'm walking around with Ieuan Evans, one of my heroes growing up. | 0:40:01 | 0:40:04 | |
Well, he electrified the nation and he brought excitement, | 0:40:04 | 0:40:07 | |
he brought a buzz and I'm sure he inspired a whole generation of | 0:40:07 | 0:40:12 | |
youngsters to want to play the game that we all love. | 0:40:12 | 0:40:16 | |
Our next inductee is Wales's record try-scorer, with 58 tries in 87 tests, | 0:40:16 | 0:40:21 | |
largely down to a devastating sidestep. | 0:40:21 | 0:40:23 | |
-Please welcome Shane Williams. -APPLAUSE | 0:40:23 | 0:40:27 | |
It was quite nerve-racking in the end, | 0:40:35 | 0:40:37 | |
when you see the players around you | 0:40:37 | 0:40:38 | |
and, you know, all the ex-players and the players you played alongside | 0:40:38 | 0:40:42 | |
and legends of the game, and then having to go up on the stage, | 0:40:42 | 0:40:45 | |
quite nerve-racking, but, no, it was great. | 0:40:45 | 0:40:47 | |
And I've got a couple of goodies out of it, as well, so got a... | 0:40:47 | 0:40:51 | |
..a new cap. | 0:40:52 | 0:40:54 | |
Hall of Fame cap there, so... There have only been 130 of these made. | 0:40:54 | 0:40:59 | |
This will go in the cupboard now, | 0:40:59 | 0:41:00 | |
with the trophies and the other things. | 0:41:00 | 0:41:02 | |
This is an elite gathering of rugby's great and the good, | 0:41:04 | 0:41:07 | |
and everyone of them have faced the same dilemma as Shane - | 0:41:07 | 0:41:11 | |
how to give up the game. | 0:41:11 | 0:41:13 | |
It's not so much missing the team or missing friends or missing the | 0:41:13 | 0:41:17 | |
environment, for me, I missed winning and I missed... | 0:41:17 | 0:41:20 | |
I almost missed losing too. | 0:41:20 | 0:41:21 | |
It's the highs and lows of the emotions. | 0:41:21 | 0:41:23 | |
You spend your whole life trying to chase it again. | 0:41:23 | 0:41:25 | |
It sounds a bit morbid, but you have to make peace with the fact that | 0:41:25 | 0:41:28 | |
you're not going to be able to replicate that, | 0:41:28 | 0:41:30 | |
so you have to go and find something else that floats your boat, | 0:41:30 | 0:41:33 | |
something that gives you a purpose | 0:41:33 | 0:41:34 | |
and a reason to get up in the morning. | 0:41:34 | 0:41:36 | |
The Hall of Fame is a celebration of past glories, | 0:41:38 | 0:41:42 | |
but is there one more medal on the horizon for Shane? | 0:41:42 | 0:41:45 | |
I've played a couple of games with the Amman now, which are... | 0:41:45 | 0:41:48 | |
Is there a cup game in the offing? | 0:41:48 | 0:41:49 | |
There is a Bowl game coming up, so I'm hoping to help the Amman out, | 0:41:49 | 0:41:52 | |
progress to the Principality Stadium, which is, | 0:41:52 | 0:41:55 | |
you know, the priority of this season. | 0:41:55 | 0:41:58 | |
If you get them there, will you play? | 0:41:58 | 0:42:00 | |
I don't know. I'm going to have to play because I'm going to have to | 0:42:00 | 0:42:03 | |
have another medal, aren't I? You know, | 0:42:03 | 0:42:05 | |
if I don't play, I don't get a medal, so... | 0:42:05 | 0:42:07 | |
I enjoy being out and about. | 0:42:14 | 0:42:16 | |
For me, it's pointless me being stuck in an office. | 0:42:16 | 0:42:19 | |
I don't really get much done. | 0:42:19 | 0:42:21 | |
You know, put me in front of a computer, | 0:42:21 | 0:42:23 | |
I end up looking up the internet and on eBay and all that crap, so | 0:42:23 | 0:42:27 | |
get me out and about, get me meeting people and I'm a lot happier. | 0:42:27 | 0:42:32 | |
He's a superstar one minute, on the telly the next minute, | 0:42:32 | 0:42:36 | |
there was nothing snobby or nothing big-headed and that's the way he's | 0:42:36 | 0:42:39 | |
-going to stay. -You're having ten years' warranty, | 0:42:39 | 0:42:41 | |
-20-year life expectancy. -I don't want something that's... | 0:42:41 | 0:42:44 | |
-No, you want to see your garden. -You sit up there and you think, | 0:42:44 | 0:42:47 | |
"There's a nice oil tank." | 0:42:47 | 0:42:48 | |
End of the day, you're going to have a tank there, aren't you? | 0:42:48 | 0:42:51 | |
-All right? -Good, thank you very much. -Diolch. -Thank you very much. | 0:42:51 | 0:42:54 | |
-Thank you. -I'll get breakfast next time now, all right? | 0:42:54 | 0:42:57 | |
-Yeah. -So, what's it like having Shane Williams turn up? | 0:42:57 | 0:43:01 | |
Bit of a shock when I had the call to say that Shane would be coming, | 0:43:01 | 0:43:04 | |
but I was desperate for an oil tank. | 0:43:04 | 0:43:06 | |
I couldn't care less if Donald Trump turned up. | 0:43:06 | 0:43:08 | |
HE CHUCKLES | 0:43:08 | 0:43:10 | |
From selling oil tanks to filling them, | 0:43:11 | 0:43:13 | |
the family firm is keeping him busy. | 0:43:13 | 0:43:16 | |
Need a stepladder. | 0:43:16 | 0:43:17 | |
Oh, please don't go everywhere. | 0:43:19 | 0:43:21 | |
MACHINE WHIRS | 0:43:21 | 0:43:23 | |
I think that's working. | 0:43:28 | 0:43:30 | |
Now, this is where usually someone | 0:43:30 | 0:43:33 | |
offers you a cup of coffee and a cake | 0:43:33 | 0:43:35 | |
or something, but there's no-one in today - gutted. | 0:43:35 | 0:43:41 | |
I haven't killed no-one. Full tank of oil and they'll be warm tonight | 0:43:41 | 0:43:44 | |
and that will be because of me, so, happy. | 0:43:44 | 0:43:47 | |
It's the morning of the semifinal of the National Bowl competition. | 0:43:59 | 0:44:02 | |
The prospect of playing at the Principality is within touching distance, | 0:44:02 | 0:44:06 | |
but first Amman face a physical battle against | 0:44:06 | 0:44:10 | |
heavyweight opposition - Cardigan. | 0:44:10 | 0:44:12 | |
The worst round in the cup is the semifinal. | 0:44:13 | 0:44:15 | |
You're one game away from the final, yet, you know, | 0:44:15 | 0:44:18 | |
yet you could lose that game and you're nowhere near. | 0:44:18 | 0:44:20 | |
So, yeah, it's a big, big game. | 0:44:20 | 0:44:22 | |
The village has turned out to support their boys. | 0:44:23 | 0:44:26 | |
# Roll along, Amman United Roll along | 0:44:26 | 0:44:30 | |
# With a little bit of luck You will win the silver cup | 0:44:31 | 0:44:36 | |
# Roll along, Amman United Roll along. # | 0:44:36 | 0:44:39 | |
Feels like the European Cup final, for the lads, or a | 0:44:39 | 0:44:42 | |
World Cup final, it really does. | 0:44:42 | 0:44:43 | |
But today, Shane's taking a back seat. | 0:44:44 | 0:44:47 | |
Shane's going to be on the bench for us, and, | 0:44:47 | 0:44:49 | |
there's a big, | 0:44:49 | 0:44:51 | |
big chance that he'll be going on before the end of the game. | 0:44:51 | 0:44:54 | |
I've looked a little bit into Cardigan and apparently they like | 0:44:54 | 0:44:56 | |
the driving maul, so they kick into the corners a lot. | 0:44:56 | 0:44:59 | |
The game gets underway with some big early hits from the home side. | 0:45:00 | 0:45:04 | |
This was always going to be a tough encounter and the plan was for Shane | 0:45:06 | 0:45:09 | |
to sit it out. | 0:45:09 | 0:45:10 | |
But when his brother-in-law runs into trouble... | 0:45:12 | 0:45:14 | |
..he has no choice but to go into battle for the Amman. | 0:45:16 | 0:45:19 | |
The atmosphere is hostile | 0:45:28 | 0:45:30 | |
and, for once, it's Shane who's in firing line. | 0:45:30 | 0:45:33 | |
You know, I got a little bit of abuse off some of the crowd as well. | 0:45:34 | 0:45:37 | |
JEERING | 0:45:37 | 0:45:39 | |
I wasn't really used to it. | 0:45:41 | 0:45:43 | |
I was used to the Welsh fans kind of enjoying my play and being quite | 0:45:43 | 0:45:47 | |
nice and saying nice things about me, but, you know, | 0:45:47 | 0:45:50 | |
I kind of expected something. | 0:45:50 | 0:45:51 | |
It's still tough to take. | 0:45:51 | 0:45:53 | |
You know, no-one likes to get abused on the field and certainly | 0:45:53 | 0:45:56 | |
physically abused on the field. | 0:45:56 | 0:45:59 | |
Despite a brutal front-line game, | 0:45:59 | 0:46:01 | |
Amman open up the field... | 0:46:01 | 0:46:04 | |
-Come on, Amman! -..and take a comfortable lead against Cardigan... | 0:46:04 | 0:46:08 | |
scoring try after try. | 0:46:08 | 0:46:10 | |
CHEERING | 0:46:10 | 0:46:11 | |
Shane's brother Dean crosses the line too, | 0:46:18 | 0:46:21 | |
but before Shane can have a similar impact, things get out of hand. | 0:46:21 | 0:46:27 | |
I was just being held in the ruck. | 0:46:27 | 0:46:29 | |
Can't call it a scuffle. Not tough enough to scuffle. | 0:46:29 | 0:46:31 | |
And one of their fellas decided to come round the wrong side of the | 0:46:31 | 0:46:34 | |
ruck and unfortunately clashed his head with my jaw. | 0:46:34 | 0:46:37 | |
It was a bit naughty, really. Didn't feel very nice at the time, | 0:46:45 | 0:46:47 | |
I've got to be honest, but I managed to carry on and finish the game. | 0:46:47 | 0:46:51 | |
Despite the aggression, | 0:46:52 | 0:46:54 | |
Amman comfortably take the semifinal by 29 points to 3. | 0:46:54 | 0:46:58 | |
They have made it to the Principality Stadium. | 0:46:58 | 0:47:03 | |
Oh, it feels... | 0:47:03 | 0:47:04 | |
it feels awesome. | 0:47:04 | 0:47:06 | |
Sorry, I had a whack in the chops. | 0:47:06 | 0:47:08 | |
It feels awesome. The boys deserved it. They played exceptionally well. | 0:47:08 | 0:47:11 | |
It was tough out there, Cardigan are always very physical and some tough | 0:47:11 | 0:47:15 | |
boys there, but the boys stuck at it. | 0:47:15 | 0:47:18 | |
We're going to Cardiff, boys! Come on! | 0:47:18 | 0:47:20 | |
CHEERING | 0:47:20 | 0:47:22 | |
The fracture to his jaw has left a huge question mark over Shane's | 0:47:26 | 0:47:30 | |
place in the final. | 0:47:30 | 0:47:32 | |
He could miss the chance to play one last time on the pitch where he made his name. | 0:47:33 | 0:47:37 | |
Missing out would be a crushing blow to a player who made a habit of | 0:47:40 | 0:47:43 | |
bowing out in style. | 0:47:43 | 0:47:45 | |
After capping his last international appearance for Wales with a try, | 0:47:47 | 0:47:50 | |
Shane repeated the feat in his last-ever game for the Ospreys. | 0:47:50 | 0:47:53 | |
Shane Williams... | 0:47:53 | 0:47:56 | |
-There's Shane Williams! -Oh, no! -You can't believe it. | 0:47:56 | 0:48:00 | |
You just could not script it. | 0:48:00 | 0:48:02 | |
He did it in his final international for Wales against Australia and he's | 0:48:02 | 0:48:06 | |
possibly done it again in his final game at the Liberty. | 0:48:06 | 0:48:11 | |
Shane's game again! Incredible. | 0:48:11 | 0:48:17 | |
You just cannot put the little man down. What a way to finish. | 0:48:17 | 0:48:21 | |
While Shane might have finished with rugby, | 0:48:25 | 0:48:27 | |
rugby hadn't finished with him. | 0:48:27 | 0:48:29 | |
I had a phone call off Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, in Japan, asking | 0:48:29 | 0:48:34 | |
if I'd like to represent them and be their ambassador, | 0:48:34 | 0:48:36 | |
and play rugby out there. | 0:48:36 | 0:48:38 | |
The offer was pretty much too good to turn down, really. | 0:48:38 | 0:48:40 | |
There were a lot of zeros on the end of that yen sign, let me tell you. | 0:48:40 | 0:48:44 | |
Spoke to Gail and we thought, "Oh, do you know what? | 0:48:44 | 0:48:47 | |
"We'll take the kids out of school, | 0:48:47 | 0:48:49 | |
"we'll go out there and we'll experience it, | 0:48:49 | 0:48:51 | |
"and hopefully enjoy it." And we did. | 0:48:51 | 0:48:54 | |
Where's Mammy gone tonight, then? | 0:48:54 | 0:48:56 | |
-With all of the girls. -She's out on a girls' night out, is she? | 0:48:56 | 0:49:00 | |
Having beer. | 0:49:00 | 0:49:02 | |
What?! | 0:49:02 | 0:49:03 | |
She told me last night. | 0:49:03 | 0:49:05 | |
She's going to have a beer? | 0:49:05 | 0:49:07 | |
She didn't tell me that. | 0:49:07 | 0:49:09 | |
She told me! | 0:49:09 | 0:49:11 | |
Playing in Japan was a revelation | 0:49:11 | 0:49:13 | |
for the little winger from West Wales. | 0:49:13 | 0:49:15 | |
Out here, it's far less physical. | 0:49:15 | 0:49:17 | |
The players are smaller. | 0:49:17 | 0:49:18 | |
I'm hitting rucks now and I'm actually effective, | 0:49:18 | 0:49:21 | |
which never used to happen. | 0:49:21 | 0:49:23 | |
I'm putting tackles in now and, | 0:49:23 | 0:49:24 | |
you know, I'm not going backwards in the tackle. | 0:49:24 | 0:49:27 | |
I'm going forwards for once! | 0:49:27 | 0:49:28 | |
But while he enjoyed the rugby, | 0:49:28 | 0:49:30 | |
the family missed home and home comforts. | 0:49:30 | 0:49:32 | |
I eat the occasional tin of tuna. | 0:49:35 | 0:49:38 | |
I won't eat my raw fish. | 0:49:38 | 0:49:39 | |
Struggle with the noodles. | 0:49:39 | 0:49:41 | |
Unfortunately, when we do go out, we go for a pizza or something, | 0:49:41 | 0:49:44 | |
so not very Japanese-y, really, | 0:49:44 | 0:49:46 | |
but struggling for a fish-and-chip shop here. That's the only problem. | 0:49:46 | 0:49:50 | |
After two years, Shane retired once and for all. | 0:49:52 | 0:49:56 | |
His career ended 6,000 miles from home. | 0:49:56 | 0:49:59 | |
He went back to the Amman believing he would never play rugby again. | 0:50:01 | 0:50:04 | |
After two anxious weeks, Shane's fractured jaw has healed. | 0:50:10 | 0:50:14 | |
He is fit to play, and the club is buzzing with excitement. | 0:50:14 | 0:50:17 | |
Heads on, boys, come on. Let's get out there. | 0:50:20 | 0:50:22 | |
Today is probably the biggest day in Amman United's history. | 0:50:22 | 0:50:26 | |
The boys seem up for it. They're going to have to be, | 0:50:26 | 0:50:28 | |
it's going to be a tough game. You know, | 0:50:28 | 0:50:30 | |
you don't get an opportunity like this very often. | 0:50:30 | 0:50:32 | |
I think the lads are so nervous that we actually had a singsong. | 0:50:34 | 0:50:37 | |
We were singing R Kelly, The World's Greatest, | 0:50:37 | 0:50:39 | |
and that was quite bizarre, | 0:50:39 | 0:50:41 | |
but it was great. It got the lads up for it, they were excited. | 0:50:41 | 0:50:44 | |
MUSIC: The World's Greatest by R Kelly | 0:50:44 | 0:50:50 | |
Back on familiar territory, | 0:50:52 | 0:50:54 | |
the stadium brings back fond memories for Shane | 0:50:54 | 0:50:57 | |
of his Grand Slam glory days. | 0:50:57 | 0:51:00 | |
Grand Slam was up there with one of the biggest things you can win | 0:51:01 | 0:51:04 | |
as an international rugby player. | 0:51:04 | 0:51:06 | |
CROWD ROARS | 0:51:16 | 0:51:18 | |
I've been lucky and privileged to have had two. | 0:51:21 | 0:51:23 | |
There's not many people who can say that. | 0:51:23 | 0:51:26 | |
The return to the stadium isn't just an emotional day for Shane. | 0:51:34 | 0:51:38 | |
The occasion is getting to everyone. | 0:51:38 | 0:51:40 | |
I've got to say, he's just one of the boys. | 0:51:40 | 0:51:42 | |
He has no airs and graces about him. | 0:51:42 | 0:51:44 | |
He's just... | 0:51:44 | 0:51:46 | |
He's still Shane, whatever happens. | 0:51:46 | 0:51:48 | |
Sorry. | 0:51:48 | 0:51:50 | |
But I knew, when he was first playing for the Amman, | 0:51:53 | 0:51:56 | |
still the same boy, still the same man. | 0:51:56 | 0:51:58 | |
He's probably just as proud today as he was | 0:51:58 | 0:52:01 | |
when he was playing for Wales, you know, to play with his brother, | 0:52:01 | 0:52:04 | |
his brother-in-law, all his friends, | 0:52:04 | 0:52:05 | |
and it's the same for them to play with Shane, isn't it? | 0:52:05 | 0:52:10 | |
Ready, set, up! | 0:52:10 | 0:52:12 | |
Ready, set, up! | 0:52:12 | 0:52:15 | |
If we freeze, we'll be gutted forever, boys. | 0:52:15 | 0:52:17 | |
Nobody can take this away from us today, boys. You've earned it. | 0:52:17 | 0:52:20 | |
Nobody else, you've earned it. | 0:52:20 | 0:52:22 | |
Go out there and make the most of it, boys. | 0:52:22 | 0:52:24 | |
Enjoy it. You've strived for this all your lives. | 0:52:24 | 0:52:26 | |
-Come on. -The first day you put a pair of boots on | 0:52:26 | 0:52:29 | |
is for a day like this, and here it is, it's come for you, boys. | 0:52:29 | 0:52:31 | |
Let's go on. | 0:52:31 | 0:52:33 | |
-Come on! -Go out there and enjoy it, boys. | 0:52:33 | 0:52:36 | |
I remember coming out to the Millennium Stadium | 0:52:42 | 0:52:44 | |
in my final game thinking, "I'm not going to have this again." | 0:52:44 | 0:52:48 | |
And to have the whole crowd standing up and singing the anthem | 0:52:49 | 0:52:52 | |
and chanting our names or whatever again... | 0:52:52 | 0:52:55 | |
That was almost as sad as realising that I was giving up rugby. | 0:52:55 | 0:52:59 | |
In front of an empty stadium, with the game broadcast live on S4C, | 0:53:02 | 0:53:07 | |
Shane kicked off his last ever match against rivals Caerphilly. | 0:53:07 | 0:53:10 | |
With 58 professional tries under his belt, | 0:53:12 | 0:53:15 | |
the pressure's on Shane to help his village to win the Bowl. | 0:53:15 | 0:53:18 | |
A loose pass from Caerphilly gives Amman an early opening. | 0:53:20 | 0:53:24 | |
Five-and-a-half years after his last professional match, | 0:53:24 | 0:53:27 | |
with his first touch of the ball, | 0:53:27 | 0:53:29 | |
Wales's record try-scorer snatches the first try of the game | 0:53:29 | 0:53:33 | |
and his first for Amman United this season. | 0:53:33 | 0:53:36 | |
Caerphilly fight back, securing two converted tries in quick succession. | 0:53:45 | 0:53:49 | |
Keeping it in the family, Shane turns provider, | 0:53:52 | 0:53:55 | |
producing a killer pass to brother-in-law Gavin Lewis. | 0:53:55 | 0:53:57 | |
Amman take the lead 15-14. | 0:53:59 | 0:54:02 | |
The game swings back and forth as Caerphilly and Amman trade points | 0:54:05 | 0:54:08 | |
and swap scores. | 0:54:08 | 0:54:10 | |
After a nail-biting first-half, | 0:54:12 | 0:54:14 | |
Caerphilly lead 21-20. | 0:54:14 | 0:54:16 | |
The second half is just as frenetic, | 0:54:20 | 0:54:22 | |
with the lead changing hands seven times. | 0:54:22 | 0:54:25 | |
With ten minutes to go, | 0:54:30 | 0:54:31 | |
Caerphilly pull ahead with a try from Matthew Nuttall. | 0:54:31 | 0:54:34 | |
Shane's return to the Principality Stadium looks set to end in defeat. | 0:54:37 | 0:54:42 | |
With three minutes remaining, Amman grasp a last-chance opportunity. | 0:54:52 | 0:54:57 | |
Shane feeds the ball wide and Chris Rhys slides it over the line, | 0:54:58 | 0:55:03 | |
putting Amman back in the lead. | 0:55:03 | 0:55:06 | |
Amid the chaos of the last few seconds, | 0:55:06 | 0:55:09 | |
Caerphilly give away a penalty | 0:55:09 | 0:55:11 | |
and Amman sink it to clinch the game, 43-31. | 0:55:11 | 0:55:15 | |
This guy is the golden guy. | 0:55:15 | 0:55:17 | |
He's in the red of Amman United today. | 0:55:17 | 0:55:20 | |
He has been part of a victory | 0:55:20 | 0:55:21 | |
that will go down in the history of that little part | 0:55:21 | 0:55:24 | |
of West Wales, of the Amman Valley, they will tell the tale | 0:55:24 | 0:55:28 | |
of how they played with Shane and how they won the Bowl. | 0:55:28 | 0:55:32 | |
One last medal, one last game, | 0:55:35 | 0:55:38 | |
one last hurrah. | 0:55:38 | 0:55:40 | |
Shane bows out in style again. | 0:55:42 | 0:55:45 | |
CHEERING | 0:55:47 | 0:55:49 | |
Yeah, today wasn't about me | 0:55:56 | 0:55:57 | |
and I keep saying it and I really do mean that. | 0:55:57 | 0:55:59 | |
Today was about the Amman being successful, | 0:55:59 | 0:56:02 | |
and you can see the lads, you know, | 0:56:02 | 0:56:04 | |
it's like Christmas come all over again for these guys. | 0:56:04 | 0:56:06 | |
They may not get this opportunity again | 0:56:06 | 0:56:08 | |
and they're going to make the most of it. I'm very chuffed. | 0:56:08 | 0:56:12 | |
To play alongside my brother and brother-in-laws | 0:56:12 | 0:56:14 | |
and cousins and God knows what... | 0:56:14 | 0:56:16 | |
From the Amman Valley, everyone's related, so, you know, | 0:56:16 | 0:56:19 | |
most of the boys are related to me and they're family | 0:56:19 | 0:56:21 | |
and to go out there and win it, as well, in the end, | 0:56:21 | 0:56:23 | |
thoroughly deserved. I felt the guys were great. | 0:56:23 | 0:56:26 | |
I miss these times where, you know, you can celebrate a win | 0:56:27 | 0:56:30 | |
or something positive and I'm looking forward to tonight. | 0:56:30 | 0:56:34 | |
EXCITED CHATTER | 0:56:39 | 0:56:41 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:56:42 | 0:56:45 | |
THEY SING | 0:56:50 | 0:56:54 | |
Bar my kids being born, it's the best feeling of my life, honestly. | 0:56:54 | 0:56:57 | |
There is also one extremely proud father | 0:56:57 | 0:57:00 | |
celebrating in the Amman tonight. | 0:57:00 | 0:57:02 | |
I've never seen both of them playing in the Millennium Stadium together, | 0:57:02 | 0:57:06 | |
so a very good day for the family. | 0:57:06 | 0:57:08 | |
Shane's obviously lived moments like this, | 0:57:10 | 0:57:12 | |
but you can see on his face on the way home, | 0:57:12 | 0:57:14 | |
it means more to him to have all his mates and his family here | 0:57:14 | 0:57:17 | |
than it would to win for Wales and all that because... | 0:57:17 | 0:57:19 | |
You can tell by his face, it's just different. | 0:57:19 | 0:57:21 | |
Different feeling, really, do you know what I mean? | 0:57:21 | 0:57:23 | |
It's awesome. It's awesome. | 0:57:23 | 0:57:25 | |
It's not the World Cup final, but for these guys, | 0:57:25 | 0:57:28 | |
it is the World Cup final. | 0:57:28 | 0:57:30 | |
Three months after the final, | 0:57:41 | 0:57:43 | |
and the club bar sports a new addition to the Amman Hall of Fame. | 0:57:43 | 0:57:47 | |
It was a great way for me to finish my rugby. | 0:57:49 | 0:57:52 | |
The boots are staying locked in the attic. | 0:57:54 | 0:57:56 | |
The wife has told me and I've told myself, "No more." | 0:57:56 | 0:58:00 | |
Are you sure? | 0:58:02 | 0:58:04 | |
Where's my wife? | 0:58:04 | 0:58:06 | |
I don't think he'll ever stop. | 0:58:06 | 0:58:07 | |
He thinks, "Oh, I'll just go and have one more game." | 0:58:07 | 0:58:11 | |
Yeah. If they're short, I know he'd play. | 0:58:11 | 0:58:15 | |
Yeah, I'm sure. I'm sure. | 0:58:15 | 0:58:16 | |
Look, I love the game. I'd love to have been able to play for Wales | 0:58:16 | 0:58:20 | |
up until I was 50 years of age, | 0:58:20 | 0:58:21 | |
but you have to listen to your body sometimes, | 0:58:21 | 0:58:24 | |
and especially a wife, so I think I'll hang my boots up. | 0:58:24 | 0:58:27 | |
They will tell the tale of how they played with Shane | 0:58:27 | 0:58:31 | |
and how they won the Bowl. | 0:58:31 | 0:58:33 | |
MUSIC: Outro by M83 | 0:58:33 | 0:58:35 |