:00:43. > :00:54.Don't stop me now, Queen. Celebrate, called the gang.
:00:55. > :01:16.Don't stop me now. Having a ball. If you want to have a good time, give
:01:17. > :01:26.me a call! I don't want to stop at all. APPLAUSE
:01:27. > :01:38.Hello and good evening, welcome to scrum V Six Nations special. That us
:01:39. > :01:45.get the party started with a heavyweight panel, Jonathan Davies
:01:46. > :01:50.is here. Martyn Williams. And the main man himself, Mr Shane Williams.
:01:51. > :01:56.We are also delighted to welcome our friends from Italy, the Italians are
:01:57. > :02:07.in the house. A very good friend of the show, Mr Roche. Wales's women
:02:08. > :02:14.are here this evening. But our special guest this evening, give it
:02:15. > :02:28.up for the Grand Slam champion Wales under 20s. Great to see you boys, we
:02:29. > :02:33.will talk to you shortly but only one place to start, the principality
:02:34. > :02:42.stadium and Wales looking for an improvement on Twickenham. Wales
:02:43. > :02:49.were going for their 10th consecutive win over Italy and with
:02:50. > :02:55.captain Sam sidelined, Dan Lydiate was leading that his nation for the
:02:56. > :03:03.first time. Rhys Webb and Justin Tipuric work playing, and Amos
:03:04. > :03:06.returned from injury for his championship debut. With 17 players
:03:07. > :03:10.out injured, the Italians had to make five unforced changes. Parisi's
:03:11. > :03:34.team had never won in Cardiff. COMMENTATOR: Wales trying to get
:03:35. > :03:43.through. Wales pouring up to the 22. The little push from Dan Biggar. He
:03:44. > :03:47.gets in ahead of his opposite number, Williams. They have got to
:03:48. > :03:55.be offside. A clever kick, to the naked eye, they overran it. How the
:03:56. > :04:01.assistant referee has not seen that, it should be a penalty to Italy.
:04:02. > :04:12.Rhys Webb has it, and he goes for the line himself and scores. Wales
:04:13. > :04:28.have a try. Wales, still on the attack. A little 1-2, Wales have
:04:29. > :04:35.their second try, Dan Biggar. Now, a chance for Wales now as Jonathan
:04:36. > :04:42.Davies, thou going up the wink in it goes to Dan Biggar, and Parisse
:04:43. > :04:54.tries to get him but Evans will score.
:04:55. > :05:05.Charteris, Davies comes in. It goes wide, Williams in their, George
:05:06. > :05:09.North slips it away and Roberts will score in the corner, eventually it
:05:10. > :05:20.came, a patient build-up from Wales and Jamie Roberts scores at the
:05:21. > :05:26.start of the second half. Charteris lays it back, it goes straight
:05:27. > :05:35.through, George North, George North all the way, what a try from George
:05:36. > :05:46.North. He does it again, four games in a row in the Six Nations. Nice
:05:47. > :05:53.little pass inside and a great run from Sato, to his younger brother,
:05:54. > :06:04.and the lay-off is not quite therefore Geldenhuys, great break by
:06:05. > :06:09.Italy. A lovely inside ball, I do like Sato, he is a deceptive runner,
:06:10. > :06:18.plenty of supporting players, a missed opportunity. Defeat beginning
:06:19. > :06:21.to move, moving towards that line. It may come, Garcia comes in as well
:06:22. > :06:45.and the try is therefore Italy. Wales into the 22, Dan Biggar.
:06:46. > :06:52.Roberts, wide to Davies, Williams, Lee Williams with a try. Wales score
:06:53. > :07:06.again, Liam Williams with a fine finish. A chance once more for
:07:07. > :07:20.Italy. Garcia for a try, Italy will have another, a beautiful off-load
:07:21. > :07:31.and in Italy have a second try. Wales begin the March. Great play
:07:32. > :07:35.and try, it comes to Ross Moriarty. He is the man who gets over for
:07:36. > :07:46.another try for Wales as they move past 50. Away they go and it will be
:07:47. > :07:59.a try, it has to be a second try from REIT. -- Moriarty. He is never
:08:00. > :08:08.going to get there. Anscombe has support, carried by Lydiate, Dan
:08:09. > :08:23.Biggar, surely. Davies for the try and what age I to finish with. --
:08:24. > :08:27.what a try. APPLAUSE The crowd in Cardiff loved it, the
:08:28. > :08:35.studio loved it, what did the Welsh coach and players make of it? We
:08:36. > :08:39.owed it to the fans this week, still conceded some soft tries but they
:08:40. > :08:43.played their heart out, I could not ask for more from the squad. It is
:08:44. > :08:49.difficult to play matches when we lose by 50 points, sometimes we did
:08:50. > :08:56.good things, we scored a couple of tries but too many mistakes on
:08:57. > :09:01.defence. They put us under pressure, well played Wales. We showed what we
:09:02. > :09:08.can do and what we need to do, we deserve that for our hard work this
:09:09. > :09:12.week. We want to play the way we have been playing, that doesn't
:09:13. > :09:17.happen overnight, it takes some games to put that together, we have
:09:18. > :09:22.created chances but have not always been 100% accurate. We had a couple
:09:23. > :09:26.of passes going in behind but now we are trying to change things and
:09:27. > :09:30.change things up, play a bit differently and put the forwards in
:09:31. > :09:34.the channels and getting that combination of communication takes
:09:35. > :09:41.time. They are an impatient lot and you want things to happen instantly
:09:42. > :09:48.but today was good. You have to turn up every game, we have to make sure
:09:49. > :09:56.we are in the right place, and today showed that we can be a good team.
:09:57. > :10:00.Plenty to talk about as well as yesterday's game, we will also talk
:10:01. > :10:06.about the tournament in general, a record win, nine tries and virtually
:10:07. > :10:10.the perfect response after Twickenham. Virtually no win, they
:10:11. > :10:16.would have expected to score 50 points against Italy, so I thought
:10:17. > :10:21.they had patients, I didn't understand going for the penalty at
:10:22. > :10:25.one stage when they were 10-0 up or something but apart from that, they
:10:26. > :10:31.asked a lot of questions. They showed what they can do, Gatland is
:10:32. > :10:35.on about my patients, I think they are a great bunch of players and
:10:36. > :10:41.they are competitive on the world stage. The thing is, we think they
:10:42. > :10:47.can play a better style as well and can adapt. It shows what they can do
:10:48. > :10:54.with the execution sometimes on the passing was a bit awry but it was
:10:55. > :10:57.easy on the high. Was the overriding emotion going to principality
:10:58. > :11:03.stadium one of thinking what might have been if they had won against
:11:04. > :11:08.England and then you would be playing a poor Italy side to win the
:11:09. > :11:13.title? A little bit, you cannot underestimate how big the challenge
:11:14. > :11:18.is to win at Twickenham, we started poorly in that game. Wales will be
:11:19. > :11:23.frustrated and tomorrow, they will look, their first game against an
:11:24. > :11:28.injury ravaged game against Ireland and did not turn up for the first 30
:11:29. > :11:33.minutes and last week again. I don't think they will necessarily beaten
:11:34. > :11:38.by a better team's, this is the most talented group we have had in years
:11:39. > :11:44.for Wales. The talent we have got is amazing, they will be as frustrated
:11:45. > :11:50.as everyone else. The national paper said yesterday, for the love of
:11:51. > :11:56.rugby, please play. Nothing to lose really. Italy have been quite poor
:11:57. > :12:01.in this Six Nations, conceding a lot of points, everyone complained last
:12:02. > :12:05.week that Wales had not scored many tries and it was a chance to move
:12:06. > :12:08.the ball around and use their strike runners and play differently. What
:12:09. > :12:13.they did differently, rather than sending Jamie Roberts up the middle
:12:14. > :12:17.all the time, they attacked behind him, they used him as a distributor
:12:18. > :12:24.and it created gaps and holes for George North, Williams, and at times
:12:25. > :12:28.they played some fantastic rugby and showed everybody what they can do
:12:29. > :12:33.when they get clean ball and go forward. We will talk about Italy
:12:34. > :12:37.later in the programme but Wales, it is a sign of how far we have come as
:12:38. > :12:42.a rugby nation when the audience in the studio and the crowd yesterday
:12:43. > :12:49.were disappointed that we finished second? It is a tournament a lot of
:12:50. > :12:57.fans in Wales think they should win. A team with so many superstars
:12:58. > :13:01.combining, it is hard to understand why a 40 minutes of rugby had such
:13:02. > :13:05.an impact on who wins it but the different style of attack, aerial
:13:06. > :13:10.bombardment. That passing before contact and the elusiveness before
:13:11. > :13:17.contact makes it difficult when you have do defend it. So many variables
:13:18. > :13:22.happen when there is contact, the off-load can be forced, if you take
:13:23. > :13:28.that away, everyone plays with width and it puts more stress on a tired
:13:29. > :13:34.defence and that is when you get 30 points scored so quickly. You picked
:13:35. > :13:40.up an example. Two a good kicking game and a fantastic defence, rather
:13:41. > :13:45.than running as far as can into contact and then pass, we were
:13:46. > :13:49.passing before we made contact. I know the Italians made it pretty
:13:50. > :13:53.easy in defence, it is great to see what the back line can do, not just
:13:54. > :13:59.using them as battering rams to get over the line. Getting a second
:14:00. > :14:01.touch on the ball, we harp on about the Kiwis and Australians but that
:14:02. > :14:03.is what they do, they don't run as far as
:14:04. > :14:25.is what they do, they don't run as dictating whether ball goes from the
:14:26. > :14:29.first play and it has to be from wider, the full-back and the centre
:14:30. > :14:33.need to communicate and get the ball in because although we won by 60
:14:34. > :14:37.points, there were opportunities that were easy try scoring
:14:38. > :14:39.opportunities. They scored from their own half yesterday, they could
:14:40. > :16:12.have won by a lot more by just being their own half yesterday, they could
:16:13. > :16:16.something they need to develop. A tweet from Mike Phillips praising
:16:17. > :16:25.mariachi and how he celebrated his drive. Really impressed with him, he
:16:26. > :16:33.has a real edge about him. It carries really well. I think we were
:16:34. > :16:38.40 or 50 points up at the time. The way he celebrates his first try, a
:16:39. > :16:43.dream come true for him. Wales are blessed in the back row, no sam
:16:44. > :16:49.yesterday, Sam Warburton, another went off injured, Ross Moriarty has
:16:50. > :16:53.taken his opportunity. Warren Gatland singled him out for praise,
:16:54. > :17:01.when he does that it is no mean feat. It is another one to add into
:17:02. > :17:08.the mix. Hopefully he can get an opportunity in New Zealand. Alan
:17:09. > :17:15.Amos, we scored 60 points and the ball didn't go to him. I did feel
:17:16. > :17:20.for him because you could see him waiting for one but the ball didn't
:17:21. > :17:27.go his way. What did you think of Moriarty? It is awful when you have
:17:28. > :17:31.another back with a low centre of gravity, he has subtle touches, not
:17:32. > :17:35.just a battering ram, he has the hard work as well and tight phases.
:17:36. > :17:40.Another option coming out the back and you were looking for Justin
:17:41. > :17:45.Tipuric and others, and then you have do worry about Ross Moriarty as
:17:46. > :17:51.well, you have someone who will fight for the jersey as well. Update
:17:52. > :17:56.you on Justin Tipuric, he's bent the night in hospital with a bang on the
:17:57. > :17:59.head, someone else with a headache yesterday was the touch judge. You
:18:00. > :18:02.may have seen this, this has become an Internet sensation. This is what
:18:03. > :18:23.happened. There he goes. How did he miss that?
:18:24. > :18:30.He missed the offside for the kick first of all, that explains it a bit
:18:31. > :18:34.to be honest. Let us talk about Italy, Carlow, we have some Italian
:18:35. > :18:41.fans in the crowd here today, fair play, they have come out here today.
:18:42. > :18:44.They have come out today and they have all been saying how
:18:45. > :18:50.disappointed they were yesterday, Italy were dreadful and awful
:18:51. > :18:55.yesterday. Thanks. It breaks my heart, to hear so many people say
:18:56. > :18:59.that Italy was so poor and White were they poor? You can make all the
:19:00. > :19:04.excuses you want to, Wales were brilliant at times, not a lot of
:19:05. > :19:08.teams would have been able to stop what they produced but you look at
:19:09. > :19:16.the injury list, and there is massive pressure to field a team,
:19:17. > :19:22.that not a lot of them even have any European experience, there is a guy
:19:23. > :19:28.who plays in the international -- the Italian league, the full-back,
:19:29. > :19:34.he was contributing well at the same time but, the one was a tip thing,
:19:35. > :19:38.if you bleed so many youngsters by force, all of a sudden when the
:19:39. > :19:42.physio room is empty and they get their jerseys back, Italy have a
:19:43. > :19:50.wider pool of players to choose from. That have been led rather than
:19:51. > :19:55.just fed information and can come in. If there is one positive thing,
:19:56. > :20:01.it would be the extra experience for those players. There is a
:20:02. > :20:05.suggestion, about relegation, that the team finish bottom of the Six
:20:06. > :20:09.Nations, Italy, would face a play-off against a team like
:20:10. > :20:15.Georgia, who beat Romania yesterday, they finished top of the so-called
:20:16. > :20:20.European Nations cup but is that disrespectful to Italy? It is not
:20:21. > :20:27.just Italy, whoever finishes bottom should face the top of the year --
:20:28. > :20:30.the teams below, Georgia yesterday had 55,000 people watching them beat
:20:31. > :20:36.Romania, they are serious contenders. You cannot just keep
:20:37. > :20:40.them down. You look what happened with Argentina, they started in
:20:41. > :20:45.Super Rugby and now a team in the Super 15 and the Rugby Championship,
:20:46. > :20:53.they are developing. Italy should say, Parisse looked really off
:20:54. > :20:59.yesterday, as if he had had enough. If we are to stay there, they have
:21:00. > :21:06.to play Georgia on a home and away basis and if you play well and not,
:21:07. > :21:11.maybe it would be better to go back and develop players and then come
:21:12. > :21:17.back again the following year. Rather than lose by 50 or 60 points.
:21:18. > :21:23.It was tough on Italy with a lot of injuries but whoever finishes often.
:21:24. > :21:27.I used Italy as an example, it adds jeopardy to the end of the season
:21:28. > :21:36.and you don't have heard robbers, it could be Wales. Georgia showed they
:21:37. > :21:40.are a force in the World Cup, Italy would be stronger over two legs but
:21:41. > :21:48.it is worth looking at definitely. You could have seven nations and
:21:49. > :21:51.invite Georgia in. We talk about the level two sides, the only way they
:21:52. > :21:56.compete against the best teams in the world is to play against them on
:21:57. > :22:01.a regular basis. Not just every four years when the World Cup comes
:22:02. > :22:05.around. Georgia proved they are a force to be reckoned with and have
:22:06. > :22:09.gone above Italy in the world rankings, why not? It is something
:22:10. > :22:14.that could come in and if you don't play well in the Six Nations, you go
:22:15. > :22:19.down to the second competition and it is an incentive to play well in
:22:20. > :22:24.the Six Nations. If the tournament was not expanded from five to six, I
:22:25. > :22:30.would not be sitting here now, it cannot just be a monopoly, even
:22:31. > :22:35.though my first reaction is super protective. Sergio was annoyed when
:22:36. > :22:41.it came up in the news conference. I am not surprised, Italy have beaten
:22:42. > :22:48.everybody except England. But you take a step back and the wider
:22:49. > :22:54.picture, they have a two year system and Georgia have won it nine times
:22:55. > :22:59.in a row. Logistically, it makes sense, if it can be possible, every
:23:00. > :23:07.two years that the rotation can be put in place. Then it can fast track
:23:08. > :23:11.the development system that is needed to make better decisions. Let
:23:12. > :23:17.us look at the final Six Nations table. England are Grand Slam
:23:18. > :23:20.champions, congratulations to Eddie Jones and his team, a remarkable
:23:21. > :23:35.recovery after World Cup failure. How good were England for you? Allen
:23:36. > :23:40.good, no doubt about that, they were the best team in the competition,
:23:41. > :23:43.they performed consistently well and had a tough game in Scotland at
:23:44. > :23:48.Murrayfield. After winning that and how they won it, I backed them to
:23:49. > :23:52.get through. It was quite frightening when you look at the
:23:53. > :23:59.players they have two come in, Henry Slade, Tuilagi could come back fit,
:24:00. > :24:03.the number eight will be available in the summer. It was not rocket
:24:04. > :24:09.science how they played but they had clarity. Eddie Jones did what he
:24:10. > :24:12.does, getting the best of his resources and the resources England
:24:13. > :24:18.have, it is frightening for the rest of the Northern hemisphere. A
:24:19. > :24:21.fascinating listening on the radio, saying that this team will mature
:24:22. > :24:27.and in three or four years they will be a force to be reckoned with, can
:24:28. > :24:32.you see a World Cup winning side? Yes you can, the strength in depth
:24:33. > :24:38.is there. They are not going to be in Italy's position, they are a
:24:39. > :24:42.strong side. It was not a poor tournament, Wales one of the best in
:24:43. > :24:46.the world, Ireland have dipped a bit because of injuries but England did
:24:47. > :24:51.what they had to do and did it well. I was impressed with what they did,
:24:52. > :24:56.very simple and slow all, they kicked it all be forward took it up
:24:57. > :25:01.and the quick ball and the forward took it, they scored a lot of tries
:25:02. > :25:07.and looked dangerous. They looked confident. In the World Cup they
:25:08. > :25:12.were edgy and nervous and we felt we had a chance of beating them and
:25:13. > :25:17.that is what happened. Eddie Jones just oozes confidence, he says the
:25:18. > :25:21.right things, go and have a beer and chill out and it is about what you
:25:22. > :25:25.do on the field, it is about your game and leave him to do everything
:25:26. > :25:30.else. Just behave yourself and play. I think they deservedly won it and
:25:31. > :25:35.they will go from strength to strength. The Jo Marler issue has
:25:36. > :25:39.made the papers again, a respected writer in the Sunday Times, he
:25:40. > :25:45.doesn't think that Jo Marler, who admitted racial abuse, that he
:25:46. > :25:55.should have been nowhere near a sports arena? At the end of the day,
:25:56. > :26:00.he has admitted he has said something racial to Sam and it is
:26:01. > :26:07.almost as if that is it. It is a serious matter and you can see his
:26:08. > :26:12.point. How far it will go and what Stephen Jones really wants out of
:26:13. > :26:18.this I am not sure. The problem you have is that no one really knew what
:26:19. > :26:24.that meant at the time. Then everyone jumped on the bandwagon.
:26:25. > :26:29.The Six Nations should have jumped on it straightaway and made a
:26:30. > :26:33.decision. Banned or not banned and then announce it on Sunday morning
:26:34. > :26:39.but it has dragged on and rugby, has been dragged through it and the
:26:40. > :26:45.world game have come in and they will ban him. The problem is the
:26:46. > :26:50.governing body, world rugby, looking at if the Six Nations committee have
:26:51. > :26:54.investigated the investigation properly. The rugby union doesn't
:26:55. > :26:59.know what is going on. The common-sense thing is to ban him for
:27:00. > :27:03.the last game and draw a line and move on, no one has come out of this
:27:04. > :27:08.with any credit in my mind. It is a shame it is dragging on. Whether
:27:09. > :27:14.they retrospectively ban him, I think they will but the damage has
:27:15. > :27:22.been done. A lot of players in the Six Nations have stepped up to the
:27:23. > :27:26.mark, these are the views. Not the classic Six Nations we may have been
:27:27. > :27:30.expecting but I have looked at some of the individual players that some
:27:31. > :27:35.of the coaches may feel they cannot live without. Scottish Centre Duncan
:27:36. > :27:41.Taylor has shown he can play 12 or 13. He has a presence of mind and an
:27:42. > :27:45.uncanny ability to score tries. They rangy individual and deceptively
:27:46. > :27:49.quick. He has been Scotland's top ball-carrier in three of the four
:27:50. > :27:54.games he has played in the Six Nations this year. He is a solid
:27:55. > :27:59.defender as well and in Taylor, Scotland have a centre that can
:28:00. > :28:05.affect the game at either end of the field. Ireland stand-off CJ stander
:28:06. > :28:10.had the most carries by a Six Nations were beaten. He has proved
:28:11. > :28:16.to be a crucial player and he has leadership qualities. But he has
:28:17. > :28:21.also shown deft skills and touches around the field and the links well
:28:22. > :28:25.with the likes of Johnny Sexton. Add to that a vital line-out presence
:28:26. > :28:34.and it makes him one for Ireland's future. Centre Michel Campagnaro has
:28:35. > :28:38.been the one shining light in Italy's Six Nations, he has carried
:28:39. > :28:44.the ball more than any other Italian player. Italy sorely missed him
:28:45. > :28:49.against Wales yesterday. He has the ability to get Italy back on the
:28:50. > :28:52.front foot when they are in trouble. He is a particularly aggressive
:28:53. > :28:57.defender with a solid tackle technique. He is renowned as one of
:28:58. > :29:03.the most difficult players to defend and he makes it look easy. As a
:29:04. > :29:08.hooker, the French captain, not only does the set piece basics well but
:29:09. > :29:12.also adds value to the team around the field. Whether it be in the
:29:13. > :29:17.wider channels as he did against Scotland, scoring his try or in the"
:29:18. > :29:25.is as he often did against Wales in Cardiff. He has also been used as a
:29:26. > :29:32.wrecking ball flanker, when it needs to get tight, the captain can do the
:29:33. > :29:36.job to get over the line. Lock George Cruise is the glue that keeps
:29:37. > :29:43.England together, the Saracens man as a big tackle count and a huge
:29:44. > :29:48.work rate, he rarely misses a tackle, especially under the sticks.
:29:49. > :29:52.Is early try against Scotland proved decisive for the Grand Slam
:29:53. > :29:59.champions, 50% of England's line-outs were thrown to him and
:30:00. > :30:01.that with what he showed against France yesterday, it bodes well for
:30:02. > :30:15.England's future. I have really seen an improvement in
:30:16. > :30:18.George North. We all know George can be defenders for fun but on things
:30:19. > :30:23.like this from kick-off, how he really drives his legs a second
:30:24. > :30:29.effort to get Wales out of trouble. Tracking back from defence, crucial
:30:30. > :30:32.in defensive aspects for his team. And also his spatial awareness
:30:33. > :30:36.behind. This is a difficult skill for a winger and downy tramlines in
:30:37. > :30:43.the five metre channel, a difficult kick that George North does with
:30:44. > :30:44.aplomb. And improved player yes, there is more to gorgeous George
:30:45. > :30:54.than meets the eye. Jonathan and Martin have selected
:30:55. > :31:00.their British Lions side already and it is available on the Twitter feed
:31:01. > :31:06.and Facebook. Wales are run New Zealand this summer. We have asked
:31:07. > :31:14.Xavier Rush to be asked are at the bar this evening. What is the New
:31:15. > :31:19.Zealand perspective of this 6-nations we have just had? It was a
:31:20. > :31:23.little bit of a let down after the excitement of the World Cup and the
:31:24. > :31:29.rugby we saw throughout the Rugby World Cup. It was a tad lower than
:31:30. > :31:34.that but after 2011 World Cup, Wales have a lot of respect down under and
:31:35. > :31:37.especially in New Zealand. It is a sign of how far we have come that we
:31:38. > :31:42.are really disappointed to be runners-up. I was thinking that
:31:43. > :31:46.earlier today. We are now going to places like Twickenham and expecting
:31:47. > :31:50.to win. It shows how far Welsh rugby has come. Our New Zealand quaking in
:31:51. > :31:57.their boots at the thought of taking on Wales? It is the best time Wales
:31:58. > :32:02.will have had to face the All Blacks for some time. They are rebuilding.
:32:03. > :32:08.We have had the retirement of some fantastic All Blacks. Wales are
:32:09. > :32:15.getting them at a great time. But there are 12 or 13 other World Cup
:32:16. > :32:20.winners to deal with. They will have problems but it is better than with
:32:21. > :32:23.those players better. At the time of year, June, the middle of winter,
:32:24. > :32:27.their game at the moment were actually suit the time of year. It
:32:28. > :32:31.will be night rugby again. I would like to see Wales being a bit more
:32:32. > :32:35.unstructured. They are like to see Wales being a bit more
:32:36. > :32:37.when it goes from set piece to set piece but what you see from teams in
:32:38. > :32:43.the southern hemisphere, piece but what you see from teams in
:32:44. > :32:55.attack from any little break any little turnover.
:32:56. > :33:04.defence, they will be a hard team to stop. I enjoyed watching Jamie
:33:05. > :33:07.Roberts and George North hit holes, inside and outside defenders
:33:08. > :33:14.simultaneously. That is so hard to defend. It is almost unstoppable.
:33:15. > :33:19.They will always get over the gain line. It is always a very simple
:33:20. > :34:49.move. It sounds to me like Wales might win a test
:34:50. > :35:20.The crowd have seen something. Something in the back area, years
:35:21. > :35:28.getting up. Jones does well. Under pressure. Italy fancy the turnover
:35:29. > :35:33.but overeager. And Wales can just steady themselves. I think he might
:35:34. > :35:50.see yellow. Not what Italy needed and he will
:35:51. > :35:56.spend ten minutes in the sin-bin. Here we go. As predicted. Evans at
:35:57. > :36:03.the back. In the backs as well. Watkin is there, Thomas is there.
:36:04. > :36:15.Italy have stood their ground so far but Evans just needs a Smith of that
:36:16. > :36:22.line and he is over. Smith, it is Milan. Half a gap. Cannot quite get
:36:23. > :36:25.away can Giles. Again Wales on the front foot, excellent pass,
:36:26. > :36:42.Williams. Great play from Wales. Try number three. Just short. Smith
:36:43. > :36:44.again, how did tops again. Fawcett in support. Smith once more. They
:36:45. > :36:58.have got numbers if they can move it. Smith again. They have options
:36:59. > :37:05.this side. Desperate to cross, they cross. Murphy is there. And the
:37:06. > :37:10.referee awards the try. It crams it to Wales. It is Harrison Keddie, man
:37:11. > :37:17.of the match last week, scores for Wales, the Grand Slam is on its way
:37:18. > :37:21.to Colwyn Bay. We said from the start we are confident in our
:37:22. > :37:24.ability but as a team, we have enjoyed and pushed ourselves to be
:37:25. > :37:28.really humble Madoff the field. Within ourselves, we knew what we
:37:29. > :37:48.were capable of. I could not been prouder.
:37:49. > :37:55.So with Wales having secured their first ever Grand Slam at this level,
:37:56. > :37:56.they will head off to Manchester in June for the Junior world champions
:37:57. > :38:12.as 6-nations titleholders. It really is a great achievement.
:38:13. > :38:16.Jason, the coach, is here, alongside Harrison. You must be so proud.
:38:17. > :38:21.Extremely pleased. The tournament could not have gone any better. Full
:38:22. > :38:24.credit to the players and the other cultures, Geraint Lewis, Richard
:38:25. > :38:29.Hodges and Chris Horseman. They did a fantastic job with the players.
:38:30. > :38:37.They happen superb on and off the field. We keep hearing about this
:38:38. > :38:40.amazing team spirit. Yes, it is something we have placed huge
:38:41. > :38:43.significance on throughout the tournament and we have shown it on
:38:44. > :38:51.the field. They are really close and that will only get stronger until we
:38:52. > :38:56.reach the World Cup. They are a great group. It is a pleasure to be
:38:57. > :39:01.a part of it. Harris and we will have a look at your try. How does it
:39:02. > :39:10.feel to be a Grand Slam champion? A bit surreal. It has not quite sunk
:39:11. > :39:16.in. There is the ball. That ball has not been seen, by the way. This team
:39:17. > :39:21.spirit you have got any side is just amazing. When did you realise the
:39:22. > :39:25.Grand Slam was on? Did you think halfway through the championship, we
:39:26. > :39:32.can do this? We have always believed in what we can do and that team
:39:33. > :39:37.spirit God is the end. Jason, the adjusting for you now is, do you sit
:39:38. > :39:39.down with Warren Gatland over the next couple of months, there is a
:39:40. > :39:44.suggestion that some of these boys I'd go on the tour to New Zealand?
:39:45. > :39:51.Or do you want to keep them for the Junior World Cup? We have a lot of
:39:52. > :39:54.dialogue with the national cultures. They have all been superbly last
:39:55. > :39:59.couple of months. And that decision will be left to those cultures. What
:40:00. > :40:06.is important to us is when they leave the 20s, we have done all we
:40:07. > :40:09.can to develop those players but we are in a strong position and
:40:10. > :40:13.hopefully they will go on to bigger and better things in the future. You
:40:14. > :40:18.have made our country very proud. The under 20s, Grand Slam champions.
:40:19. > :40:29.Well done. Very proud of you. Let's catch up now then with Wales' women.
:40:30. > :40:35.Wales' women's main aim during this campaign was to ensure litigation
:40:36. > :40:38.for next year 's World Cup in Ireland and that was achieved
:40:39. > :40:42.earlier on in the tournament. At which two wins and two defeats so
:40:43. > :40:47.far, the side were determined to end with a victory against Italy at the
:40:48. > :40:53.Talbot athletic ground in Aberavon. Wales started brightly but it was
:40:54. > :40:56.the Italians who opened the scoring. The Welsh defence has been strong in
:40:57. > :41:05.previous weeks but today it was in a muddle. The second try was
:41:06. > :41:10.completely against the run of play. Wales spilled the ball inside the
:41:11. > :41:15.Italian 22, which fell nicely again for Italy. The number ten running 80
:41:16. > :41:21.metres to cross for a second try. With Italy down to 14, Wales took
:41:22. > :41:26.advantage. Determined work by the forwards but it was Italy who took a
:41:27. > :41:32.13-5 lead going into the break. It was same again from Wales in the
:41:33. > :41:36.second half with Harris scoring her second try. Things took a turn for
:41:37. > :41:39.the worse as Charis Phillips was stretchered off with a suspected
:41:40. > :41:43.broken leg. Wales were unable to turn possession into points and a
:41:44. > :41:48.second penalty saw the Italians hold. France claimed the
:41:49. > :41:52.championship after denying England the Grand Slam. Wales finished
:41:53. > :41:58.fourth ahead of the Italians on points difference.
:41:59. > :42:04.A pretty disappointing campaign. I suppose you started off pretty well
:42:05. > :42:10.and you had a chance to build on that success but it did not really
:42:11. > :42:15.work for you. We had a couple of really good games against Scotland
:42:16. > :42:18.and France. No one can argue that our defensive performance against
:42:19. > :42:22.France was the best we have ever put in but unfortunately then the two
:42:23. > :42:26.games following that were both disappointing. I think as a squad we
:42:27. > :42:29.know that we did not start the game out of the blocks. It took as the
:42:30. > :42:34.first 40 minutes, which anybody knows you cannot lay an
:42:35. > :42:39.international rugby game and expect to win it in 40 minutes. You had a
:42:40. > :42:51.couple of chances but lacking those clinical edge. Yes, both our tries
:42:52. > :42:54.were scored from our forwards. It is now the tiny little skills with the
:42:55. > :43:03.backs to make sure we're getting those finishes out wide. We hear
:43:04. > :43:08.that Carys Phillips has broken her leg. We hope that is not the case
:43:09. > :43:15.because she is a pivotal part of our pack. I am sure that she will have a
:43:16. > :43:20.speedy recovery and we will get her back soon. What is next for you?
:43:21. > :43:25.Some of the girls are going into sevens but as of tomorrow it is part
:43:26. > :43:32.of our 18 month journey towards the women's World Cup. For us now, it is
:43:33. > :43:35.getting those little things right and the finishes and making sure we
:43:36. > :43:40.get those points out wide to put this in a position then for the
:43:41. > :43:43.6-nations next year and then the World Cup to improve on our rankings
:43:44. > :43:50.and then make ourselves a force to be reckoned with. Thank you very
:43:51. > :43:52.much for coming in. Wish you all the very best and let's bring you right
:43:53. > :44:05.up to date with the Pro12. Excellent service off the top. On
:44:06. > :44:13.the crash ball and the offload. Quick possessions here, it could be
:44:14. > :44:29.on. Missed pass, first try for Munster. Rhys Patchell, according to
:44:30. > :44:33.minds. Keeps possession. Switch of direction. Josh Navidi. Weak
:44:34. > :44:42.tackling in midfield. Josh Navidi has support and it is a stroll for
:44:43. > :44:46.Macauley Cook. The Blues will look to go down the front. It is a front
:44:47. > :44:56.Peel, how cheeky is that from Matthew Rees?
:44:57. > :45:03.No surprises what Munster will do here. And the Blues are on the back
:45:04. > :45:13.foot. There is a penalty coming but they want more. They get more.
:45:14. > :45:19.Cherie at the bottom of the pile. Here they come again. From deep,
:45:20. > :45:25.Munster. That has been punched and it is Garyn Smith and he will go all
:45:26. > :45:31.the way. Garyn Smith, pickpocketing the Munster attack.
:45:32. > :45:41.The Blues come again. Looking for that bonus point try. Evans, Rhys
:45:42. > :45:53.Patchell, great work from Rhys Patchell. Munster, the game could
:45:54. > :46:01.well be lost but they will not be giving up any time soon. O'Donoghue.
:46:02. > :46:04.A third try for Munster. The first time we have beaten Munster here for
:46:05. > :46:08.seven years apparently, which is a good achievement but way too long to
:46:09. > :46:13.wait for a win against Munster at home. That win for the Blues sees
:46:14. > :46:17.them remain ninth but adds to the pressure on the Ospreys as they look
:46:18. > :46:19.for European qualification. Glasgow beat Leinster on Friday. The
:46:20. > :46:29.defending champions are up to sixth. Six Welsh derbies over the next six
:46:30. > :46:35.weeks and there are some really tasty matchups. Next week, it is the
:46:36. > :46:36.Ospreys against the Scarlets. And a head-to-head between these two
:46:37. > :46:57.Canadians. You move to sunny Wales, how are you
:46:58. > :47:01.enjoying the mumbles? It is good. It is a nice little area here. Loving
:47:02. > :47:08.the beaches and the coffee shops. Ice cream shops. It is nice when the
:47:09. > :47:14.weather is like today. But it has been a hard few months with the
:47:15. > :47:23.weather. I can only have one sugar, this is on TV. How have you found
:47:24. > :47:29.the public just living in Wales? They are quite crazy about rugby. I
:47:30. > :47:32.try to get to see as many of the games as I can in the 6-nations just
:47:33. > :47:37.for that exact reason. The whole city is buzzing. I do think there is
:47:38. > :47:43.really a stadium in the world that has the crazy Welsh fans and
:47:44. > :47:46.especially when the stadium is closed and everything is amplified
:47:47. > :47:51.that much more. In having it right in the middle of town with all the
:47:52. > :48:02.stripper bars and people there I was before the game, having fun. The
:48:03. > :48:08.stripper bars? The strip. I did not have a clue. Stripper bars are the
:48:09. > :48:17.best. People are there hours before the game! You have been here for a
:48:18. > :48:23.little bit now and played a couple of games for the Scarlets and eight
:48:24. > :48:27.few of the derbies? Derbies everywhere are the same. Coming from
:48:28. > :48:33.Glasgow for six years, having the huge rivalry with Edinburgh, I was
:48:34. > :48:38.used to that. But then you come here to Wales where rugby is the normal
:48:39. > :48:42.one sport and a lot more people know about what is going on and all the
:48:43. > :48:47.Welsh guys will be coming back. Everyone will be firing and ready
:48:48. > :48:51.for it. It was funny when I first came to the Ospreys, the one game of
:48:52. > :48:55.the year that you could not lose was the Scarlets at home. The Scarlets
:48:56. > :48:59.will want to get to the top of the table and you guys want to start
:49:00. > :49:05.putting back-to-back games together. We want to get top six if we want to
:49:06. > :49:08.be in Europe. It is a massive game: not only a derby game at the points
:49:09. > :49:14.are vital. Both teams will want to get points for different reasons. I
:49:15. > :49:22.use starting? I do not know. Are you? I do not know. You have been
:49:23. > :49:26.resting all season for this one, to be fresh. I have been playing every
:49:27. > :49:32.game. I have been training well recently. Obviously, the Welsh
:49:33. > :49:36.players coming back, Jake Ball, James King for us. They have been
:49:37. > :49:41.involved in the Welsh squad. They will be a bit of a battle going on
:49:42. > :49:48.there. Definitely. Jake Ball is a massive leader for us. Front foot
:49:49. > :49:52.kind of guy. At the end of the day, when you play these derby games, it
:49:53. > :49:59.is all about who can create momentum and that starts with the forwards.
:50:00. > :50:04.There is the potential for you and I to go up against each other. If that
:50:05. > :50:09.does happen, it'll be a good class. We only done it once. Who do you
:50:10. > :50:13.think would be the best winger you have played against and why? You
:50:14. > :50:20.would be up there, even though you were macro I have only played you
:50:21. > :50:30.once. I have to go low on you. But I have googled Jeff Hassler, gridiron,
:50:31. > :50:35.highlights. How come when you score tries in rugby, do you not to those
:50:36. > :50:47.crazy celebrations that you used to in football? You used to do a little
:50:48. > :50:53.fire stoking. It is expected. Rugby is more of a
:50:54. > :50:58.gentleman sport. You have got to expect to score and not make a scene
:50:59. > :51:04.of it. Maybe if I score against you or I will pull that off. I hope to
:51:05. > :51:08.see you on the field next week. Best of luck and may the best team win.
:51:09. > :51:13.Good luck for the rest of the season. I hope you guys make the
:51:14. > :51:16.play-offs. What is it like when you go from being international
:51:17. > :51:17.team-mates and buddies into knocking seven bells out of each other? It is
:51:18. > :51:31.good fun. There will be little seven bells out of each other? It is
:51:32. > :51:36.as it is a big game, you will not have any problem getting motivated.
:51:37. > :51:40.The fact it is a derby, Ospreys Scarlets, the boys will be firing on
:51:41. > :51:45.all cylinders. And Ken Owens going up against Scott Baldwin. There is
:51:46. > :51:51.nothing between them. Scott Baldwin is one of the most improved players
:51:52. > :51:53.in Wales over the last few seasons. Ken Owens made such a difference at
:51:54. > :53:29.Twickenham when he came on. Ken Owens made such a difference at
:53:30. > :53:32.well. Let's bring you back to Wales and the 6-nations and looking ahead
:53:33. > :53:35.to New Zealand. If you were a schoolteacher and you were being
:53:36. > :53:42.asked to give your end of term report, what would you give Wales?
:53:43. > :53:46.Areas to improve on? Marks out of ten for getting continuity in the
:53:47. > :53:49.front row. They have had the same front row throughout the 6-nations,
:53:50. > :53:54.something they have struggled with before, the tight head side, Samson
:53:55. > :53:59.Lee, he is like a cornerstone. He has massive power behind him and the
:54:00. > :54:07.second rows, pure quality. They have stability upfront. Looking from the
:54:08. > :54:11.outside, there is one thing I would change, the variation of attack.
:54:12. > :54:15.They did it on Saturday, Arial, around the ruck, short, close,
:54:16. > :54:20.deception, against a blitz defence, two lines of attack may be to help
:54:21. > :54:23.off-load a bit of pressure. That'll be one thing but that takes time and
:54:24. > :54:26.the more they play together, they more they get that rhythm and
:54:27. > :54:34.especially against New Zealand, it is gone to be tough. It is good to
:54:35. > :54:39.be expansive game plan. It feels like you are playing against 15
:54:40. > :54:43.constantly all the time. Something that vary in that game will be
:54:44. > :54:46.massive. Any chance for Wales in New Zealand question mark there is
:54:47. > :54:52.always a chance. I completely agree with what Xavier Rush said, if ever
:54:53. > :54:56.there is a time to play New Zealand, it is when these players are not
:54:57. > :54:58.there. They have been the catalyst of everything New Zealand have done
:54:59. > :55:03.well over the last few years. However there are to be other
:55:04. > :55:08.players replacing them and coming through. And they will be world
:55:09. > :55:12.class in a matter of time. It is the hardest place you are going to go
:55:13. > :55:15.and play rugby. It is the toughest place and the toughest plays in the
:55:16. > :55:18.world out there but there is always a chance. It is gone to be hard and
:55:19. > :55:21.it will be interesting to see what kind of score they take their
:55:22. > :55:25.because a lot of experienced players have played a lot of rugby over the
:55:26. > :55:29.last year and a half and maybe it is a time for these players to have a
:55:30. > :55:34.bit of a rest and we have the under 20s boys who were looking superb in
:55:35. > :55:37.the 6-nations, they might want to be pushed right into the deep end and
:55:38. > :55:41.experience some of the red -- toughest rugby they were level
:55:42. > :55:46.expedience. How do you think Wales will do? We are competitive and we
:55:47. > :55:50.have not had that for a long time. You have to take your hat off to the
:55:51. > :55:54.current squad. They are up there and they will go up there with
:55:55. > :55:57.expectations high. If they can have all their best players playing and
:55:58. > :56:01.they play at their best, they are capable of beating New Zealand. That
:56:02. > :56:04.is the thing. The players that they will bring in will not appear from
:56:05. > :56:07.nowhere. They have been in the background for the last three or
:56:08. > :56:16.four years but not in the first team. I think if we can adapt, Hibs
:56:17. > :56:22.midfield, good communication, try and get mismatches out why, I think
:56:23. > :56:27.we can improve a lot and if we do the basics, in defence, set piece,
:56:28. > :56:32.as we have been, then if we can get our attack working well, I think we
:56:33. > :56:38.can only improve. We are running out of time but your assessment of Wales
:56:39. > :56:42.this season? Something like seven out of ten. We are runners-up, which
:56:43. > :56:45.going into yesterday's game, it felt like we were going into a Wooden
:56:46. > :56:50.Spoon game. But we are where we are. We are a fit and organised and
:56:51. > :56:53.committed side. One thing you cannot question with this team is the
:56:54. > :57:03.commitment. They always come back so well. You have been brilliant
:57:04. > :57:11.tonight. Thank you very much to Martyn Williams, Jonathan Davies,
:57:12. > :57:15.Shane Williams, Xavier Rush, thank you very much. That is it from us.
:57:16. > :57:20.As ever, it has been emotional.