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On tonight's show: It's time, it's here.

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Our guest, Jonathan Davies, shares his thoughts.

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We catch up with the man who couldn't stop scoring

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And we're on target with an Olympic hopeful.

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I want to get a medal. It is one of the QA have not got in my

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Just two more sleeps to go until Wales' Six Nations gets

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Recent matches between Wales and Ireland have been, well,

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a little nerve wracking - so the question for

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So, here we are a game. The build-up to the opening weekend of the Six

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Nations. At home, in the pub, when you watch television, you will hear

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a lot of these phrases. Momentum is key. We got to get off to a flyer.

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We just can't afford to lose that first game. And basically, everyone

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is beating one emotion. And that is hope.

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It is a really open competition I think. We bowl gone to a couple of

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new coaches and the World Cup is over. Three or four teams came out I

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think so hopefully we are in the mix.

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Cast your minds back to the World Cup. Apart from one or two long-term

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lay-offs, he has more or less got a full squad.

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The millionaire Richie does help in terms of putting things together. I

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just hope it does give us a slight advantage to go into the Six

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Nations. For Wales, things may be calm. Not

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so for Ireland. They got hammered by Argentina in the World Cup. Oquendo,

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the captain, has retired. And if you look at the injury list. It is

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extensive. They may be going for a third successive title but Ireland

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are certainly in transition. The problem is that trophy can be

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gone after one game. We can be scrambling to get some sort of

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decent placement after Round 1. Never one to shy away from making it

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the big calls. And it comes to Sunday's selection there is no room

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for Gethin Jenkins. And no space on the back three for Liam Williams.

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There is a selection for Rob Evans as a prop.

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What he has achieved on the field at the moment... He has matured well

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and he was seized the opportunity. We know what a wonderfully deliver

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wonderful rugby player he is. Hopefully the weather conditions

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might allow us to play a bit of rugby. Gethin knows he will not get

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through, how do we manage that process where we bring someone on as

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a replacement and the reserve potential exit strategy as well?

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Late penalties. And Wales have won in Ireland.

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Controversial tries. Wales have scored and Ireland are rushing up to

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the referee. And heroic defence.

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Recent matches between these two sides have been slipped by the

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smallest of margins and nothing suggests that Sunday will be any

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different. We can guarantee one thing. This one will be tense.

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The Six Nations are upon us. Such an exciting time. Wales chances then.

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What are the headlines for you? I think that the shock was the

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proper getting out will stop Paul James has playing exceptionally

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well. Rob Evans is in, looking towards the next World Cup. With the

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safety blanket of Gethin on the bench. That was the big shock. The

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other one is Tom James comes in on form, deserves his place, and

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Cuthbert is trying to find his form. The full-back. That was the

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interesting one because Liam Williams has played one game. So

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neither of them are really match it, so to speak. But times have changed.

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They seem to pick on reputation. If they fit they are in. That maybe

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shows that they're going to play a little bit wider.

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Ireland, then. Injuries. Our baby? They will be

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worried but it is a bit soon. The pressures of them because of the

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injuries. But they will know the significance of this game. Whoever

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wins this game will be... Do you really think how big this is?

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Two big games. Scotland and England, and Ireland and Wales. If Wales win

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that game. Three home games. Then they are in with a shout of the

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championship at the end. And maybe a Grand Slam. That's how important

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this game is. With Ireland, I think it is going to be... I don't

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think... Pol O'Connor is a big mess. They have got injuries. They've got

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enough cover to be a real threat to Wales. I don't think the injuries

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will affect the Irish performance. Think it is going to be one hell of

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a game. We're back for predictions very

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shortly. Thank you. For many teams in the Premier

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League, goals can be hard But a few years ago

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Swansea City had a striker Since then, that man has left

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the club and battled Come to northern Spain to an old

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industrial town. A far cry from the glitz of the Premier League. It is

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also the home of a fourth division football team, where Michu is trying

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to rebuild his career. I have come to meet the man who, two

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seasons ago, was one of the most feared strikers in the Premier

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League. Michu was the man at the moment. Playing for Spain before an

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ankle injury brought it all to an end.

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I can't remember when my last game without pain, so probably I will

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have paid all my life but I can play. I cant live without football.

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Three years ago it was a different story. He was scoring.

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But then Swansea manager valued him at ?30 million. Not bad after the

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Swans had bought him for just ?2 million.

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I was really happy there. Best of my life, my career. And also the crowd.

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I miss the team-mates and the city as well.

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Did she wants to leave? Was that your choice? Yes, because

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football is really difficult to play for the crowd without my best level.

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Struggling for injuries, Michu had to impress a new manager.

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How is that playing under him? Did you have a good relationship?

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Yes. And with Jenkins? Yes. I want to

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speak about him and he worked really good

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Maybe when the season finishes might help first iPlayer bit. Back to the

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Six Nations. What is your highlight? For me it was the first cap. Growing

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up as a kid wanting to play for Wales then you your ambition.

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Waiting to go out on the field the motion is amazing. All your friends

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and family, the adrenaline, the cocktail of the motion is

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unbelievable. Can you remember it? Yes. Standing there shaking like a

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leaf and then running out and looking for my mum in the crowd and

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then singing the anthem with my family and friends there. Then I

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failed miserably to hold back the tears. Everyone that helped me along

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my career was there to watch and it was an amazing feeling.

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She was one of the first Welsh sport stars to book her place

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at the Olympics this summer, but we're not talking swimming,

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athletics or cycling here - we're talking shooting.

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But what drives you to take up gun sports in the first place?

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Ian Hunt went on a shoot with Elena Allen.

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I'm going to the Olympics to compete in shooting. I was born in Moscow,

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Russia. I been living in the UK for the last 25 years. I represented

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Wales in 2010 for the first time at the Commonwealth champion chips in

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India and also I competed at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in

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2014. Is it a glamorous sport at all?

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We're sat here and it is freezing cold, were sat outside a Portakabin.

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It doesn't look glamorous. It's not very glamorous. It is not

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very often I wear make up either. Especially for you guys. I'm not a

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girly girl and I don't particularly enjoy make up shopping. I am more a

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country girl so for me this is perfect.

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I do Olympic shooting. It is quite a technical sport because we had to

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shoot from a gun down position. We have not to three seconds delay and

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when it could eventually comes out, you have to mount the gun and shoot

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it from eight different stations. You know exactly where it is going

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to come from. You don't know when it is going to come. And the difficulty

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is that your gun is down on where the line is. The gun has to touch

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the latter cannot be above it completely. The targets are fairly

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fast so you don't have that much time.

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Russian athletes accused of widespread cheating.

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They could be banned. Amongst Russia's champions there were

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cheese. Tonight the Company was kicked out of international

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athletics in disgrace. You were born in Russia and grew up

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there as how do you feel about this whole Russian doping scandal?

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I think it is embarrassing and it is very disappointing. I think anyone

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who does try to cheat should be punished. Severely punished. Is

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going to be very sad for those sportsmen and sportswomen who didn't

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do anything wrong but I going to be punished. I can sympathise. Being a

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competitor myself. But, of course, I don't know. How do you deal with

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that? It is not for me to decide. It is for other people to make those

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decisions. There are number of Welsh sportsmen who are expected to do

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very well. You are expected to be up there. No pressure. I would like to

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win or get a medal. You are not going to take part, you're going

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there to win. I just want to do my best. I want to make my husband and

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my family proud and get the medal. It is one of the few that I do not

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have in my collection. You have the World Championships and the

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Commonwealth Games. I would like this one.

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Back to the Six Nations, rugby's greatest championship.

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Year in year out, it gets fans excited and even gets the juices

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Ian Gough and Dafydd James share a tale or two from the past.

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Ian Gough keeps his position in the second row for Wales. That the James

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keeps his place on the right wing. An incredible atmosphere. I remember

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the old Blancs Road, in the changing room the trains would make the

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changing room rattled. There was a house on the corner. I have not been

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very fortunate. We had some bad performances there. It is very

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difficult when the Irish get the table top. They are a difficult team

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to play against. However, historically Wales has won the same

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number of games and drawn the same amount. A different stadium and

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different atmosphere but it was fantastic. Winning the game helped.

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Another moment of brilliance from Shane. What is your favourite -- who

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is your favourite player? The most consistent player for me... I played

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against him. In the first four or five minutes I had not even got my

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warm up jacket not properly and figured out who had the jelly

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babies. I was up against him and I was not prepared as well as the

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first 15 had prepared. As for myself opposite him several times. If you

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knew what I was thinking then he wouldn't run it me every time. If

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you knew how scared I was seaward running me every time. Any moment in

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the Six Nations the standout to you? In your career or any that you

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watched? The special moments was when you want into the changing

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rooms, when you get off the bus and the cameras are there, you're trying

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to keep your focus that then you realise the magnitude of what you're

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walking into. You walk into the changing room and you see your shirt

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on the peg. I get response thinking about it. Millions of people want to

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do this but only a small number again that opportunity. I used to

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really enjoy grabbing the jersey. I used to sniff it and think that I

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had at that. Little moments like that stand out to me. In 1999 we

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went to France and we had not won there in a number of years and we

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went there and Neil Jenkins gave me a white pass and I went into the

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corner. It was an amazing game. My career highlight was the 2008 Grand

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Slam decider against France. Those girls leading him onto the pitch and

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the fireworks going off and then we won it, it epic. What matches really

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spring to mind when you think of the Six Nations? Watching the last year,

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I thought it was a fantastic tournament. The last day really

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stood out. It epitomises the Six Nations campaign. It came down to

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permit issues in the end. I was in Rome at the time. Wales cutlass

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after 30 minutes and we'll not wild. -- cut loose. -- and we all went

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wild. Then it was down to permit patients. Other games you could not

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control. That builds up the euphoria in the air and the web 20 last

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moments. That is the third try. It just engaged everybody across the

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nations. What a tournament. Great to reminisce on some of the great

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moments in wacky moments we have had across the years, and I'm looking

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forward to catching up with you in Ireland.

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They enjoyed that. They still have not grown up. We hope that they

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never do. France versus Italy. Watch and hear? None. Italy performed

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badly in the World Cup so I would be very surprised if they win any games

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this year. France's interesting. How will France play? I think they will

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be less structured and more dangerous and hopefully the flair of

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the French will come back. It is a big game for England coming up. They

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have picked a side to attack and to play-the-ball wide. It depends on

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the conditions. If Scotland can get over the gain line and attack they

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can pose a real threat. England are going to impress because of Eddie

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Jones. I have a sneaky feeling that Scotland will win. The best game of

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the weekend will be Ireland against Wales? It is a huge game. The

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kicking game is going to be vital. Ireland will kick to the corner is.

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-- to the corners. Neither side are scared because they play against

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each other in the Pro12 and they are familiar with each other. They know

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what they need to do and they know what the opposition is trying to do.

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It is an intriguing game and a great game, but I feel that Wales,

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considering perform in the World Cup and their defence, if they can build

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on that attacking wise they will edge it. The championship is on. If

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they win that game it will go down to the wire with Wales. Thank you

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for joining us. Stay tuned for Scrum V Live -

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Ireland U20 v Wales U20. That is coming up after this

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programme. And a reminder that we will be

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on at 7pm next Thursday,

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