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Welcome to the final Sport Wales of 2015 and what a show we have

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fo' you, here s what's coming up. It s the end of the road for Garry

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And we celebrate yet another great year of Welsh Sport.

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A massive honour to represent the country.

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And so, it's the end of the road for Garry Monk at Swansea City.

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Sacked on Wednesday, this is how the story unfolded...

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studio, at the minute lots of callers

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the way the club has acted. The show is normally on-air on Saturday. A

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special show this evening to get the Swansea fans reacting. This should

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be interesting. We will get a few callers from West and some will be

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pleased, some will be disappointed. Come on then, let's go. Ready to

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rumble. I did Wales today I will call Rob in ten minutes. Do you want

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to drink? Yes, no sugar please. A special call Rob for you to have

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your say on Garry Monk. 22 months at the helm. What do you want to say?

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It is an outrageous decision, to be honest. The

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What a terrible way to treat a good man. Our Swansea getting relegated?

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Unless we get the right person in... I am saying 20,000 people have been

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under the misconception that we are too good to go down. I have said to

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people we are not too good to go down. We need to get someone who can

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hold the reins back in sale is out of the tough seas. What about Mr

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Meuse. Or Brendan back. David Moyes, you failed at Manchester United.

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Furthermore miserably at Sociedad. He dead ten years good work at

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Everton. Setting his own agenda. Eddie is in Swansea. What a sad

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indictment of football at the moment. To treat a man like that. Is

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it right Garry Monk has gone, have they panicked because of the money

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on offer as Jamaat Paul, right decision? I think it is the right

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decision. Performances have not been good. I said all season, to even

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match last season s achievements match last season's achievements

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would have been incredible that the expectation of a lot of the fans was

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we finished eighth, we can do better than that. An anonymous text and

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Claire on Twitter said what about Leighton James? Fancy being the next

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manager? What have I done to deserve that? We have to go now. Coming up

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next on BBC Radio Wales, in the garden. What a lovely introduction.

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Thank you. The end of a crazy day, Garry Monk has gone, who next?

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He has shown last year that he has lots of attributes that will help in

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its career at the future. It is a setback for him but sometimes you

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need setbacks to shape you as a manager. Garry will recover. He's a

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good manager, he has proved that after his last season at Swansea. A

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bad run of five or six games just shows you are under pressure in the

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league. It is a great shame for the relationship Garry has had between

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Swansea City, the owners and the club but what they have achieved

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together... As a manager you hope people are more patient but it is

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the ultimate ringing in the ears of 120 million. The clubs have the

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power, it is their decision, what can I say more than I feel sorry

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about it. Garry Monk, what it achieved last season will be in

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history for a long time. I'm sure he will get a real refresh period and

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will come back. I cannot speak about if, first I

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have to speak with Ryan Giggs himself. If its true committee is

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coming to me. I never read papers and I think it is the truth.

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England had more patients about managers,

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I think for every team, my general thinking, those teams will play

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better with the same manager, try to change because you're not happy for

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one moment of the season, I don't think that is the...

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And you can keep up to date with all the very latest

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Tomorrow, all eyes will be on Paris as Wales

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find out who they'll face at Euro 2016 next summer.

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So what's the dre'm draw for Chris Coleman s men?

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Who better to ask than the man who got them there?

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Ian Hunt went to Madrid to meet the megastar that is?Gareth Bale.

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What a year it has been for you, how do you reflect on it, your best ever

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year? I am not sure if it is the best ever but a lot has been

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achieved. With Wales we set out to qualify, no other team in Welsh

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history has done it before, yeah, an amazing experience to go to the

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qualifying campaign and to qualify and make history for Wales is a

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dream true. I am sure in your mind lots of memories from the campaign,

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what stands out for you, what was the goal? I don't know if it was a

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specific goal, Belgium was a big turning point which put as clear and

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gave us confidence and momentum in the rest of the games. That goal was

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the one I would look back on and say was the most important. When we

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qualified, the relief literally every feeling came out and it was an

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amazing experience to share with the team. And you went back to Cardiff

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to watch the friendly, what did you make of it? Strange to be watching?

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Very strange. It was frustrating not on the pitch. Injury made that

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decision for me. If I'm not playing, I want to meet with the team and be

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there as much as I can and it was a good game to watch. We were unlucky

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but good preparation for the year race. The one criticism people have

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is the team becomes too reliant on you, did the Netherlands game

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address that criticism because you had others popping up? Definitely,

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there was lots of positives to take and me and were missing and it gave

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the youngsters opportunity to show what they can do. We played pretty

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well as a team. We were unlucky not to get a draw oral win but we scored

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two against them and there. Whoever scores the goals, we don't mind as

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mind as long as we get results. The Euro 2016 draw is around the corner,

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I'm sure you'll be taking a close interest. Will it be the moment when

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it's all sinks in and you realise? It is a shock but we know we are

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ready for it and as the tournament gets closer, the draw gets made and

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the friendlies before the tournament and it will get exciting. What are

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you hoping for because Wales are in the bottom part, will you come up

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against some of the big ones? Yeah, that is what we want though. We want

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to play on a bigger stage and test ourselves against the best and we

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will have to do that in the tournament and I'm sure any other

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country will not be looking forward to playing us because we are strong

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with a great team spirit and character and we play good football.

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Do you have a dream scenario and group? People say it could be

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England. England would be nice, I suppose, a local rivalry, one that

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has been there for centuries but whoever we play we will go out to

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win and get the points to qualify. Confident Wales would beat England?

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Of course! In terms of the Euro is, how can Wales do next summer in

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France, how far can they go? I honestly believe if we have let

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along the way and we play football, we have a great chance. Of winning.

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Of winning? Of course. We are not making up the numbers. We are doing

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a serious job to win the tournament. If you don't go to win, there was no

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point to just be a second fiddle team. We want to do the best we can.

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That would be something, not to qualify and then win! That is the

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aim. You have to dream big. That is the plan. You have to beat a lot of

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top sides. It has been done before, Greece, Denmark. Yeah, we know it is

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an incredible task but no reason why can't be done. Wales would need you

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and Aaron to be there right through to achieve that. Yeah, we're not a

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massive nation, we have a good squad but we need all our players to be

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fit and you need a bit of luck along the way and hopefully you can get

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that. Do you miss home? To enjoy life in Spain. Of course, home is

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home. You can never change that. I love going back and playing for

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Wales and will never get the chance to go home I do. How you are

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perceived in Madrid, in Wales who are idealised. You are the face on

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every teenager s wall. I'm filling my dream for Wales stop

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stay tuned as Gareth Bell gets us into the Christmas spirit. Favourite

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chewing? I love my Christmas songs at the moment. Of course, every

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Christmas. As soon as the Christmas songs are on! Earlier in the

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week,... Earlier in the week,

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the Wales Sports Awards took place in Cardiff, with the coveted BBC

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Cymru Wales Sports Personality We sent a very dapper

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Christian Malcolm to mingle I'm here at the Wales sports awards

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to celebrate what a fantastic year it has been in Welsh sport. I'm

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going to see who I can catch up with. Here, I am here with one of

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the main contenders here, Alan Shore, however you. I'm good, mate.

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All fun and games, these nights are great because it's just great to see

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all these amazing athletes celebrating Welsh sport. Is there

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anyone in particular you feel deserve the award tonight? Allott,

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because he honestly had setbacks and then been amazing, like ridiculously

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amazing, even so. And then obviously Gareth Bell, because our year has

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been ridiculous. Who is tipped to win? It's got to be Dan Biggar

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playing week in and out. He seems to be working, he might add some more

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to it, we never know. When we are off camera, I'm going to get the

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real answer from you! The winner of the team of the year is the Wales

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senior men's football team. What an achievement for the Welsh team to

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make it to the year is like that. It's fantastic, I know it was just

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the one game in a ten gallon campaign, and the manager, what a

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job he has done. I think, in the Euros, in the summer in France, I

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think we can make a serious impact. You are covered this year's unsung

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hero for Wales, congratulations! Congratulation, the BBC like unsung

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hero! Was it a shock? Was it a shock, indeed it was! I think you

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are a hero, helping people like me getting involved in sports. Thank

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you and well done. Congratulations, how do you feel? Really pleasing,

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you know. There are so many people my age that are up for this award,

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it feels really good to receive it. Hannah, congratulations! Thank you!

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How does it feel? It's amazing, looking back at everyone else who

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has won this award, there are so many big names will stop its

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amazing. The winner of coach of the year is Chris Coleman. It's not just

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his award, it's his backroom staff, because I think he would admit he

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couldn't do it on his own. The recipient of the BBC Wales lifetime

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achievement award goes to say Gareth Edwards. Long overdue. I didn't have

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an inkling. What a lovely moment for me to cherish, it is a bit early for

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me to really appreciate the whole occasion. In third place, Lee Selby.

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Third place, the night. Happy, disappointed? Being a prize fight it

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it is always a long wait for these things. It was never going to be

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first place, because I'm surrounded by good talent but I'm happy stop

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second place, Geraint Thomas. Thank you for all your voter in means a

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lot. 2015 was a great year for me and hopefully I will continue to

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improve. And now BBC's sports personality of the year 2015 is Dan

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Biggar. Dan, sports personality of the year 2015, congratulations. It's

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unreal, all the names getting rattled off, I was never thinking I

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was anywhere near they shout, I couldn't be the hands down

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favourite, but I'm really proud to pick this up, it's a massive honour

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to represent the country, and receive something like this. I've

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got to ask you this question, I know you get asked all the time? The big

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arena, the shuffle of the shoulders. Talk to me, you are in the moment

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stop I was just in the zone, it's hard to sort of realise what you're

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doing stop you don't even worry about anything else, I find gets me

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a little bit more relaxed and comfortable, it worked for the

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England game, and I can relax a bit with it now. Wow, what a fantastic

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event, what a great evening. Welsh sport has been thriving this year,

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and for Dan Biggar at the top, he was the man. He might be doing the

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old... Big arena! See you guys again.

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So many highs in what s been yet another fantastic year,

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of the telly and relive all of the most magical

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and memorable moments from Welsh sport in 2015.

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So, who were the heroes of Welsh sport in 2015? Gareth Bales strikes

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again! Who shone the brightest, who hit the hardest, who went the

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distance? How good was Dan Biggar? Come on! Who did you celebrate? Who

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made you dance? Who made you sing? Waltzing Matilda! Who made you mad.

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He was rude! And why was this guy so happy? Find out on Friday December

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the 18th, on BBC Wales. was watching Wakes

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qualify for Euro 2016. Their first major tournament

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in almost 60 years. one of Wales most esteemed

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journalists has been delving In 1958 the Wales football team did

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something they had never achieved before or since. They qualify for

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the finals of the World Cup. The return match for Cardiff would mean

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for British teams in the final. The team when 1958 were a good team.

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People will say today that Wales are a one-man show, Gareth bail. People

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were saying that about 58. It was John Charles then. He was idolised

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as one of the great players of Europe, not least for his

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sportsmanship, a man who was never booked. Comparisons will be endless

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between Charles and bail, who is the greater player? I have no doubt that

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Charles was the greatest footballer that this country has ever produced,

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that is not to say that Gareth Bales won't be as great. Sweden, in 1958,

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a draw against Mexico won all stop hungry was one all. Sweden, the

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hosts, one nil nil. We had two play-off against Hungary to reach

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the last stages, the mighty John Charles was given a rear severe

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hacking by the Hungarians. They had a 17-year-old kid that nobody had

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really heard of playing for Brazil, Palais. It was the first gold at the

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Palais scored. One nil was enough to do for Wales, but the story was has

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John Charles not been fit, had he not been put out of the game by the

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Hungarians then who knows, Wales might have even gone on to the

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semifinals. I think maybe the worst players are complaining. There can

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be no doubt as to the enormity of what Wales have already achieved in

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qualifying for the finals of the European Championship. Of the

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world's most popular sport. It is time for everybody to get together,

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there is one opportunity for the whole of Wales to go on a European

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stage, and show, not just that they can play football, but that Wales is

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a pretty good place. Earlier on, we saw the more

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serious side to him, but what about the lighter

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side of Gareth Bale? What makes him tick

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away from football? We put Mr Bale under the spotlight

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to find out one or two things I was always good at athletics, so

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when I have had this question before I might say maybe athletics,

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sprinting, long-distance or something, that sort of event. My

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sporting hero would probably be Ryan Giggs. When I grew up, he was a left

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footed Welsh player, a similar style to me, and I always watched him

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growing up, I love the way he played. Wherever there's a golf

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course! What do you play off the? Six, at the moment. Favourite

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food... Probably chocolate, or pizza. My friends and family. I love

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my Christmas songs at the moment. Do you? Of course, every Christmas. As

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soon as they come on. What sort of songs, wham, Slade? Everything, the

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Christmas album. Worse team-mate, I'm not too sure. I'd probably have

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the say David Beckham. The Masters. Masters golf? Yeah. To always keep

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working hard to melt no matter where you are in your sport, just to keep

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working hard, and that will give you a great platform to get you where

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you want. One word to describe myself? I'm not sure. Modest?

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Modest, they go, you said it. And that s it from the team for this

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year, congratulations to all those Here's hoping that

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2016 is even better. We've invited a Wales international

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to the seaside so we had to buy him ships. There we go, I'll share them.

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I'm looking forward to England where the winning the World Cup. There is

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only one game, guys, this is the one to win. Go on, Wales! Listen, I've

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just finished up at the test track, seen the line-up for the game later?

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What are you thinking, Keith Northey out on the wing.

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Mum! Hello. My name is Romeo, and this is my environment. Probably the

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best looking scrum-half in the rugby world. Get out! Best looking man in

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history. I'd just go on YouTube and watch myself. There are two things

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that I had to ask you and one of them is about that big hairy thing

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on your face? My name is George Green and I would like to hear...

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Get it right! Do you know what that means? Hug.

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They speak Wales, thank you very much, thank you! We

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are currently having a home-made bagel. How much have you lost? ?7!

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So, don't forget the Welsh sport review of the year, next Friday here

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on BBC Two Wales.

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