:00:20. > :00:26.It is around 12 of the Pro12 and the race for the top four is heating up.
:00:27. > :00:31.Leinster would were looking to gold topped with a rare victory at the
:00:32. > :00:34.Liberty Stadium on Friday. The Scarlets two could have returned to
:00:35. > :00:48.the summit with a win over Connacht. There were a Tabasco law. -- a
:00:49. > :00:54.Basker law. Can the underdogs produce a shock as a mark and the
:00:55. > :01:00.war but is reveal one of the most commendable tricks. What's the worst
:01:01. > :01:07.thing you have forgotten? I did genuine even get his birthday.
:01:08. > :01:11.Shocking. Believing and welcome to the programme. A star-studded panel
:01:12. > :01:15.is always on scrum five. Jonathan Davies, Martyn Williams and Ryan
:01:16. > :01:18.Jones. All year to offer their expert analysis of the weekend 's
:01:19. > :01:22.action. We are good to start with a Ospreys. Hoping to stand their
:01:23. > :01:35.five-game winning streak against Leinster in the stadium. Our cameras
:01:36. > :01:37.were with them all week. It start of the wellness monitor. Because at
:01:38. > :01:44.that is just a profile the start of the day in terms some basic
:01:45. > :01:50.questions and tested and Summers objective around things like saunas.
:01:51. > :01:53.Sleep quality. But the thing. As well as some more objective markers
:01:54. > :01:58.around a range of motion, things accident reach, hamstring lie back,
:01:59. > :02:02.car Fandango movements and sister. It is the way of starting the day to
:02:03. > :02:10.see where we're at. To help is with that decision making process through
:02:11. > :02:13.the day. We are always tried to keep the string side of things going. It
:02:14. > :02:17.is a border from a muscle mass point of view. Across the week there will
:02:18. > :02:22.generally be at least one up to sometimes three left that they will
:02:23. > :02:27.compete. It may well be eight bodies A whole body left in the focus will
:02:28. > :02:37.vary as well. The weather is pretty challenging at this point in the
:02:38. > :02:39.year. We have multi-training purposes but in terms of just
:02:40. > :02:47.managing the training mode commie, always indoors. The soft pitches can
:02:48. > :02:50.aggravate some of the calf and hamstrings that we have got around
:02:51. > :02:54.some of the groups. It is always about managing a good service. Saint
:02:55. > :02:58.Helens is one of the best in Welsh rugby uncoupled along with that, it
:02:59. > :03:04.is nice to come down to one of the traditional bases in our region. It
:03:05. > :03:10.just freshens as they knelt as well. I don't want people chasing. Let's
:03:11. > :03:14.get some line speed. What is that mean for tackling? If we are ongoing
:03:15. > :03:21.with those two? You have got to work hard. The thing every game becomes
:03:22. > :03:24.huge for us in this blog. The Six Nations looming on the horizon and
:03:25. > :03:28.we will miss a lot of our big hitters. Points are paramount.
:03:29. > :03:30.Hopefully we'll get a atmosphere of the liberty. The Leinster game is
:03:31. > :03:37.always a good ding-dong with top international players going
:03:38. > :03:38.head-to-head. And there were rest as for teenager Sam Underhill and Owen
:03:39. > :03:53.Watkin. Leinster already out of Europe
:03:54. > :03:58.arrived at the liberty fully loaded, boasting 19 international cinema
:03:59. > :04:01.stay 23 with a combined total of 500 through the three caps. Victory
:04:02. > :04:11.would have sent them to the top the league.
:04:12. > :04:20.Great speed. Good break that first tackle and that is read determined
:04:21. > :04:24.running tours that try line. Paula 's elbow. No it wasn't, says David
:04:25. > :04:28.Wilkinson. It looked all the world but it was. It is a free play. It is
:04:29. > :04:34.a penalty. They should overdrive. His honours well outside. Dan Evans
:04:35. > :04:46.up in the line. Dirksen outside. Evans, tackled by O'Brien. One
:04:47. > :04:50.important as well. Dan Biggar looking for the drop goal to break
:04:51. > :05:02.the deadlock and he slotted. Nicely done, Daniel Biggar. McGrath get it
:05:03. > :05:06.out of Sexton. The cross kick to the other side this time about as well
:05:07. > :05:14.weighted as well. Dave Kearney reaches out and makes it. The kicker
:05:15. > :05:26.is precise. The taken the finish is very, very good.
:05:27. > :05:39.Great steel. James King. Superb work by Owen Watkin. What a break. Looked
:05:40. > :05:48.on the outside. Ask was not quite there. The races are now. Isa Nacewa
:05:49. > :05:54.is leading by a country mile. Great work by one Watkin. It is what they
:05:55. > :06:00.see in this youngster. Big space there. Sam Davies. Well played.
:06:01. > :06:06.Nicely done to Brendon Leonard. He is isolated slightly though. He has
:06:07. > :06:09.turned over. Knock-on. Unlucky for Luke McGrath. He just spilled it on
:06:10. > :06:21.the second grass. The crowd having no effect on Jonny
:06:22. > :06:31.Sexton. That is one way of shutting the crowd up. Have that. Where were
:06:32. > :06:38.the back-seat is only there? The ball was lost, I think. A distance
:06:39. > :06:41.away from Brendon Leonard. But Underhill does extremely well. But
:06:42. > :06:43.has gone forward. Sam Underhill is having a standing evening. Yes
:06:44. > :07:04.commie smashed him there. Again Sean O'Brien in the thick of
:07:05. > :07:09.it. It is a penalty on. Not much in else on at the moment. Well, they
:07:10. > :07:13.are building the pressure. They have just got to hopefully now... Dan
:07:14. > :07:16.Biggar will take this kick, they will get back up here, they have the
:07:17. > :07:25.upper hand at the moment. This is not going to be a high-scoring game.
:07:26. > :07:38.Dan Biggar successful. Ospreys back within a point. Jonny Sexton. Up
:07:39. > :07:47.comes... Lovely off-load. Setser Noel Reid. So nicely. That is class
:07:48. > :07:50.from Ben Te'o. What a brilliant off-load this is. The ball comes
:07:51. > :08:04.out. The rerun. They have a second role against him. Goes on the
:08:05. > :08:08.inside. Lovely off-load. You can see Leinster now, their tactical brain
:08:09. > :08:16.is going. We will have a penalty or drop goal and robbed them of the
:08:17. > :08:30.bonus point. Very well with Dan Dave Kearney slides in for a second, does
:08:31. > :08:35.he? Has he got the ball down? Yes. Yes, he has. But is the one to
:08:36. > :08:40.settle it. The thing we have got to make sure is that we learn and we
:08:41. > :08:43.have probably been guilty of not taking the learning from games and
:08:44. > :08:45.into trainings and padding to games over the past two weeks. Again, we
:08:46. > :08:52.have got to make sure we regroup, just keep moving forward.
:08:53. > :08:58.Leinster 's first victory at the liberty since 2009. It took them to
:08:59. > :09:02.the top of the table. The Ospreys had more of their fair share than
:09:03. > :09:06.possession but just lacked a cutting edge. There is, they would as
:09:07. > :09:08.clinical. They had three opportunities and scored three
:09:09. > :09:13.times. That was it. The well marshalled by Jonny Sexton. They had
:09:14. > :09:19.just had that extra little X Factor when they needed it and that was the
:09:20. > :09:23.difference really. Interims of the X factor behind, we saw Ben Te'o there
:09:24. > :09:27.and we saw the winners, Dave Kearney coming into the game as well, was it
:09:28. > :09:30.just those plays against what the Ospreys had quiz and marketed it was
:09:31. > :09:33.a very good team effort but I think thought the Ospreys actively well
:09:34. > :09:37.but they had the opportunities and they took them. If we look at the
:09:38. > :09:40.first try and Leinster and Ireland always do this will stop just watch
:09:41. > :09:44.this a minute. As the ball comes out, he has only just come on. He is
:09:45. > :09:47.roughly the right position but look at the winger. He has to drop back.
:09:48. > :09:52.As a winger, you have to drop a little bit and you see what is in
:09:53. > :09:55.front. As a cc that, he could have moved up. Now we are scored in no
:09:56. > :10:01.man's land. Sam Davies tries to tackle. It is brilliant executed. It
:10:02. > :10:06.is a great finish. Second try, forwards, all front five, Baldwin
:10:07. > :10:11.has a Rush of blood, get out of the line and that is an easy run in four
:10:12. > :10:18.Ben Te'o. Again, dissenting special, offload, inside tracking and he is
:10:19. > :10:21.over. That was the difference. The Ospreys pig territorial. Dan Biggar
:10:22. > :10:23.kicked well. They were in the gale. They missed a couple of kicks which
:10:24. > :10:28.might make the difference but when it came to the crunch, when the
:10:29. > :10:33.opportunity think of it can't I was differently. They'll be frustrated.
:10:34. > :10:38.They had good territory and good possession and it conceded tries
:10:39. > :10:41.from two defensive tactical errors. Scott Baldwin has jumped out of the
:10:42. > :10:44.line and come across and someone as has come over and blitzed. It has
:10:45. > :10:47.cost them dear. The difference with that though, the forwards are going
:10:48. > :10:50.well and we all are set against the Scarlets colleges pick and drive,
:10:51. > :10:58.pick and drive. They do lack that cutting edge and pace out wide. If
:10:59. > :11:01.you're in your own half in the 40 metre any, they have scored some
:11:02. > :11:03.lovely tries in Europe but I think it is throwing the ball about
:11:04. > :11:08.because they are chasing the bonus point. They have not really created
:11:09. > :11:13.anything from distance which I can remember. And that holds them back
:11:14. > :11:15.of the, I think. The King at the positives, much of the talk during
:11:16. > :11:18.and after the game was the performance of 19 euros Sam
:11:19. > :11:23.Underhill. That was made of the fact that Justin Tipuric was rested but
:11:24. > :11:26.that man look to the manner born. Yeah, here's a guy that all players
:11:27. > :11:32.are raving about. We saw a huge physical side of him on the weekend.
:11:33. > :11:36.He is a young man who the mock Ospreys have managed to it
:11:37. > :11:42.Gloucester. He is involved in everything. A lot of good in his
:11:43. > :11:50.game. He has a huge physical presence. Time at him again, we saw
:11:51. > :11:54.him getting stuck in. He gets Sean O'Brien relatively quiet. But there
:11:55. > :11:59.was another guy, Owen Watkin. He was immature. Again the Ospreys have put
:12:00. > :12:01.a lot of faith in him. He was involved in any season and he has
:12:02. > :12:05.been held back on conditioning period, if you like, ready for this
:12:06. > :12:09.period now over the 6-nations and finale of the league. That will
:12:10. > :12:15.allow him to Caernarfon stab at this level. Again, he is a young man in
:12:16. > :12:22.aim real man's body. He is a big lump. The driver selection, with
:12:23. > :12:26.what is on the night, it is a public address, I suppose you rests on guys
:12:27. > :12:30.with an eye on Europe, two very big fixtures in Europe coming up front.
:12:31. > :12:36.Due off to look at the Pro12. The Ospreys now in seven. Should they
:12:37. > :12:39.have go that fixture as Leinster did Mark is a difficult situation. They
:12:40. > :12:43.have such a poor start in the World Cup, they are behind already in the
:12:44. > :12:47.league. In real danger of missing out on top six was look at the
:12:48. > :12:49.league table, you will see later on, they played more games than the
:12:50. > :12:55.others around them. They are four points adrift of six. The latter
:12:56. > :12:57.given huge gravity still be in the European tour about this stage. They
:12:58. > :13:03.are only have crew but they have had to forfeit really a home game
:13:04. > :13:07.against Leinster. Clermont Auvergne NetSuite is one of the biggest game
:13:08. > :13:11.the region have had in a long time. The loser, they are out of Europe
:13:12. > :13:17.and they are behind in the lead as well. As it is the first Sunday sure
:13:18. > :13:21.the year, we thought we would remind you what happened over the festive
:13:22. > :13:34.period and for those who did tune in, we had some Christmas crackers
:13:35. > :13:40.to savour. Tom James outside him. Tom James, this will be a try for
:13:41. > :13:54.the Blues. Huge kick the Rhys Patchell. The flags go up. The
:13:55. > :13:58.fullback has done it for the Blues. What a run, gives it a Walker on the
:13:59. > :14:08.outside. But is brilliant by Dmitri Arhip. Do or die for the Scarlets.
:14:09. > :14:14.From the boot of Steven Shingler. Has he pulled it question mark
:14:15. > :14:25.guess, he has. And the Ospreys have held on to the closest of victories.
:14:26. > :14:31.They get over in the end. Eventually, something had to give.
:14:32. > :14:42.What an incredible game. The Blues take the spoils. There was a welcome
:14:43. > :14:47.return from injury for John Barclay on the openside, Samson Lee, Ken
:14:48. > :14:49.Owens Rob Evans fold and all international front row. Behind the
:14:50. > :14:53.scrum, Regan King return the starting line-up, while Aled Davies
:14:54. > :14:58.started at scrum-half in the absence of namesake Gareth, who was out with
:14:59. > :15:01.an illness. Pat Lam 's side were looking to end a three-game losing
:15:02. > :15:04.streak but would have to make history to do so, having never won
:15:05. > :15:17.at Parc y Scarlets. Their site featured just one change from the
:15:18. > :15:22.one that lost to Leinster. Remember, Connacht are down to 14. Good vision
:15:23. > :15:30.from the scrum-half spotting that gap. Jack Carty again. Ronaldson.
:15:31. > :15:33.Well tackled by Steff Evans. A bit of work now for the scholars to do
:15:34. > :15:45.as well. Excellent tackle on Jake Heenan. They could go upstairs. Thus
:15:46. > :15:54.they're going to go upstairs. Anybody the ball will do. Adding
:15:55. > :16:06.that is a try. It is now gone green, scrum five. Good luck pass. Here is
:16:07. > :16:11.an opportunity. One-handed off-load. It is a straight foot race and at
:16:12. > :16:14.Healy is going all the way. From his own 22. Often the best way to
:16:15. > :16:17.attack, the best place to attack from and after some good handling,
:16:18. > :16:35.Matt Healy goes over try the game. It is great work again. He is over
:16:36. > :16:38.in the corner. They will go upstairs surely but after some lovely
:16:39. > :16:41.build-up play, Matt Healy is over in the corner. It is another one of
:16:42. > :16:47.those. Does he have done the pressure got him out now. He has
:16:48. > :16:58.dropped at. That is the right decision. It is Davies again. Lewis
:16:59. > :17:04.Rawlins continues the movement. Regan King. Floats one of the parks.
:17:05. > :17:14.Flat torque across the line to Evans and it is Evans over in the corner.
:17:15. > :17:21.Very well worked try the Scarlets. Williams, flat ball to Regan King.
:17:22. > :17:29.They have numbers outside. Flows to his fullback. Can he get there?
:17:30. > :17:41.Comment and it's over. Centigrade is a try that the Scarlets aired. Jack
:17:42. > :18:06.Carty, well... Iris and what used to do. They'll go back from penalty.
:18:07. > :18:13.Great strike. Hamid Ansari see it where... Shingler is on the pitch
:18:14. > :18:20.and he has the opportunity. And there it is. Well, it is yellow card
:18:21. > :18:27.offence. And that means that will be a penalty. 93 seconds to go, the
:18:28. > :18:39.Scarlets might have an opportunity to take the lead. Strike the ball,
:18:40. > :18:45.the crowd will tell you that that has gone over. Once again, it is
:18:46. > :18:53.Steven Shingler. A broad smile from the replace and outside-half. He has
:18:54. > :18:56.kept his nerve. Playing them in three weeks' time at their place, it
:18:57. > :19:01.is important to get a result. We got stuck in and we knew it would be an
:19:02. > :19:04.effort and that is what it took. We had quite a few opportunities there
:19:05. > :19:09.and suddenly we got our attacking game back and we did not finish a
:19:10. > :19:13.few tries. Yeah, it was tough at the end there to take and I said at the
:19:14. > :19:17.beginning of the game, it would be close. Two good teams and they
:19:18. > :19:22.scored a lot of good tries to. Fortunately we got pipped at the end
:19:23. > :19:25.there. Pat Lam not quite as angry as we thought he may have been posed
:19:26. > :19:29.much. It was an intriguing one because both sides have shared the
:19:30. > :19:32.lead of this table for most of this season so far but both were coming
:19:33. > :19:39.into it after the back of disappointing Christmas period. A
:19:40. > :19:42.big win for the Scarlets. It is a massive win. Irrespective of how it
:19:43. > :19:48.came. Some of the tries. I thought Regan King was Brion. I thought that
:19:49. > :19:51.they were slightly lucky we the TMO. As of three of us agreed. It was a
:19:52. > :19:58.definite try by Masterson. But a Brion game. A big win. They were
:19:59. > :20:07.little bit importunate to get away with it. Let's have a closer look at
:20:08. > :20:13.that. I think this is a definite try. A disabled visit. The board
:20:14. > :20:19.does bounce in the air. For me, that sends out the system that is as
:20:20. > :20:21.downward pressure. But as a trial day long, that is. I really don't
:20:22. > :20:29.understand what the TMO and the referee did not see it. How is that
:20:30. > :20:32.not a try was a and this one, from the other angle, it shows an aside,
:20:33. > :20:36.said Arnold, it does visited may have lost a going over over but I
:20:37. > :20:40.think that again, if Apple is a Scarlets winger was going on, we
:20:41. > :20:46.would be up in arms. They rode 11 deserve the credit for the Scarlets
:20:47. > :20:52.because they have so many key injuries. Deserved a little bit of
:20:53. > :20:56.luck. They have had some bad luck of the gritters period. Full credit to
:20:57. > :21:00.them. It is nice to see Shingler kicker kick. The previous two games
:21:01. > :21:04.they have lost by a pod. They looked like they were going to lose this
:21:05. > :21:12.bicycle point as well. Here or zero. You will lead in the papers...
:21:13. > :21:15.Blinking to watch. And when. Both teams look to play. Wedding the
:21:16. > :21:17.Scarlets because they are underpowered, they are not the
:21:18. > :21:25.biggest team. They have to play they way they have but some of the tries
:21:26. > :21:30.they score, brilliant game. We all to see that. Here is a guy with
:21:31. > :21:35.hugely relieved from that. I think it was just reward. They have stuck
:21:36. > :21:39.in there and they are becoming a difficult team to beat, the
:21:40. > :21:47.Scarlets. Wayne Pivac has brought a steal, if you like, to that forward
:21:48. > :21:54.play. They are starting to pride themselves on... Bunged up: the
:21:55. > :22:00.Scarlets horizon is this deepening injury crisis. Jack Condy and at
:22:01. > :22:07.this week as well. Will the potentially derail what could be
:22:08. > :22:10.winning campaign? Hopefully Scott Williams Liam Williams, no Lia
:22:11. > :22:15.Williams were back at the end of January. They are out of Europe so
:22:16. > :22:18.maybe the next two weeks... The problem have with Europe is you do
:22:19. > :22:23.not want to be losing by or 50 points and getting complete
:22:24. > :22:31.hammerings. It does not confidence. John Barclay is bad. With European
:22:32. > :22:33.games, they might rest him. 40s by the job was Bjorklund guide
:22:34. > :22:39.injuries. It is very unlucky few other string of them. Visit of game.
:22:40. > :22:42.There are also have their eye on the 6-nations. They have to make sure
:22:43. > :22:46.their players come through that too. Plenty to think about. Moving on
:22:47. > :22:49.now, one other feature the boot of this again. It was a tween Edinburgh
:22:50. > :22:57.and Treviso. The rest were cancelled to allow this bold European games to
:22:58. > :23:07.take place. Edinburgh welding to capitalise on about the back damages
:23:08. > :23:11.over Glasgow resource. Any breaking into the game off the back of a
:23:12. > :23:18.double over Glasgow and were ten lap early on some unorthodox passing,
:23:19. > :23:23.the knock-down for David Holden to finish. Two penalties for James
:23:24. > :23:26.Anderson before half-time cut the deficit. Two replies from
:23:27. > :23:32.Hidalgo-Clyne the store the gap before the home forwards dominance
:23:33. > :23:39.saw the referee lose patience and awarded penalty try on the hour. But
:23:40. > :23:49.Treviso showed some resistance after the midweek exit of their coach,
:23:50. > :23:56.replaced for now... Marco Barbini and a fitting from the Greenwald
:23:57. > :24:00.about -- slip over. Edinburgh may have been celebrated desperately did
:24:01. > :24:06.not get the bonus point but they did manage a third try on the whistle.
:24:07. > :24:14.Somehow, they twisted a a second try. Edinburgh boosting their top
:24:15. > :24:18.four challenge. They actually temporary went top with added on
:24:19. > :24:22.Friday night before Leinster beat the Ospreys and went top. Scarlets
:24:23. > :24:32.are now the third team to go top as again. Then I wake points clear of
:24:33. > :24:45.Munster in fifth, giving them a bit of breathing space in the top four.
:24:46. > :24:47.Ulster insects, the in seven. The Blues one of those scenes at how
:24:48. > :24:52.weakened off this weekend. Their securities muster was one of those
:24:53. > :24:56.buzzbomb. We took the opportunity to catch up with Sam Warburton, Wales
:24:57. > :24:59.captain. Happy New Year. You we are again at the beginning of a New Year
:25:00. > :25:05.on scrum five. You have done hundreds, thousands of these
:25:06. > :25:12.interviews now. Hamid Ansari sat down together as a close ties. Will
:25:13. > :25:15.mix it up a little bit this time. Gets an innocent who knows you
:25:16. > :25:18.weather than a mouse. I will shoot off because there is someone
:25:19. > :25:30.downstairs was good to come and ask you questions. I look forward to it.
:25:31. > :25:38.Cheers, Ross. Higher, Sam. It is only me. I do remember first money
:25:39. > :25:45.into the Blues, do you find is awkward? The first week maybe but
:25:46. > :25:51.after that, because we trained together, when Willard 15, we had
:25:52. > :25:56.like a multigym in the garage. And we would go running and go down the
:25:57. > :25:59.park and kicking and passing. I am partly the reason why you are good
:26:00. > :26:06.at defence. We had a little corner of grass. We used to run at hard as
:26:07. > :26:11.we can at each other. Yes, all. Would go down there and just try and
:26:12. > :26:18.Sammy Jenner. Run at each other. We were only like 11. I have often
:26:19. > :26:22.attended to be you, have you ever pretended to be me quitting Mark I
:26:23. > :26:27.was in a pair and a woman came over to me who was drugged and I did not
:26:28. > :26:36.want to do with her so I said I was Ben the physio. She did not believe
:26:37. > :26:43.me. -- drunk. Have you pretended to be me? Cause I have. Why did you
:26:44. > :26:50.give up the drums and take up golf question are a bitter middle-aged,
:26:51. > :26:56.isn't it quitting Mark all the boys play golf. I knew now live in a
:26:57. > :26:59.semidetached house and there is only single pane of glass. Everyone can
:27:00. > :27:08.hear me bashing the drums. I had to get rid of the drums. He has better
:27:09. > :27:13.skills than me. He has better handling skills than me. Ever will
:27:14. > :27:21.be saying, that is not hard. Golf, everything. We are both going to
:27:22. > :27:24.having a short fuse. What is the angriest you have been question mark
:27:25. > :27:29.when I was young, I was a lot more hot-headed. It was advice Paul Tito
:27:30. > :27:32.gave me. Never take it personal what you do at openside because whoever
:27:33. > :27:37.you are playing against, you will target the openside. Whenever people
:27:38. > :27:41.do go for your downstairs, you're what sets in games, they might go
:27:42. > :27:47.for a couch or choke you or anything, never to get personal. I
:27:48. > :27:50.used to be really hot-headed. We both have aggressive streak. Mum and
:27:51. > :27:57.dad have always said that. We get it from. Forgetful as as you were
:27:58. > :28:03.straight. What is the worst thing you have forgotten? The worst thing
:28:04. > :28:07.I have a garden, I went on the bus for the Grand Slam gaining 2012 and
:28:08. > :28:14.our team manager had to come on with my boots. A birthday? And I did
:28:15. > :28:19.genuinely forget Ben 's birthday. Shocking. I viewed as bad 's
:28:20. > :28:24.birthday coming up, busy. Because it was my birthday. Either the guidance
:28:25. > :28:30.and tomorrow, next in you wake up and he was given the card. I ran to
:28:31. > :28:35.the kitchen and said that, give me to adequate. I need to give N
:28:36. > :28:43.adequate. I haven't got adequate cash army. Tell me why you came last
:28:44. > :28:47.in a hundred metres at school when we were ever after winning your heat
:28:48. > :28:51.in the semifinal. My number a cheeseburger. You got the
:28:52. > :29:00.cheeseburger because man thought I was a good way to give you energy.
:29:01. > :29:07.She's clueless. Cost me a medal. Do you think you are good patient? Yes.
:29:08. > :29:10.We need to get you fit to play well. One of the European games we will
:29:11. > :29:16.target and then you can play a game before the 6-nations. If selected.
:29:17. > :29:20.You have been quoted as saying you would like to end your career at the
:29:21. > :29:26.Blues. Do you really mean it quitting Mark yes. We are both
:29:27. > :29:30.Cardiff boys. We love watching them as kids. I grew up watching Martyn
:29:31. > :29:41.Williams and I know where the number seven jersey, which I love. I love
:29:42. > :29:44.the Cardiff Blues. We have already rinsed Sam for forgetting his
:29:45. > :29:47.brother 's birthday. Very pleasing news for all Blues fans to here
:29:48. > :29:53.Martin at the end of that treaty. No hesitation when he said he would
:29:54. > :29:57.stay at the Blues. How pleasing is that for you to hear guys like he
:29:58. > :30:02.has always said that. I do think it is just a sound bite. He loves the
:30:03. > :30:06.club, the region, anti-has always looked at it as well. I think it is
:30:07. > :30:08.a sign of what is happening really. A lot of players have gone to France
:30:09. > :30:14.who still have international ambitions are coming back as you do
:30:15. > :30:19.get flogged and it is very physical. I think in back or staying is
:30:20. > :30:24.looking a lot more inviting than it was maybe two or three years ago.
:30:25. > :30:29.Sand to stay at the Blues until the end of his career, somebody who will
:30:30. > :30:33.be starting his Blues career, Matthew Morgan, you know him very
:30:34. > :30:39.well, lift share body of yours in the Bristol days? Yes, he is not the
:30:40. > :30:43.brightest. Again he is a very exciting talent and it will be great
:30:44. > :30:48.to see him linking up with Danny Wilson. On that Blues pitch that
:30:49. > :30:51.everybody has spoken about. He is an electric ten who has grown in
:30:52. > :30:56.confidence since his time at Bristol. He has been handed the
:30:57. > :31:00.reins and has too developed from the guy they bring on, he has had to
:31:01. > :31:05.learn those game management skills and the like and shown real
:31:06. > :31:11.security. At signed as a 15, is that his best position? I think he is one
:31:12. > :31:16.of these guys, you need him on the ball. He will not be a 15 who will
:31:17. > :31:19.sit deep. Again I think it will bring another string to Wales' blow
:31:20. > :31:28.as well, something they have pushed for. They think 15 is possibly his
:31:29. > :31:35.best position. But it is what teams need in modern rugby, and he can be
:31:36. > :31:39.either. Fans will be very excited if the bus on social media is anything
:31:40. > :31:43.to go by. Weather has been atrocious in the past weeks and it did its
:31:44. > :31:45.level best to wash out the sway like cup as we got just four of the
:31:46. > :31:56.scheduled ten games. -- Swalec Cup. This weekend is the start of the
:31:57. > :32:02.Swalec Cup and this is a competition with great tradition down the years
:32:03. > :32:08.for giant-killing. Newport being beaten. A trifle Kevin Gary Moore!
:32:09. > :32:17.Pontypridd being beaten, and of course Saint Peters beating Cardiff.
:32:18. > :32:28.Oh, yes. The magic of the cup. Today we have come to Port Talbot. Tata
:32:29. > :32:37.Steel are taken on clinically. Can the underdogs can drop some magic
:32:38. > :32:50.and conjure a result? That's find out. Abracadabra. It is pouring
:32:51. > :32:58.down. We have a championship side. You ready? One, two, three.
:32:59. > :33:05.Cup day. Made a lot of the magic of the cup and the potential for
:33:06. > :33:11.giant-killing, does that still exist? Yes, the cup is a thrashing
:33:12. > :33:17.change from the league for us, chance to get away from the pressure
:33:18. > :33:22.of points every week. Not many clubs like Tata Steel, are there? Works
:33:23. > :33:28.team effectively. It is a taste of the background of the club. The
:33:29. > :33:33.rugby section has been going along time. It was really hard in there,
:33:34. > :33:37.as I'm sure you've heard. We are just going to try to get going and
:33:38. > :33:40.get through this rough patch. Tata Steel have been good enough to
:33:41. > :33:44.provide sporting facilities for the various sections through the years.
:33:45. > :33:50.I just hope we keep going and get through it. I am here to watch my
:33:51. > :33:55.other half play. He is playing for Tata Steel? Yes. Was he nervous
:33:56. > :33:58.today? I think he is nervous, obviously playing a Premiership
:33:59. > :34:05.team, that little step up. Nothing they can't seem to handle at the
:34:06. > :34:11.moment. Who is going to win this? I'm going to go with my heart and
:34:12. > :34:15.say Tata Steel. Good for you. We've seen some incredible shocks, haven't
:34:16. > :34:22.we? Newport, Saint Peters against Cardiff. This is the beauty of the
:34:23. > :34:25.rugby, isn't it? You look at the two teams out there today, and you'd
:34:26. > :34:30.swear they were in the same division. It is a leveller, these
:34:31. > :34:34.conditions. It is a good game, actually. Not too many knock-on is
:34:35. > :34:38.for the conditions they are playing in, I think they have done well.
:34:39. > :34:44.Would you be out there playing in this weather? I would, actually.
:34:45. > :34:51.When you are out there, when you first go on it is freezing cold. I
:34:52. > :34:57.had water in my shoes. When you go on, all of the water just goes in
:34:58. > :35:02.your shoe and then warms up. Do you think you can pull it off today,
:35:03. > :35:06.Tata Steel? Got a second-half performance in them? I can't see why
:35:07. > :35:10.not, we are dominating them in the scrum, keeping our shape. You gave a
:35:11. > :35:23.penalty try away because of your scrum! Check your eyes.
:35:24. > :35:32.So the magic unlike the rain proves to be in short supply, no great
:35:33. > :35:35.shock today. Two teams going at each other in the mud in the great
:35:36. > :35:42.tradition of Welsh cup rugby. Hocus-pocus. And I'm here craving
:35:43. > :35:51.the trench foot at soggy Saint Helens as Swansea take on a repeat
:35:52. > :36:03.of the 95 final, could there be more magic? Ryan Thomas, good early
:36:04. > :36:06.pressure from the whites. In their digging, and a penalty given. Early
:36:07. > :36:18.chance for Ian Brooks to put Swansea on the board. Wells. That's the
:36:19. > :36:23.halfway line. That's gone awry, and blocky is away! And sliding in for
:36:24. > :36:31.the game's for the first try. Swansea mistake, and he did the
:36:32. > :36:38.rest. Taken by Barnes. On comes the drive. Barnes, out of the blue. How
:36:39. > :36:47.vital could that be? That's two scores ahead for Pontypridd. It the
:36:48. > :36:48.Barnes Wallis clearance from Lewis Kay Williams. Got plenty of
:36:49. > :37:02.distance, though. Not taken on the Pontypridd 22 and
:37:03. > :37:11.Swansea have a chance. Pop in support. Well, he started it, and he
:37:12. > :37:17.finishes it. Swansea with a bit of fight. This pitch now resembles the
:37:18. > :37:24.innards of a dodgy meat pie but Swansea still going. Here is a foot
:37:25. > :37:31.race, Jed Evans for Swansea, can he get there? Just beaten to it, but
:37:32. > :37:35.you cannot fault but Swansea effort. We are disappointed that we haven't
:37:36. > :37:38.turned them over today. Even though we put pride into the jersey and
:37:39. > :37:41.showed there is not that much of a difference between the Premiership
:37:42. > :37:47.and a championship, we have come away bitterly disappointed. We are
:37:48. > :37:53.acclimatised to it, it is or is tough on the touch judges as well. A
:37:54. > :37:56.lot of things going on out there. I thought our set piece, the scrum in
:37:57. > :38:01.particular, was really good. As long as we had something to build around,
:38:02. > :38:05.which was our scrum today, it kept as together in moments when it got
:38:06. > :38:10.tense. You had Gareth Jenkins on the line, throwback to the old school
:38:11. > :38:17.days? Fair play to him, you was keen to have a go in his old ground. Not
:38:18. > :38:25.really sure what he was doing. Three Jack Main Yard and Ortiz saw them
:38:26. > :38:31.home at Church bank but the best conditions were in Colwyn Bay where
:38:32. > :38:39.our GC flew the flag against the cup Crusaders of the 1980s, Llanharan.
:38:40. > :38:44.Bottom of the championship with no wins from 12 and our GC showed no
:38:45. > :38:48.mercy racing into a 43-0 victory. They scored 15 tries in all. Tom
:38:49. > :38:56.Hughes and Tom Sutton scored four each. A further 50 points followed
:38:57. > :39:03.in the second half as they ran up the biggest score in their history.
:39:04. > :39:12.In the only other match to survive, Newcastle Emlyn won comfortably at
:39:13. > :39:16.Glyneath. STUDIO: We have to give credit to the teams who got their
:39:17. > :39:19.games on, with that awful weather. Some of these photos are just an
:39:20. > :39:23.illustration of quite how bad the weather was. Some classic grassroots
:39:24. > :39:32.images, there. Looking at these you are probably thinking you are glad
:39:33. > :39:42.you are all retired. The worst thing was the outfit he was wearing, he
:39:43. > :39:53.looked like a clown. I played one weekend for Ponty in the cup.
:39:54. > :40:00.Classics, they were. Whatsoever. We must congratulate RGC, but other
:40:01. > :40:03.than that they were all pretty close, because when the weather is
:40:04. > :40:11.like that and on pitches like that it is a level. And they don't want
:40:12. > :40:18.to be there either, the top boys. It is never going to be expansive. Must
:40:19. > :40:23.have played in some like that. A few. Doncaster and all those
:40:24. > :40:27.far-flung places. Doncaster has a nice pitch now. We don't have a
:40:28. > :40:31.great deal of time left and the next time we are on air is for the Six
:40:32. > :40:35.Nations preview programme. For we go off air tonight and going to ask you
:40:36. > :40:40.to gaze into the crystal ball. The squad announced on the 19th, ten
:40:41. > :40:45.days away. We know the usual suspect, but anybody you have seen
:40:46. > :40:50.who you think might sneak in? I can't see anybody coming in. He will
:40:51. > :40:57.pick his tried and tested players. Phillips retired now. Rhys Webb is
:40:58. > :41:02.not going to make it. Who will be the third scrum-half? That will be
:41:03. > :41:05.the interesting one for me. You can come out of international
:41:06. > :41:09.retirement, that has done before, hasn't it, Martin? Yeah, yeah. I
:41:10. > :41:15.think he has been there before and done it. Tom James. I think you will
:41:16. > :41:20.be in the squad but it will be interesting to see if he is phoning
:41:21. > :41:26.against Ireland out in Dublin, because he deserves his shop -- if
:41:27. > :41:30.he is thrown in. A winner for me, I think Harold Dixon might be in with
:41:31. > :41:36.a chance of being included. Lloyd Ashley might be in with a shout. But
:41:37. > :41:39.I can't see Warren Gatland going too far away from what he knows. We
:41:40. > :41:42.shall wait and see. Warren Gatland will pick up the phone in a few
:41:43. > :41:46.days' time to tell those who's in and who's out. We will keep you
:41:47. > :41:51.posted on the website. That's all for tonight. Back on the 31st for
:41:52. > :41:55.our scrum five special. Hope you can join us for that. We heard from the
:41:56. > :41:59.Warburton Brothers earlier in the programme, I think they both agreed
:42:00. > :42:04.that Sam was the better rugby player but what about some of their other
:42:05. > :42:16.attributes? Let's find out. CU soon. Who is the hardest? Cheers. Why did
:42:17. > :42:22.you say me? You are bigger. Because you are the coolest. Only because
:42:23. > :42:31.he's got more money so he can buy what he wants. I agree with that.
:42:32. > :42:36.Who is the best chef? Oh, yeah. Glad you said that, definitely me. He
:42:37. > :42:41.comes into training every day and we have chickens and stuff, he comes in
:42:42. > :42:49.with jam sandwich, cheese, white bread. Ham and cheese today? He
:42:50. > :42:55.lives on ham and cheese sandwiches. Signature dish? Chilli con carne. I
:42:56. > :43:00.like cooking chilli. What have I cooked for you when you came over?
:43:01. > :43:16.Chilli. Yeah, Chile is my dish, lots of meat. Who is the most romantic?
:43:17. > :43:23.Hang on. Was that you? You are very soft. I like to keep my women happy.
:43:24. > :43:30.My woman. Who is the angriest. Definitely, hands down. Who is the
:43:31. > :43:37.most musically gifted? That's only because you go for it. You always
:43:38. > :43:40.ask for my playlists as well. I might know the answer. Who is the
:43:41. > :43:43.biggest party animal? I'm not a big party animal, but much more than
:43:44. > :43:47.sand. That's right.